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Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents b) Provide special licensing obligations and incentives to providers of toll-free and other subsidised services; c) Use the Post Offices and public libraries as primary points for interaction In E- Government and E-Commerce applications across the country; d) Promote community-based ICT initiatives including telemedicine, multi purpose community mobile/stationery telecenters, tele-education and schoolnet Initiatives to accelerate the spread of ICTs within the communities using the PPP model; e) Develop special initiatives and incentives targeted at the growth of SME entrepreneurs especially youths and women to support the provision of valueadded ICT services in all districts; f) Facilitate the planning, designing and development of a scalable and high quality digital transmission network in all districts to support fixed and mobile communications, internet and data services as well as radio and TV reception; g) Support the decentralization process by establishing multi-purpose community information centres in conjunction with the respective local authorities in each district; h) Intensify public awareness initiatives on the benefits of ICTs. 6.4 DEVELOPING THE ICT SECTOR The Zambian ICT sector is small and under-developed, with the majority of the companies and businesses operating in the sector being small-to-medium scale enterprises, most of which lack the necessary capacity and resources to expand and compete effectively in the domestic, regional and international market. The Zambian ICT industry is hardly involved in the production and development of local ICT products resulting in service providers being involved mainly in retailing (supplying imported computer hardware and software as complete systems) of computer products as well as providing basic IT services. On the other hand the privatisation of ZCCM and restructuring of Zambia Railways has resulted in high inactivity in software development centres operated under the above institutions before the privatisation process. This has affected the managerial and professional development capacity in IT services and software engineering in the country. 31

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National ICT Policy of Zambia

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State

Zambia

Type of Document (for States): Strategy Documents: Other Strategy Documents

Topics

Cyber Crime
Cyber Terrorism
Cybersecurity Awareness
Data Protection
Economy and Finance
Gender
Human & Digital Rights
International Cooperation
National Cyber Defense
Public-Private Partnership
Sustainable Development

United Nations Regional Group

African States

Issuing Body

Ministry of Transport and Communications of Zambia

Summary

Outlines 13 pillars:

Attaining sufficient and world-class human resource capacity in critical and relevant ICT skills required for developing and driving Zambia’s information and knowledge-based society and economy;
Integrating ICTs into the education system and developing the nation’s Research and Development (R&D) capacity to support, facilitate and contribute to the development of key sectors of the economy including the development of appropriate local ICT products and services;
Promoting widespread public access to information through appropriate traditional and new technology solutions based on relevant local content while promoting cultural heritage;
Developing a competitive local ICT industry supported by a clear policy roadmap, as well as a fair and transparent regulatory framework and pro-investor market conditions resulting in the effective participation of the private sector in value-adding, export-oriented services, which will serve as the main engine for accelerating the development of the local economy;
Increasing access and promoting widespread deployment of ICT services through the expansion of the nation’s telecommunications backbone infrastructure covering the whole country;
Improving public sector management as well as efficient and effective delivery of public goods and services through the implementation of E-Government systems;
Promoting Zambia’s full and effective participation in national, regional and global trade through E-Commerce services and facilities;
Improving productivity as well as competitiveness of the agricultural sector through the use of ICTs in the planning, implementation, monitoring and the information delivery process;
Improving access to quality healthcare as close to the family as possible through the deployment and exploitation of ICTs and other modern technologies;
Integrating ICTs into the development of the tourism industry and facilitating conservation of Zambia’s natural resources and heritage as well as protecting the environment;
Using ICTs as an instrument to bring issues relating to youth and women into all aspects of the economy and society, as well as empowering youths and women through opportunities created by the implementation of ICT projects and programmes in the country;
Developing appropriate institutional, legal and regulatory system in order to support the development of a competitive local ICT sector based on convergence principles, which will be supported by fair, predictable, and transparent legal and regulatory frameworks; and
Safeguarding national, institutional and individual security concerns to support the development, deployment and effective use of ICTs within the Zambian economy and society at large.

Source Link 1: https://thezambian.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Zambia-Information-and-Communication-Technology-Policy.pdf

Source Link 2: https://www.zicta.zm/storage/sites/attachments/TVV4W9VO7MgqBMtdHT4h09NNq8XSXyS3VVYU44PF.pdf

Year Published: 2006

Document Language(s)

English

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