connecting communities part 1
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Connecting Communities presentation delivered by the Deputy Minister from the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Zimbabwe at the Connect 2 Connect Summit 2014, TanzaniaTRANSCRIPT
Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier ServicesDeputy Minster Dr Win B.J. MlamboConnect 2 Connect SummitDar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tuesday, the 30th of September, 2014.1
Applying
Cost-Effective and Fast-to-Install ICTs
Adopting
“What Works” and “Leap-Frog” Paradigms
In
Connecting Communities
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Agenda Driving and Guiding Principles
Current Programmes
Future Programmes
Planned Targets
Driving Principles Africa is “Delayed” - Leap-Frog development
Take service to the people Vs Taking people to the service centres
“Destructive Innovation” – Reverse population migration
Build uniform communities – Collapse & Remove divides
(Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation)
- Inclusion of marginalised & disadvantaged social groups
- Commence with easier, easy to appreciate ICT projects
- Poverty Reduction through adoption of ICTs
- Adopt sustainable ICT projects
Three Pillars of Sustainable Development
Social Fabric
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Engender coordination
of information on:
Livelihoods
Citizens' Rights
Public services
Connecting individuals
and groups together.
Social Inclusion
Citizen
participation
Engender coordination
of information on:
Health care
Education
Training
Results …………..
Healthy democracy
Social harmony
Peace & Tranquillity
ICT TOOLS
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Philosophical Construct
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Now the tangible projects
Current Programmes Community Information Centres (CICs)
Connect a School Connect a Community
e-Government drive
Optical fibre programmes
TelOne’s KU-band systems
Future Programmes Global Digital Village (GDVs)
Mobile laboratories
Use of Solar to power Rural ICTs Systems
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