TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY___________________________________________ 7
I.
INTRODUCTION ______________________________________________ 9
Information and Communication Technologies Defined ______________ 9
Importance of Information and Communication Technologies in
Business ______________________________________________________________ 9
II. SITUATION ANALYSIS ________________________________________ 11
Key Trends ___________________________________________________________ 12
Statistical data on ICT usage ________________________________________ 12
SWOT ANALYSIS _____________________________________________ 13
a. Strengths __________________________________________________________ 13
b. Weaknesses ________________________________________________________ 14
c. Opportunities______________________________________________________ 16
d. Threats ____________________________________________________________ 17
III. SETTING THE STAGE _________________________________________ 19
Government as a Model User of Information and Communication
Technologies _________________________________________________________ 19
Leadership ___________________________________________________________ 20
Convergence _________________________________________________ 20
Security ______________________________________________________________ 21
Innovation and Entrepreneurship ____________________________________ 22
Intellectual Property Rights and Responsibilities ____________________ 22
The Way Forward ____________________________________________________ 23
IV. THEME _____________________________________________________ 24
V. CORE VALUES _______________________________________________ 24
VI. NATIONAL ICT VISION _______________________________________ 26
VII. NATIONAL ICT MISSION _____________________________________ 26
VIII. BROAD NATIONAL GOALS __________________________________ 26
Goal 1 ________________________________________________________ 26
Goal 2 ________________________________________________________ 27
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