7.3 Policy Statements: National Data Centre The Government of Zimbabwe will establish a national data centre, which allows Zimbabwe to centralize her information storage, management and protection, as well as take advantage of cloud computing opportunities. In addition the government will establish a National Internet Exchange (NIE) to ensure localised internet exchange. The Government will therefore: a) Facilitate the development of a single national data centre and internet exchange strategy and blueprint for the design and implementation of national data centre infrastructure and services. b) Establish a Data Centre where Government, SEPs and the private sector can be shareholders and an agency or SEPs can be appointed to operate the Data Centre. c) Align the National Data Centre with other programs such as e-Government, national backbone infrastructure and affordable internet service provision. d) Lead in the coordination and establishment of a national data centre. 8 e-Government E-government includes all electronic information movement, interactions and transactions that facilitate service delivery among Government ministries, institutions, departments and agencies (G2G); between Government and the private sector (G2P) and between Government and the citizenry (G2C). e-Government relies entirely on ICTs to provide services such as:    8.1 Convenient access to interactive information and services; Timely delivery of public services; and Efficient and effective methods of conducting business transactions. Policy Statements: e-Government a) Facilitate the development of a single national strategy and blueprint for the planning, design and implementation of e-Government infrastructure and services. This will avoid fragmentation, duplication and focus the country on areas of achieving maximum results. b) E-Government will be deployed to reduce government institutions operational costs and to bring Government closer to the people. c) The e-Government Strategy will maximise and leverage on national ICT infrastructure to optimise capital and operational expenditure requirements. d) Avail e-government services to all citizens in a language that they understand. 23