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To facilitate a wide-spread deployment and exploitation of ICTs within the society to
support the delivery of health and social services
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To support the modernization of the civil and public service through institutional
reforms, renewal and the deployment and exploitation of ICTs to facilitate improvements
in operational effectiveness, efficiency and service delivery
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To facilitate the development, expansion, rehabilitation and the continuous
modernization of the national information and communications infrastructure
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To guide the development and implementation of electronic government and
governance, as well as electronic commerce and business strategies and action plans
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To accelerate the development of women and eliminate gender inequalities in
education, employment, decision making through the deployment and exploitation of
ICTs by building capacities and providing opportunities for girls and women
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To facilitate the development and implementation of the necessary legal, institutional
and regulatory framework and structures required for supporting the deployment,
utilization and the development of ICTs;
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To facilitate the development and promotion of the necessary standards, good practices
and guidelines to support the deployment and exploitation of ICTs within the society and
economy
The Strategic Focus of the Policy
To simultaneously target the development of the ICT sector and industry as well as use ICTs as a
broad-based enabler of developmental goals, with emphasis on the development, deployment
and exploitation of ICTs to aid the development of all other sectors of the economy
The Priority Focus Areas of Policy --- The 14 ICT4AD Pillars
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Accelerated Human Resource Development
Promoting ICTs in Education – The Deployment and Exploitation of ICTs in Education
Facilitating Government Administration and Service Delivery – Promoting Electronic
Government and Governance
Facilitating the Development of the Private Sector
Developing an Export-Oriented ICT Products and Services Industry
Modernization of Agriculture and the Development of an Agro-Business Industry
Developing a Globally Competitive Value-Added Services Sector --- A Regional Business
Service and ICT Hub
Deployment and Spread of ICTs in the Community
Promotion of National Health
Rapid ICT and Enabling Physical Infrastructure Development
Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional Framework Provisions
R&D, Scientific and Industrial Research Capacity Development
Promoting Foreign and Local Direct Investment Drive in ICTs
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