[2] The network was initially designed to welcome multistakeholder participation due to the ‘perceived strength and effectiveness in joint collaborative policy advocacy activities, which would be based on pooling skills and resources,’[3] as opposed to wasting resources in ‘competing, overlapping advocacy’.
'[6] With government and other stakeholders apparently relying on it, KICTANet therefore continued after the ICT policy was adopted, leading to ‘quite a lot of successes’ like the 2010 Kenya ICT Master Plan, as well as the regulatory approval of M-Pesa and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services in the country.
KICTANet's work has accelerated the uptake of ICTs in the African region and contributed to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
[17] In 2016, KICTANet was registered as a Trust governed by a board of Trustees which includes a convenor (Chief Executive Officer), a chair, a treasurer, and a secretary.
The current convenor and Chief Executive Officer is Ms Grace Githaiga.