Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents and private sector investment projects and to create an efficient and cost-effective Government-wide communications network infrastructure linking national, provincial and district administration; (e) To ensure that the nation s social and economic development process is not inhibited by the country s ICT infrastructure; (f) To facilitate regional economic integration by utilising regional and international telecommunications infrastructure projects such as the NEPAD Infrastructure, the COMESA COMTEL project and SADC ICT infrastructure initiatives. 6.5.4 STRATEGIES a) Develop special investment incentives to facilitate the expansion of the national ICT infrastructure backbone with emphasis on attracting local and foreign private sector participation; b) Develop alternative and affordable energy sources for ICT equipment including: solar, biomass, wind and other renewable energy sources to supplement the nation s conventional energy sources ; c) Promote the development of the necessary legal, institutional and regulatory framework and structures required for supporting the development of the nation s physical and communications infrastructure; d) Establish of a Government wide network with national, provincial and district coverage; e) Promote public and private sector demand for advanced and reliable broadband information and communication services to drive the development of the nation s ICT backbone infrastructure; f) Restructure the ICT market by separating the provision of wholesale, retail and value-added services. 6.6 PROMOTING ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT The Government machinery is normally viewed through institutions making up the public sector; and plays an important role in the nation s development process. Broadly speaking E-Government involves the deployment and exploitation of ICTs to facilitate the process of bringing Government closer to the people through major improvements in the delivery of goods and services as well as information provision in ways that are most convenient to citizens and other stakeholders. The purpose of 36