Kenya’s CCK beat the Rockfeller Foundation, Media Eye, Enablis, ICTA to become the country’s top player in facilitating the development of ICT, taking home the Best Digital Inclusion Award from the Information and Communications Technology Association of Kenya (ICTAK).
CCK’s Dr. Gilbert Mugeni, won the Distinguished ICT scholar Award category for his published works on ICT in journals. The recent PhD in Telecommunications Engineering graduate from the Musinde Muliro University also won a number of awards and honoraria from the National Council of Science and Technology, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (2012), the Vice-Chancellor’s commendation for outstanding research in Information Technology (Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology – 2013), and an admission to the ITU Experts group on Telecom/ ICT indicators (2013).
The awards aimed at recognizing distinguished individuals and institutions that have made significant contributions towards the growth of ICTs in Kenya.