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.
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