Kenya lost $27m during Telegram shutdown in 2023

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Telegram application icon on Apple iPhone XS max screen. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

Kenya is estimated to have lost $27.02 million due to the Telegram downtime experienced in November last year during the last week of the secondary school national examinations.

Calculations by NetBlocks- a London-based internet rights organisation, show that the eight-day shutdown of the popular messaging platform in Keny, significantly inconvenienced businesses relying on it, making them incur billions in losses.