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What share of households in Kenya have access to the internet?

A total of 17.9% of Kenya’s 12 million conventional households reported having access to the internet, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. More recent data from the World Bank put Kenya’s internet penetration rate at 30% of the total population (roughly 16 million people) in 2020.

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