Learners at Kibra Laini Saba Primary School are beneficiaries of a digital library that has made it possible for them to access reading materials that are not available in their libraries.

More than 100 delegates from Kenya and around the world have met in Nairobi to discuss Kenya's leadership in digital reading.

Kenyans have been challenged to embrace e-learning as the government intensifies efforts to bridge the digital divide in the country. An international not-for-profit organization says education stakeholders can particularly use the platform as a tool to give an edge to young learners locally in the present competitive world. Our reporter Fiona Churu was in Kibera for a roll out of digital literacy programme targeting under-privileged school going children.

ICT innovators and entrepreneurs should take advantage of the Smart Alliance Africa Agreement ratified by 24 countries to expand their businesses. ICT Cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru says the agreement will see member states abolish roaming charges and lower internet prices.

Digital reading has the power to improve educational, economic, and health outcomes. This is according to ICT cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru.

Kenya can leverage on its advancements in technology to attract the rest of Africa as a market for not only technology but also service provision.

Chang’ombe Primary School, the public primary school in a remote village of Rabai in the sub-county of Kilifi County, was the unlikely recipient of eReaders with a total of five thousand books thanks to Worldreader.

The Anasoma Research has presented initial findings of the first sprint of the Anasoma Research aimed at identifying barriers of and drivers to female mobile readership in Kenya.

The partnership between Worldreader and the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) is boosting access to reading resources for young learners across Kenya.

LEAP (Libraries, E-Reading, Activities & Partnerships) brought Worldreader’s digital reading platform to 61 Kenya National Library Service (knls) public libraries, contributing to Kenya’s Vision 2030, achieving national scale and laying a foundational model for replication globally.

This report by Worldreader and the Kenya National Library Service shows the success of LEAP 2.0 and how the national scale-up of project LEAP provided librarians across Kenya the opportunity to put their unique spin on a digital reading project.

In Kenyan libraries, Worldreader and knls’s LEAP program highlighted five key insights for moving from pilot to country-level scale and that can contribute to strengthening an effective ecosystem of technology-enriched educational programs.