Pillar 1: Expected Outcomes The expected outcomes for implementing programme initiatives under the strategic pillar, ICT infrastructure development are depicted in diagram below: People Centric Development, poverty reduction and social justice Improve accessibility and efficiency of ICT Infrastructure; Increased security of online transactions, data and privacy Modern competitive economy Modern effective efficient government Create an enabling environment for the development of the ICT sector. Expansion of possible business ventures. Competitive telecommunications and broadcasting market. Appropriate infrastructure to support ICT initiatives. Create an enabling environment for adoption of Government ICT initiatives. Strategic Pillar 2: Innovation and Human Development The Plan will entail a strategic objective of building a creative knowledge Society. This pillar is geared towards people-centered development. The pillar involves the seamless incorporation of ICTs into learning at all levels of the education and human capital development systems. In this regard it is foreseen that ICT will be made a compulsory subject at the appropriate education levels. In addition to theory, there will be an emphasis on practical, creative application of ICTs. This theme builds the “Capacity and community” dimension. 50

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