21.1 Policy Statements
a) Promote legislative measures for a procurement quota system on locally developed
solutions.
b) Promote collaboration at national and regional levels among research institutions.
c) Facilitate the establishment of ICT incubator facilities.
d) Provide tax incentives for innovative ICT companies and those that take students on
industrial attachment that is connected with research and innovation.
e) A percentage of ICT products and services sales revenue should be channelled towards
research.
f) The Universal Services Fund must offer research grants to high school, college and
University students.
22 Cyber Security and Other ICT Legislative Initiatives
22.1 Policy Statement: Implement Cyber laws and ICT Legislative Provisions
Policy on the enactment of the necessary cyber laws and legislative provisions:
a) Develop the information economy and society that will be facilitated by necessary legal
and legislative provisions.
b) Administer the enactment of the necessary cyber laws and legislative provisions to
govern and regulate cyber-related activities in the country.
c) Put in place the necessary legislation to facilitate electronic commerce.
d) Facilitate the enactment of laws relating to intellectual property rights, data protection
and security, freedom of access to information, computer related and cybercrime laws,
i.e.
20.2
Adopt data protection and privacy
Intellectual property protection and copyright
Consumer protection
Child online protection.
Policy Statement: Postal and Courier services
To cover future plans related to Zimbabwe’s postal and courier services, market structure and
competition, National Address System, Zimbabwe Post Office infrastructure, Universal service
and access and postal services generally there is need to develop and periodically review its
Postal Sector Policy.
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