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January 20th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Communications Authority of Kenya s Nairobi Headquarter (PHOTO: FILE)
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is in a spot for delays in implementation of a project meant to offer affordable broadband access to rural communities.
This comes on the back of rising demand for broadband connectivity, fueled by the Covid-19, which has seen several Kenyans working and attending school from their homes.
In 2012, CA invited bids from internet service providers to develop pilot broadband solutions under the TV white spaces.
This entailed exploiting unused spectrum freed by the country’s migration from analogue to digital broadcasting.
Ritika Goel is a Political Science PHD scholar at University of California, Berkeley. Her research investigates the link between social mobility and political attitudes. Ritika has extensive work experience in International Development with the World Bank Group and UK Department for International Development. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and Bachelors in Engineering from Delhi University.
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Rebecca Mitchell is a research officer and programme manager specialising in migration, access to healthcare and nutrition, citizenship and gender.
Rebecca is currently conducting research in the University of Sussex led Protracted Displacement Economies project, as well as continuing with her own PhD, investigating access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers living in the UK. She is also the programme manager of the Better Assistance in Crisis research programme.
Rebecca has also conducted research in India and Bangladesh, evaluating access to nutrition and food security projects; within low-income areas of Nairobi, investigating whether, and how, improving access to livelihoods, jobs and basic services reduced violence; and in Nepal, Sierra Leone and Liberia investigating the roles of women in peacebuilding, at a local level. She has also conducted a scoping study for World Vision UK investigating current policies and priorities within UK government and NGOs for mater
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