The Minister for National Development, Mr. Jacquelin Dugasse would like to express sincere gratitude to all those who have participated in the formulation of the National Information & Communications Technology Policy (NICTP). The development of the NICTP has truly been a public private partnership (PPP) at the highest level, which has involved a lot of hard work, whilst at the same time being stimulating and inspiring. Firstly, special thanks go to all the National Information and Communications Technology Consultative Committee (NICTCC) members. This group of people have devoted much time and effort, in spite of their already busy schedules to make valuable contribution to the development of the policy. Secondly, gratitude is also bestowed onto all our International partners in the whole process, especially the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Indian Ocean Commission and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Thanks also go to all those people and organisations who took time to provide their input, in the process of finalisation of the policy. Gratitude also goes to the Technical Team and Secretariat, which has been the link between the various stakeholders in the development of the NICTP. These two groups have worked behind the scenes carrying out research and policy drafting work and handling of all the necessary logistics for the meetings, document printing and distribution, etc. Last but not least, we would like to thank all those, not mentioned above, who have had a role through the various stages in the development and publication of the policy. All of your contributions have been truly appreciated.