Kenya Proposes Standalone Licence Framework for Data Centres

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has proposed a standalone licensing framework for data centre operators as the regulator seeks to provide greater oversight and regulatory clarity for the country’s growing digital infrastructure sector. Under the proposed framework, the CA plans to introduce a dedicated Data Centre licence category instead of regulating co-location data centres under the existing Network Facilities Provider-Tier 2 licence category. The Authority said the proposed appro