Digital Accessibility – ICT Access and Equality
This is KICTANet’s work on Digital Accessibility. We are working directly with Persons with Disabilities in Kenya towards influencing their access to ICTs as well as their lived experiences and their input towards ICT policy in Kenya.
Some outputs form the program
Our Programs
Digital Accessibility
Since 2022, this Digital Accessibility program addresses all accessibility issues for Persons With Disabilities, the aged, and anyone affected by Accessibility challenges.
Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Networks for Disability Inclusion
Calls for inclusion are becoming louder, but do we understand what it is to be inclusive – in society and within the community networks?
Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Networks for Disability Inclusion
Community Networks hold the key to inclusive digital access for people with disabilities.
Bridging the Digital Divide: How Community Networks Can Empower Persons with Disabilities
The digital age offers a wealth of opportunities, but for millions of people with disabilities (PWDs), it can be a roadblock. A 2019 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Monographic Analytical Report study reveals how PWDs face exclusion online. Beyond physical...
Another World Hearing Day: AI Still Hear You, But Where is the Equity
Another World Hearing Day is here. AI continues to hold immense potential as a powerful tool to bridge the communication gap and provide better access to information and resources for people who are hard of hearing and the deaf community. One of the objectives of this...
Highlights from Community Networks Summit: Part 2
Remarks from the Digital Accessibility Program We often think about disability through two narrow lenses: the medical and the social models. The medical perspective sees it as an individual problem, focusing on limitations and seeking solutions like "cures" or...
Community Networks: The Last-mile Connector
Statistically, when the World Bank states that 61% of Kenyans have access to the Internet, with only 31% of them coming from rural Kenya, it simply means that there is a whole lot of 69% of the Kenyan population in rural areas that are not connected to the Internet....