Ethiopia's Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (MCIT) will in a month launch 20 mobile applications for 20 government offices, which it has been working on since September 2015, Addis Fortune reported.
Given the mandate to introduce and implement new technology and communication systems in Ethiopia, project operator MCIT has had an e-government plan since 2010. The plan vies to improve the online presence of government services and to improve access to the general public.
The Government Information System Development & Data Centre Administration team under the e-Government Directorate is managing projects targeted towards development of combined information systems to benefit government services online. The strategy to implement the e-government plan includes the development of mobile applications for the 219 e-services that have been identified. Anyone with a smartphone can download these apps.
The 20 offices "are just the first few government offices that are selected based on the number of their clients and the number of clients that seek information, said Abyot Byu, e- government director. Among those selected are the Ministry of Trade (MoT), Ethiopian Revenue & Customs Authority (ERCA) and Ethiopian Postal Services, each to have its own app. Some of the e-government projects that require internal system development are undertaken by the Ministry's own professionals, while most of the app development and the backend software development work is outsourced to Ahadoo Tech ICT Solution and a German company, Meelogic Consulting, with which it is working in partnership.
The companies were selected through a bid announced at the end of June 2015. Accordingly, Ahadoo is developing all 20 apps, while Meelogic will work on the other software.
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Quelle/Source: telecompaper, 27.01.2016
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