Category Archives: Dx

Raising Eyebrows: Questions arise over Kenya’s approach to regulating Digital spaces

Is Kenya radically changing how it handles regulatory decisions and enforcement action in the ICT and media space? In recent months, industry players have raised questions on the actions taken by the ICT Ministry officials, the regulator (Communications Authority of Kenya) and the taxman (Kenya Revenue Authority).

Competition Law within the Telecommunications Sector in South Sudan

This week we explore the current status and the potential role of competition law in South Sudan and how it relates to the telecoms sector. While taking note of the absence of a national competition law and agency, we demonstrate the role of Regional Competition Regimes (RCR) such as the East African Community Competition Authority […]

Telecomms Licensing, Interconnection and Universal Service in South Sudan

This week we explore the approach used in South Sudan for telecommunications licensing, interconnection, access agreements between service providers and universal service obligations. We also take a glance at the country’s consumer protection regulation and practice.  The licensing regime in South Sudan is anchored in the broad guidelines of the National Communications Licensing Regulations 2016 […]

Digital Transformation in South Sudan

The Republic of South Sudan celebrated 12 years years of independence on 9th July 2023. This young fertile, mineral rich nation has the potential to rapidly achieve national development goals through agriculture, manufacturing and digital transformation. Digital transformation of South Sudan would spur growth in other sectors through data management, digital infrastructure, applications, cross cutting, […]

Building Blocks for Funding Digital Infrastructure – East Africa

First published on SimplySecure Digital infrastructure is the foundational free and open-source code that underpins much of the software we use every day. Whether you are a funder interested in starting to support digital infrastructure, curious about refining your approach to funding open source projects, or looking to better connect with your grantees, this toolkit […]