A senior Zimbabwe Government official said when opening a workshop to develop an e-Government framework and implementation plan for the Government of Zimbabwe recently in Harare.
Chief Secretary to The President and Cabinet, Dr. Misheck Sibanda said, holistically and ultimately, e-Government aims at enhancing access to and delivery of government and other services to benefit the citizens.
This has spurred the development of the broadband transmission, which has seen so many local and regional Internet Service Providers strategically positioning and competing amongst themselves, to have a share in this technological development.
The term broadband can have a wide range of meanings in different contexts, and it has undergone substantial shifts. According to Wikipedia, the term can mean responding to, or operating on a wide band of frequencies.
The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Bill, which would pave the way for implementing a strategic ICT plan launched in February, is currently awaiting cabinet approval before it goes to parliament for further scrutiny.
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If approved, the ICT Bill will put in place a new strategic ICT plan for the country, launched in February.
According to SciDev.Net, Nelson Chamisa, Zaimbabwe’s ICT Minister, said the Bill’s five-year plan would unify ICT strategies in the country, aim to develop further the ICT infrastructure and enhance the capacity to produce hardware and software locally.
Expectations are also high that the new strategic plan would transform Zimbabwe into a knowledge society and contribute significantly to the growth and development of the national economy.