ICT Authority to host 2020 DLP Hackfest

The ICT Authority, a state corporation under the Ministry of ICT, innovation and Youth Affairs, will host this year’s Digital Literacy Programme Hackfest (DLP Hackfest).

This year’s theme of the hackfest digital solutions is education for the Kenyan child.

The national innovation competition is open to individuals, companies and organizations to demonstrate how they are using technology to improve people’s lives.

The hackfest aims to encourage young people to develop innovative solutions for the challenges facing the DLP programme.

The deadline for submission is 18^th June 2020.

Thematic areas include creation and sharing of additional content: cloud platforms, the security of the devices and content, inclusivity in education-Special Needs Education (learners and teachers), Artificial Intelligence (AI) for learners and teacher.

The winners will be honoured and recognized during the annual Connected Kenya Summit.

The Authority through the Connected Innovation awards seeks to recognize local entrepreneurs with products and services in the market which solve our challenges in the following thematic areas.

The government initiated the DLP program out of the conviction that technology has the power to bring about systemic change in basic and higher education by transforming teaching and learning through integrating technology in the learning environment.

The learners are entitled to a luminous green tablet while the teachers receive a blue laptop.

In the on-going implementation targeting public primary schools in Kenya, over 75000 teachers have been trained in readiness for the project implementation.

With full implementation of the DLP project, the government expects increased national digital literacy levels and revolution of the countries digital economy.