Kenya’s ICT indicators continue on positive trend

The number of mobile subscribers in Kenya grew by 1.7 per cent between end-March and end-June to stand at 29.7 million, growing the country’s mobile penetration rate to 75.4 per cent, according to statistics released by the telecom regulator.

Prepaid subscriptions continued to dominate the total mobile base, accounting for 29.4 million at the end of June, representing 99.1 per cent of the total. Annual post-paid subscriptions were up by 18.3 per cent year-on-year to 273,367.

The number of Internet subscriptions in Kenya rose by 19.2 per cent from 6.4 million in the previous quarter to 7.7 million during the quarter to end-June.

The annual growth in the Internet/data market may be attributed to the increase in international connectivity bandwidth by 58 per cent to 264,584 Mbps in the quarter to end-June. The bandwidth that is utilised represented 46 per cent of the total available bandwidth capacity.

Mobile data subscriptions continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 98.9 per cent of the total data subscriptions.