Kenya is all set to connect its rural population with the use of  Alphabet Inc’s system of balloons to  high-speed Internet access . The technology is known as Project Loon and is  developed by Alphabet’s X, the company’s innovation lab. It was used by U.S. telecom operators to provide connectivity to more than 250,000 people in Puerto Rico after a hurricane last year.

Joe Mucheru, the information, communication and technology minister, told  that the  project representatives were holding talks with local telecom operators on the deployment of the technology. The project team is working on this and very soon Kenya will be more internet- savvy. With around 45 million population Kenya’s major cities are covered by networks but not in the rural areas . Once the project is implemented successfully the entire country will be connected through internet.

A Microsoft backed Kenyan start-up has been using under-utilized television frequencies to connect some of those rural communities. The minister is hopeful that the government will be able to achieve its goal of reaching everyone through internet. With this the development in the area of technology is going to scale new heights in Kenya.