The Kenya ICT Board was established by HE President Mwai Kibaki, as a state corporation under the State Corporations Act Cap. 446 on 19th February 2007.
The government of Kenya has embarked on a connectivity and e-services delivery project. This project is supported by the World Bank under the Transparency Communication Infrastructure Project (TCIP).One of the projects is the digital villages project also known as "pasha"
Digital Villages
Digital Villages are e-centres that provide a suite of services to the public via computers connected to the internet, digital cameras, printers, fax machines and other communication infrastructure. These services include e-government services, banking and communication services, e-learning among others.
Kenya ICT board will ensure that the people living around the digital villages fully understand how and why they should take advantage of the services available. In this way, the Digital villages will this become a relevant and essential part of their daily lives, adding value and creating opportunities. It is expected that this will result in wealth creation, employment and poverty reduction.
Pasha Centers
Pasha centers provide a suite of services to the public via computers connected to the internet.
Who runs and owns the Pasha e-centres?
The Pasha Centers are run by private entrepreneurs who shall go through the training program which will be funded by Kenya ICT Board as advertised in the dailies on 2nd and 4th of April 2008. Prospective entrepreneurs who have undergone training will be eligible to apply for a Pasha development loan from a revolving fund set up by the Board.
The Pasha Centre support will focus on four main activity areas:
1. Training
2. Technical Support
3. Bandwidth Capacity Support
4. Pasha e-centre Revolving Fund (soft loan)