Teams is a high bandwidth fibre-optical backbone that is expected to link the East African coastline to the rest of the world.
Kenya stands to benefit from the connectivity, expected to propel the growth of e-commerce and lower the costs of telecommunications.
"Consumers are constantly yearning for high speed and broadband connectivity that can propel the growth of e-commerce, lower costs of telecommunication access," added Ndemo.
The project is being undertaken as a public-private partnership venture with the Government financing up to 40 per cent and the private regional telecom operators financing the rest.
However, Ndemo did not name the operators.
The PS was speaking at an ICT stakeholders meeting on connectivity in Nairobi on Monday.
Accompanying the PS, were Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) director general, Mr John Waweru and Ms Chali Tumelo, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) senior advisor for network management and development for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Waweru urged more people to invest in ICT, saying the country was facing capacity constraints in broadband connectivity.
"We admit that we are lacking in capacity, but we have not lost hope. Opportunities are present and it is therefore incumbent upon us all to collate our efforts and make broadband connectivity a reality for Kenyans," said Waweru.
Tumelo challenged ICT stakeholders to strengthen the existing expertise to tap the dormant multiplier effect of the sector. Stakeholders should adopt infrastructure sharing, she said, to optimally use the limited resources and save costs.
Source: The East African Standard
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