But what do these public-private partnerships (PPPs) look like in practice? I put this question to Laura Hosman, assistant professor of political science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, United States, who specialises in ICT for development (ICT4D) and such partnerships.
Read more: TZ: Focus on private sector: Making ICT partnerships work
According to a report released by Research ICT Africa, Tanzania is the number one African country when it comes to broadband affordability packages.
For 5GB of surfing data, Tanzanians averagely pay US$13.30 on prepaid and US$18.77 for ADSL.
The advice has been given by the Minister of Communication, Science and Technology, Prof. Makame Mbarawa when addressing the Great Rift Valley ICT Summit in Dar es Salaam.
Read more: Tanzania urges Rift Valley countries to embrace private sector in ICT development
Several government ministries, agencies and departments have been connected to the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB), with the aim of achieving fast and sustainable development through e-government.
While in the past people relied on letter writing to communicate with relatives, friends or colleagues living far away, today it just takes a matter of few seconds to communicate with a person living thousands of kilometres away by just phoning, sending a text message, emailing or faxing.
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