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Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents 6.4.1 POLICY GOAL To develop a competitive local ICT industry supported by a clear policy roadmap; fair and transparent regulatory framework and pro-investor market conditions resulting in the effective participation of the private sector in value-adding, export-oriented services; serving as the main engine for accelerating the development of the local economy. 6.4.2 COMMITMENTS In order to achieve the above goal Government shall: (a) Create an open and transparent forum/environment for consultation/dialogue on matters of interest for policy makers, regulators, operators, consumers and other stakeholders in the ICT sector; (b) Create an ICT Enterprise Development Fund to support Zambians in Joint Venture Partnerships; Capital Market participation; and provide seed capital for Incubator projects targeting SMEs in the ICT sector; (c) Implement special initiatives and measures aimed at promoting local and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) drive in ICTs including technology transfer programmes between local and foreign companies; (d) Provide special incentives to the local ICT industry to manufacture, assemble, maintain and repair ICT equipment; and the development of a globally competitive software industry based on proprietary, free and open source solutions to serve the domestic and export market; (e) Develop Human Resources Development strategies and combat HIV/AIDS in the workplace as part of the industry development process. 6.4.3 OBJECTIVES a) To create an innovative, market responsive, highly competitive, coordinated and well regulated ICT industry; b) To facilitate joint venture initiatives for local entrepreneurs with international private investors in the provision of public ICT goods and services; c) To develop ICT business incubators (start-up projects) and technology parks to accelerate the development of local consumer ICT products and services; d) To create a favourable business environment and promote Zambia as an 32

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National ICT Policy of Zambia

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Zambia

Type of Document (for States): Strategy Documents: Other Strategy Documents

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Cyber Crime
Cyber Terrorism
Cybersecurity Awareness
Data Protection
Economy and Finance
Gender
Human & Digital Rights
International Cooperation
National Cyber Defense
Public-Private Partnership
Sustainable Development

United Nations Regional Group

African States

Issuing Body

Ministry of Transport and Communications of Zambia

Summary

Outlines 13 pillars:

Attaining sufficient and world-class human resource capacity in critical and relevant ICT skills required for developing and driving Zambia’s information and knowledge-based society and economy;
Integrating ICTs into the education system and developing the nation’s Research and Development (R&D) capacity to support, facilitate and contribute to the development of key sectors of the economy including the development of appropriate local ICT products and services;
Promoting widespread public access to information through appropriate traditional and new technology solutions based on relevant local content while promoting cultural heritage;
Developing a competitive local ICT industry supported by a clear policy roadmap, as well as a fair and transparent regulatory framework and pro-investor market conditions resulting in the effective participation of the private sector in value-adding, export-oriented services, which will serve as the main engine for accelerating the development of the local economy;
Increasing access and promoting widespread deployment of ICT services through the expansion of the nation’s telecommunications backbone infrastructure covering the whole country;
Improving public sector management as well as efficient and effective delivery of public goods and services through the implementation of E-Government systems;
Promoting Zambia’s full and effective participation in national, regional and global trade through E-Commerce services and facilities;
Improving productivity as well as competitiveness of the agricultural sector through the use of ICTs in the planning, implementation, monitoring and the information delivery process;
Improving access to quality healthcare as close to the family as possible through the deployment and exploitation of ICTs and other modern technologies;
Integrating ICTs into the development of the tourism industry and facilitating conservation of Zambia’s natural resources and heritage as well as protecting the environment;
Using ICTs as an instrument to bring issues relating to youth and women into all aspects of the economy and society, as well as empowering youths and women through opportunities created by the implementation of ICT projects and programmes in the country;
Developing appropriate institutional, legal and regulatory system in order to support the development of a competitive local ICT sector based on convergence principles, which will be supported by fair, predictable, and transparent legal and regulatory frameworks; and
Safeguarding national, institutional and individual security concerns to support the development, deployment and effective use of ICTs within the Zambian economy and society at large.

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Year Published: 2006

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