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The ministry of ICT in partnership with the Korean National IT Promotion Agency (NIPA), have launched a joint collaborative action to develop an e-Government master plan.

The goal of the e-Government master plan is to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of the process of government to government (G2G), government to citizen (G2C) and government to business (G2B).

Read more: RW: Gov't to Develop a Master Plan for E-Government

Over 48 girls from different secondary schools across the country received training on the use of ICT's at Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology in a programme dubbed Camp TechKobwa.

The five day training program organised by Peace Corps in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and ICT was closed on Friday last week.

Lyla Fujiwara, head of Camp TechKobwa said that the programme focuses on inspiring young women to become the next generation of Rwandan technology entrepreneurs by developing their skills and creativity in using technology.

Read more: RW: Peace Corps Empower School Girls On ICT Use

Rwanda is looking at encouraging its citizens to be more techno savvy and strengthen the bid to become a leading regional knowledge-hub.

The government is now working with the private sector to identify innovative, information-driven and ICT enabled solutions to boost economic growth.

The solutions referred to as 'SMART' are expected to be a citizen-centric and business-friendly, accessible and sustainable Information and Service Delivery ecosystem through public and private investments.

Read more: Rwanda Moves to It Solutions

Rwanda is now one step closer to its goal of becoming a hub for information and communications technology with the support of traditional donors like the World Bank and a new addition: the private sector.

The biggest ICT for development event in Rwanda wrapped up in June with the entire country geared for a technological boost, as more than 250 delegates from bilateral donors, civil society, the private sector and academia, and over 500 online participants from across the globe met in Kigali to discuss an major overhaul of the country’s ICT capacity to better address Rwanda’s lingering development challenges.

Read more: Rwanda's push to become an ICT hub

Rwanda, in collaboration with the Work Bank, has staged “Smart Rwanda Days”, a two day co-creation exercise involving global experts and Rwandans to identify possible “smart” solutions to problems in different areas that are innovative, information-driven and ICT-enabled.

Smart Rwanda is about creating a citizen-centric and business-friendly service delivery ecosystem, realised through public and private investments, to transform the economy and benefit Rwandans.

Read more: Focus on Smart Rwanda

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