Eastern and Southern African communication ministers are going to sign the official protocol for the region’s ICT broadband infrastructure network, that includes the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), by month-end.
Celtel Tanzania Ltd, part of the Pan African Celtel Group has received a $90 million loan for network expansion.
A pioneering project on computerisation in certain select villages of Tanzania is under consideration by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech).
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
If a peasant can send a 40-page trade document from Tanzania to Cuba for just 40 cents of one US$, there is no doubt that modern ICT are cost-effective and hence efficient in poverty reduction.
[This article was published in the August 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Presenting a series of locally written articles with southern perspectives on the impact and the use of ICTs for Development. Following is the second series of articles focusing on ICT and Livelihoods in 6 African countries.
[This article was published in the March 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 to
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
What
A workshop was convened to establish Tanzania Parliamentary Network for ICT for Development (ParlNet ICT D Tanzania) simply dubbed BungeNet. The Cabinet has officially endorsed establishment of electronic-government (e-government), as part of the ambition to turn the country into a hub of information and communication technology in Africa. This initiative to be co-ordinated by the Public Service Department, would enable the government to collect and hold vast amounts of locally relevant information.
