 Welcome to WTDC 17 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We're very pleased to be joining the studio today, Mr Christopher Kame, who is Director, Licensing, Compliance and Standards for the Communications Authority of Kenya. Mr Kame, thank you for joining us in the studio today. Thank you very much. Now, I'd like to start off by talking about Kenya. It's known as the Silicon Savannah. It has a flourishing start-up ecosystem. We saw that very much when we had our ITU meeting there, not so long ago. Can you tell us a little bit about some of the challenges faced by your country's ICT ecosystem and what's being done about them? Thank you very much for that particular question. As most people know, Kenya, for a while now, has been leading in the digital ecosystem revolution. And there are many examples to that effect. So we need not say too much about that because we know about that. As you know, Kenya as a young population, fairly well-educated, very ambitious young people. And one of the things that they have embraced very well is the digital environment. Most young people and generally most Kenyans have quite embraced new technologies and they look forward towards making maximum use of that. Now, as this process moves on, we have realized certain challenges and I call them challenges for now, but you could easily turn them into opportunities, I may say. And one of the issues that we've recognized is that most of the young people that wish to be entrepreneurs, digital entrepreneurs, do not have the necessary soft skills, for example. They lack the exposure. They lack the nitty gritties that ensure that their entrepreneurship in this particular area is now converted into tangible benefits, if not even financial benefits going forward. Over the years, we've held forums, we've spoken to young people, young innovators, and we realize that they have enormous, enormous, enormous potential in this particular area. Yes, so there are areas that can be, you know, addressed so that to accelerate more in that particular area. And flourishing digital innovation, ecosystems and visionary policies that deliver outcome and very much needed to accelerate digital transformation, reach inclusive growth and create jobs. Kenya has a strong vision, we know, for 2030, but is there anything else that you think should be done to accelerate digital transformation in Kenya? I think I would say there is a lot that needs to be done. There is a lot of outstanding work from a policy framework that needs to be put in place that shall ensure that we accelerate that particular movement towards inclusiveness, for example, in terms of ensuring that the techies do get the full benefits of the innovation. And we are trying to assist them as much as possible. First of all, we need to put in place, as I said, the necessary framework for the flourishing of this particular industry. And to that effect, we've indeed tried to partner with international organizations and other agencies, including the ITU, for example. Recently, we undertook a scoping exercise just to the tech stock of the environment in which this particular industry is at the moment, with a view to putting the necessary policy and regulatory measures that will then facilitate the faster growth in this particular area. Now, coming back to you on this, the digital innovation framework that ITUs recently worked on for Kenya, one of the opportunities was that of a strong education system. I wanted to ask you, what specific programs is the country rolling out to support acquisition of digital skills in order to build a competitive Kenya powered through innovation? I would start by saying that recently the government started a program which is dubbed Ajira. Basically, the program is intended to provide the young people with opportunities and skills. First of all, to provide the necessary skills to be able to take full advantage of the online jobs, for example, or online, you know, entrepreneurial and other developmental issues that relates to the digital ecosystem. And as we speak, thousands and thousands of young people have enrolled in this particular program. We do not intend to stop there. As I said earlier, there is need obviously for a more robust framework to be put in place to one safeguard, for example, the intellectual property rights of these young people because we've noticed in the past that some of the innovations that have been developed have gotten out of hand from the developers themselves and the people that have really benefited from this have been other people that probably did not contribute to this in the beginning. So we're trying to put in place creating awareness on those aspects to start with, trying to see how we can assist these people to come up with the bankable innovations that can then be used in conjunction with other developing agencies or organizations that wish to move those ideas further into global products. Already we've realized some Kenyan innovations that have been commercialized at regional and global basis, and we just want to accelerate that process. And finally, what are the initiatives by the government or private sector being pursued to accelerate Kenya's digital transformation? There are many initiatives. I would mention that first of all, from a private sector perspective, we have a number of innovation hubs that have been developed within the country. I need not name them specifically, but suffice to say that a number of innovation centers have come up. The interest is unbelievable, the interest is immense. And as I said, now it is time for government to take its rightful role in putting the necessary legal policy and regulatory measures in order to basically address this particular development. And it's for this reason that I said earlier that we're really looking forward even in this particular conference for every opportunity that we might access to drive that process forward. Well, we wish you the very best for that and all your future projects. Many thanks for joining us in the studio today, and we hope to catch up with you again sometime in the future. Thank you very much for the opportunity. Thank you. Thank you, Asantosana. Thank you, Asantosana. Thank you.