National Information and Communications Technology Policy
to identify what latent intellectual property already exists within industry,
harvest what exists among Tanzanians and publish the intellectual property.
Intellectual Property publication will leverage the results of where existing
ICT companies have been historically focusing their efforts (fragmented and
opportunistic technical efforts). Intellectual Property publishing will help
communicate and develop an international awareness of Tanzania’s technical
capability and competence. There is a dire need to develop awareness of
hidden and under-promoted conceptual and technical assets. As such it is
important to create awareness among ICT companies and management about
the importance of Intellectual Property. Paired with awareness is also the
need for training which explains the procedure for Intellectual Property
searches and registration, including whom and where such services can be
obtained in Tanzania, in addition to Business Registration and Licensing
Agency (BRELA).
Challenges
1.2
i)
Non recognition of the ICT profession, inadequacy of skilled
and competent human resources base and illiteracy amongst
citizens to effectively participate in a knowledge society;
ii)
Ineffective leadership framework at different levels to champion
the integration of ICTs in the socio-economic development
process;
iii)
Lack of appropriate frameworks for deployment and utilization
of ICT infrastructures including data centres, right of way,
e-readiness and availability of electricity in most rural areas;
iv)
Underutilization of the deployed radio-communication
frequency spectrum and other scarce ICT resources due to lack
of policy framework;
v)
Most ICTs used in the country lack or contain minimal local
content components, online content language is foreign
predominantly English which is not accessible to most citizen
and no framework for promotion of the competitive ITES/BPO
Industry in the country;
vi)
Relative increase in ICT infrastructure vandalism and unsafe/
unsecure use of communication services which lead to
cybercrime, infringement of privacy and detriment to national
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