Every year, the pan-African non-profit Paradigm Initiative grades African governments on how well they respect digital rights. Its latest assessment, the Londa 2025 report, is out, and on paper Kenya had a decent year. The country’s score on the report’s compliance index rose from 34 out of 60 in 2024 to 37 out of 60 in 2025. On the continental ranking, Kenya climbed from 10th place to 7th, sitting behind South Africa, Ghana, Namibia, Senegal, Egypt and Zambia, and ahead of Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria.
That sounds like progress, and in a…
