Kenya benefits from internet investment (Video)

The United Nations says internet access is a basic human right that should be guaranteed and protected. But there are still major disparities between nations on who should get access to the world wide web. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports on how one African nation is benefiting from closing the digital divide.

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