The Kenya Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy (MICDE), William Kabogo, has openly supported the Kenya Digital Token, a private initiative that he says aligns with the government agenda on the virtual assets policy, now under parliamentary review.
According to the Minister:
“I welcome the launch of the Kenya Digital Token as a bold step by the private sector to expand the digital economy. It will reflect the growing confidence in tokenization as a tool for value exchange, inclusion, and innovation.”
The launch of @Kenya_NDT is an example of a project driving growth in digital economy.
It showcases growing confidence in tokenization as a tool for value exchange, inclusion, and innovation — opening new doors for engagement and value creation.
I look forward to working… pic.twitter.com/cVUdZIdtIQ
— Hon. William Kabogo (@honkabogo) July 11, 2025
The government Minister highlighted that while the Kenya Digital Token is not a government initiative, he said it aligns closely with the country’s broader national vision which is anchored in the upcoming virtual asset service providers policy and draft bill.
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Mr. Kobogo continues to say:
“Importantly, [The token] speaks directly to the heart of the Kenyan bottom up economic transformation agenda which empowers youth, drives economic dignity and embracing technology to unlock opportunity.
If structured responsibly, Kenya Digital Token will open new doors for youth engagement, micro-investment, and community-led value creation especially in underserved regions.”
In a tweet, Kabogo said the government’s approach remains measured by prioritizing public safety and sound regulation while striving to support innovation and financial inclusion.
“Ongoing policy development aims to balance opportunity with robust oversight.”
Speaking about the opportunity for Kenyan citizens, the minister said:
“Our people are already participating in this digital economy. Traditionally, in the ICT, regulation follows innovation so that we don’t strive progress. That is exactly the approach we’re taking here.
The focus now is in transforming this momentum into tangible opportunity. Digital assets have the capacity to power real change. By leveraging on them, they can drive youth empowerment and open up new job opportunities in tech.
With blockchain, someone in any village can now access global markets, raise capital or invest in tokenized assets. Tokenization in particular unlocks new ways to manag and share value safely, transparenty, and efficiently.”
Kenya will continue to see strong engagement with digital assets. Our approach remains measured: supporting innovation and financial inclusion while prioritizing public safety and sound regulation. Ongoing policy development aims to balance opportunity with robust oversight. pic.twitter.com/8cfp5bhGoI
— Hon. William Kabogo (@honkabogo) July 10, 2025
The Minister has previously advocated for tokenizing key government projects.
According to Kabogo, tokenizing will help the government not only raise funding for projects such as Konza City, but also enable Kenyans invest in viable projects that have a guranteed return on investment.
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In a recent video, Kabogo has said that the Ministry supports digital assets but in a responsible way that prioritizes public safety and economic opportunity at the center.
Kenya’s approach to digital assets is evolving: from caution to leadership, supporting blockchain innovation, stablecoin development and exploring Bitcoin reserves.
With the National Policy on Virtual Assets and the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Draft Bill, we’re… pic.twitter.com/XQFPHMvqQ7
— Hon. William Kabogo (@honkabogo) July 10, 2025
In 2023, as reported by BitKE, the Government of Kenya partnered with the Abu-Dhabi-based Venon Foundation to establish a blockchain innovation hub in Nairobi in order to provide essential tools and resources to support African nations in building a robust foundation for digital transformation.
#TechNews from Kenya.
The Government of Kenya formed a partnership with a blockchain foundation based in Abu Dhabi to establish a blockchain innovation hub. https://t.co/bAOcwbK4ze
— CSIS Strategic Technologies Program (@CSIS_Tech) May 12, 2023
The Foundation said it would be ‘working with the Kenyan government to develop and implement blockchain solutions for various sectors such as supply chain management, land registry, voting systems, and asset tokenization.’
In 2019, as reported by BitKE, the then Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Joe Mucheru, launched the Kenya Blockhcain & AI taskforce report after one year of study in emerging technologies and their use case in the country.
“This (Kenya Blockchain Taskforce) report is imbalanced in telling us what to do.” – Steven Mwaura, formerly, @CBKKenya https://t.co/PVULi1MTVN #BlockchainTaskforceReportKE #LawyersHubKenya pic.twitter.com/XGbpI7tvYX
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The report took months of getting public opinions which included deliberations within the private sector and the Blockchain Association of Kenya (BAK) that presented the different use cases and implementations before the committee at the time.
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— BitKE (@BitcoinKE) August 7, 2019
The report included a number of key recommendations where blockchain & AI use in government would enable for more efficient service delivery. These include:
Eliminating corruption through blockchain transparency and immutability
Minimizing national debt through digital assets frameworks
Strengthening democracy and elections by offering real-time immutable polling results
Facilitate financial inclusion and reduce transaction costs through a national payment gateway leveraging blockchain
Improvement of public service delivery via a single source of truth that leverages on blockchain
Creation of a digital sovereign currency like MPESA that is tradable outside Kenyan borders with other global currencies digitally
Delivery of affordable housing and allocation that matches buyers to sellers using the transparency of blockchain
Improving health & drug safety by tracking and tracing medical supplies and service delivery
Expand manufacturing and eliminate counterfeits by increasing visibility across the manufacturing value-chain
Improve cyber-security by fully decentralizing Domain Name Systems and distributing the content drastically reducing attacks from hackers
Improve land titling by digitizing and tokenizing land assets and creating ummutability and increase transparency via blockchain
Improve cross-border trade that reduces shipping delays and ensures better and transparent tax remittances via blockchain
The current efforts by the Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy thus build on years of work from previous administrations and efforts that are to be commended.
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