President William Ruto has said digital companies in abroad have asked for almost 300,000 employees to work in the industry.
Ruto said during his visit to the United States last week, several companies such as Google, Intel and Apple acknowledged that they have job opportunities for Kenyans.
"We have negotiated with many companies. I was in the US and I visited Google, Intel, Apple and all those companies are looking for employees," Ruto said.
"They said they want 100,000, 200,000, 300,000 employees and those employees are Kenyan youths."
The President was speaking on Sunday in a service at Deliverance Church International, Lang’ata, Nairobi.
He said in order to enable youths get digital jobs across the world, the government will construct Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) hubs in every ward to train youths.
"We are going to construct ICT hubs in every ward in Kenya where we will put computers and other facilities so that 300,400, 500 youths can get digital jobs," he said.
He elaborated that the construction of digital facilities is part of the Kenya Kwanza manifesto which aims to create employment for the youths.
"So if you hear us talk about digital superhighways, ICT hubs, hot spots in our manifesto, it's because we want to use the internet to create digital jobs for our youths," he said.
Speaking on Friday, Ruto said the government has distributed some 22,000 computers to every TVET institution.
He noted that he and ICT CS Eliud Owalo visited some of the institutions to launch the digital superhighway projects.
He added that the government has allocated some funds in the budget for ICT infrastructure.
Regarding the plan for hubs in the wards, Ruto tasked MPs to construct them using the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
"Using CDF, our MPs will construct the building and we (the government) will bring in the equipment," he said.
In addition, he said the government will use the ICT hubs to promote e-commerce and government services.