ICT minister Nelson Chamisa said his ministry was targeting to have every individual online by 2015 to ensure smooth flow of doing business and would embark on erecting one-stop shops in the rural areas for the benefit of students.
Laying the cable, which commenced in May last year, was supposed to be completed in December last year and once complete the link was expected to bolster service provision by state-owned telecommunications companies NetOne and TelOne.
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In Zimbabwe however, citizens do not have access to adequate information to base decisions on and are therefore not empowered to take charge of their destinies by participating in the critical discourses shaping policy formulation, service delivery principles and governance priorities. Expansion in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) has however provided an opportunity for the government to increase the amount of information Zimbabweans have access to and to generate discourse between the public and those who govern them.
ITGCSI also assists organisations identify how they use information to meet their strategic business goals, then determine the best ways to protect their information assets throughout the information security lifecycle.
The independent and non-profit trust was founded end of 2011.
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EM: Analysts say your ministry tops all in terms of performance, what makes you tick?
NC: Not so sure about that but thank you for being kind and generous. Proverbs 3v5 says, in everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success. Excellence is second nature to us. We are enemies to mediocrity. The government works as a team. In the ministry, excellence is standard conversation and common practice.