Central Bank of Kenya has strict risk and compliance guidelines that compel banks to put in place mechanisms to guarantee business continuity in case of disaster. Kenya Data Centers recently launched its own facility covering four floors of an ultra modern building while Equity and other banks have put up data centers to cater for internal and external demands. Smaller players wishing not to invest huge amounts of money on hardware (hardware) and software) can now lease capacity and access software under a pay as you go model. There is no clarity whether the banks will open up and offer external cloud services to the public.”]