The assessment, which will be quarterly, will cover all the sectors, with the view of measuring how the country performs in the ICT domain, and what that means in terms of national development.
Philbert Nsengimana, the Minister of Youth and ICT, said this on Monday, during a meeting that brought together representatives from various sectors that will be part of the drive.
"By tracking our progress, we are not looking at improving ranking, we want to assess work done in line with our responsibilities, so that we identify the challenges to come with effective measures," Nsengimana said.
Key systems used at BNR such as the Rwanda integrated payments processing system (RIPPS), FINA-the system used to collect data from financial institutions and TeamMate, another system which enhances onsite inspection activities and the regional payments and settlement system (REPPS), Bloomberg and Reuters financial news services have all been backed on the system which has reportedly cost the Bank over Frw 300 million.
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Yet when talking about technology and women in Rwanda, one name will invariably pop up: Clarisse Iribagiza. At just 24, she is the CEO of a mobile computing technology company called HeHe, and she rubbishes the idea that technology is not for women.
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This emerged in the latest report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for 2012.
The annual report titled "Measuring the Information Society 2012", rank the Republic of Korea as the world's most advanced ICT economy, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.