Kenya and Oracle Advance Plans for Local Cloud Region and Digital Skills Training

Kenya is working with Oracle  to strengthen local cloud infrastructure, expand digital skills training and accelerate artificial intelligence adoption as part of its broader digital transformation agenda.

The initiatives were discussed during a meeting between Principal Secretary for the State Department of ICT and the Digital Economy, Eng. John Tanui, and Oracle Africa Vice President of Technology and Applications, Andrés Garcia-Arroyo. Oracle Kenya Managing Director and Public Sector Leader for Africa, David Bunei, also attended the engagement at the State Department.

The discussions focused on aligning Oracle’s technological capabilities with Kenya’s national digital priorities under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

A key focus was the planned operationalisation and official commissioning of Oracle’s local Cloud Region in Kenya. The facility is expected to strengthen data sovereignty, reduce latency and provide secure local hosting infrastructure for government and enterprise workloads.

The meeting also explored ways to encourage public institutions and private sector organisations to host their digital workloads within Kenya’s growing cloud ecosystem.

On digital skills development, Oracle outlined plans to train and certify 30,000 Kenyans from public sector institutions and universities in high-demand technology areas, including cloud computing and cybersecurity.

The engagement further examined opportunities for deeper collaboration with Konza Technopolis and the use of digital public infrastructure, including the eCitizen platform, to support local innovation, advance artificial intelligence adoption and create sustainable digital employment opportunities for young people.

Tanui said strategic partnerships with global technology companies remain central to accelerating Kenya’s digital transformation and building a competitive, inclusive digital economy.

He added that public-private collaboration is essential to mobilising the investment, expertise and infrastructure needed to strengthen Kenya’s position as a leading digital hub in Africa.