The discovery of writing skills made it possible for man to remember disease and how to manage it.
Results of that 2 000-year-old discovery are the institutions of knowledge we see today that now form the pillar of present-day health care practice.
The latest update explains further the ZimSwitch Shared Services platform; basically, a single point of connection for the financial institutions allowing them to offer financial services via mobile, web and to integrate seamlessly with service providers such as the utilities companies (ZESA for example), companies providing subscription based services like DSTV and merchants in general.
Read more: ZW: ZimSwitch services update: Internet payments, Mobile Money, mCommerce & more
According to ICT minister Nelson Chamisa, the new policy will provide for, among other things, the establishment of a national information and communication technology authority, and a national information and communication technology converged regulator and e-government.
“The country is in a period of rebuilding and the timing for investment could not be better,” he said.
The Minister is also on record as saying that Zimbabwe is moving ahead with plans to push its ICT sector to “the next level” by 2015, orchestrated through the Zimbabwe National ICT Policy Framework, first launched in 2007 and adapted to keep up with industry developments.
Read more: ZW: Chamisa pushes ICT sector to “the next level” by 2015
The government is in the process of crafting a revised information and communication technology policy framework. Zimbabwe first launched its national ICT Policy Framework in 2007, but the document was overtaken by developments in the fast-growing sector.