Digital innovation in Kenya outpaces law enforcement

Kenya’s booming digital economy is colliding with a rising wave of online sexual exploitation that its outdated laws can’t keep up with.

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Kenya’s digital transformation has created an economy that is driven by fintech, e-commerce and data innovation. But, behind the optimism of “Silicon Savannah,” technology has become a weapon in the hands of sexual predators.

A new policy brief by Equality Now, titled “Not Just Online: Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Across Digital and Physical Realities in Kenya,” shows how online sexual exploitation has outpaced the country’s laws.