At least 581 village heads in Bugesera District gathered in Nyamata town on Tuesday to learn about Irembo; a one-stop portal for e-Government services.
The session, the first in a three-month long countrywide tour, allowed local leaders and members of the public to familiarise themselves with the e-Government platform and how it would provide government services online with efficiency and reliability.
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Digital innovations for development appear to be the theme of the 2015 Transform Africa event in Rwanda, among them is an online platform created to establish connectivity between Rwanda's government and its citizens for access to government services.
According to the website, Irembo is the "one-stop portal for e-Government services", a platform for the provision of government services online.
"We already are live, we have five government services online and we will be having about 30 services by end of this year," said Clement Uwajeneza, CEO of Rwanda Online Platform Limited.
Tigo Rwanda has announced its partnership with Rwanda Online Platform Ltd (ROPL) for e-Government service payments via the Irembo.gov.rw e-government portal.
As part of this structure and in collaboration with ROPL, the Irembo.rw platform is the single “one-stop-shop” for Government Services applications, support and payment.
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Tigo Rwanda makes five years of operations this year. The telecom firm that has been dominant in the data and mobile money transfer services looks to strengthen its presence going forward. Last month, for instance, it unveiled a new brand tagline: "Live it. Love it". The telecom firm also launched a new campaign that aims at promoting Internet penetration in Rwanda and the use of mobile financial services, enabling clients to live 'a digital lifestyle'. Business Times' Ben Gasore caught up with Tongai Maramba, the Tigo Rwanda general manager, who spoke about the local telecom market, and how the new campaign will help address some of the challenges the sector faces, among other. Excerpts:
Q: Tell us about the new campaign and the Tigo's digital push.
As a brand for ambitious young people who believe in dreaming big, working hard, and in so doing achieving great things, we are committing ourselves to take their ambitions to another level by easing access to the Internet. Our product portfolio will be focused on this group, while our sales channels and support will be designed purposely for them, and the entire system will be reoriented toward this new and exciting emerging digital class.
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More than 800 sector officers from across the country have received training ahead of the launch of Rwanda Online Platform initiative that is set to provide electronic governance services.
The trained government officials, who are now acquainted with necessary skills to create public user accounts, approve applications and notify applicants on the status of their applications will process applications submitted by citizens.
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