Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenyan households and businesses are rapidly upgrading to faster internet speeds, new data shows, signalling a decisive shift in digital consumption as demand for streaming, remote work and online services accelerates.

Latest figures from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show demand is rising across both entry-level and ultra-fast broadband tiers, pointing to a widening appetite for connectivity and a shift toward high-capacity network linkages.

According to the data, connections in the 256 kilobits per second (Kbps) to below two megabits per second (Mbps) band jumped nearly fivefold from 16,578 in 2024 to 78,522 in 2025, reflecting uptake among lower-income households and small enterprises entering the d...