Kenya ranks best in African continent in offering good digital life: New report

In the latest Expat Insider reported released by the InterNations, Kenya is declared as the best African country that offers good digital life, thanks to unrestricted access to online services and cashless payments in the East African country.

According to the report, Kenya ranks first among the African countries based on ease of access of the Internet. The country is well ahead of other African countries such as South Africa, Morocco, Uganda and Egypt on the parameter of accessing the high-speed Internet at home and online liberty.

"Ranking as the best African country, Kenya appears to offer a good digital life. Almost nine in ten expats there (89 percent) are happy with their unrestricted access to online services, which is nine percentage points above the global average (80 percent)," the survey stated.

Kenya was ranked 31st among 68 countries surveyed, ahead of South Africa (49), Morocco (58), Uganda (59) and Egypt (69), InterNations stated in the latest Expat Insider.

"Making cashless payments in Kenya also seems to be very easy (94 percent positive ratings compared to 78 percent globally)," reads part of the report released on May 22.

The report ranks Kenya fifth in the whole world in the ease of getting a local mobile phone number, behind Myanmar, New Zealand, Israel and Estonia. On the other hand, Uganda ranks among the worst countries in the world in offering a good digital life.

The report listed the top 10 countries globally as Estonia (1), Finland (2), Norway (3), Denmark (4), New Zealand (5), Israel (6), Canada (7), Singapore (8), Netherland (9) and the United States of America (USA) (10), Daily Nation reported.

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