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IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
ByEng. George Mulamula
UNESCO IFAP Special Event, Paris, 27th February 2013
INFORMATION THROUGH ICTS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICACOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RWANDA & TANZANIA
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• INTRODUCTION• ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
FRAMEWORK (Rwanda & Tanzania)• INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN
ICT POLICY ROLL-OUT (Rwanda & Tanzania)• CHALLENGES (Rwanda & Tanzania)• CONCLUSION
PRESENTATION
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
Policy makers beginning to understand:• ICT is a tool and an enabler• This presentation - comparative ICT policy
formulation analysis of experiences in both Rwanda and Tanzania
INTRODUCTION
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Rwanda located a few degrees south of the Equator bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, densely populated
• 1994 civil war and genocide decimated the country
• Biggest challenge - reconcile the people of Rwanda, build unity and grow the economy
• Developed Vision 2020
INTRODUCTION…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Tanzania is bordered by Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and the Indian Ocean along the eastern coast, twice the size of Rwanda
• Biggest challenge - reducing poverty & grow the econmoy
• Developed Vision 2025
INTRODUCTION
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Team of experts in project planning, software and hardware, telecommunications, and economist.
• Involved all stakeholders, had strategic implementation plans, and associated costs
• NICI 1st Phase: (2001 – 2005) - period for advocacy on computer usage and benefits.
• Top down approach (e.g. computer literacy, laptop dissemination, cabinet usage)
• Result - greater efficiency, catalyst for better governance
RWANDA’S ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• NICI 2nd Phase (2006-2010) - centered on strengthening this new economic base
• Emphasis - development of key ICT infrastructure and provision of certain services (e.g. backbone, wibro, e-soko, eGov, video-conferencing, ICDL)
• Result - faster exchange of information, savings on time, money and resource wastage reduction
RWANDA’S ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• NICI 3rd Phase (2011-2015) - seeks to sustain the development and compete in the global market for information-based services and products
• Emphasis - ICT skills development, private sector development, ICT for community development, e-Government and cyber security
• NICI 4th Phase (2016-2020) - will build on previous phases to implement new processes that can bring Rwanda to be a knowledgeable society and have a middle-income status & achieve Vision 2020
RWANDA’S ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Used ICT experts only in eThink-Tank and a ICT local Consultant.
• Created a National ICT Organisation (“NICTO”) as a Forum and focal point, on a public – private partnership.
• Objective – improve efficiency and productivity, contribute to the reduction of poverty, improve the quality of life of Tanzanians
• Result - National Information Communication Technology Policy (NICTP) playing a facilitative role within the production sector
TANZANIA’S ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• 2003 - Ministry of Communication & Transport got the NICTP approved by cabinet and parliament
• Next phase - sector by sector development of an integrated implementation strategy
• This phase never materialized mainly due to lack of strategic implementation plans and no coordinated activities and ownership for M&E
• Result - ICT activities done in a “silo” manner by NGOs, public and private sector (e.g., mHealth, eAgriculture)
TANZANIA’S ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
Way forward: • Review of ICT Policy with technical assistance of UN
ECA and support from the Government of Finland• Learning from best practices, the MCST will have a
team of ICT experts & sector experts to write up the policy and implementation plan
• Stakeholder involvement - their plans incorporated in the strategic implementation plan
TANZANIA’S ICT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• GoR set up the National Information Technology Commission (NITC) and the Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA), now part of RDB
• NITC membership – key Cabinet Ministers, private & public sector, led by the President
• Responsibilities of NITC:– coordinating the development of Rwanda's ICT Policy,
Strategies and Plans & supervise RITA– RITA Agency to do M&E with milestones & KPIs.
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN ICT POLICY ROLL-OUT
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• In 2003, GoT established the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) as the statutory regulatory body responsible for regulating the communications and broadcasting sectors in Tanzania
• TCRA developed the Telecommunications Bill, touches on ICT, but vacuum in the ICT policy implementation sector
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN ICT POLICY ROLL-OUT…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• In 2011, the GoT through the Commission for Science & Technology (COSTECH) created an ICT Incubation Centre called Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) on a PPP basis that supports ICT Start-ups & SMEs. Objective – with ICT information to:– develop open data portal of information and through ICT to
improve G2C, G2B and B2C services by creating citizen-centric applications (mobile & web) with feedback
– assist entrepreneurs & innovators develop bankable ideas and enterprises to be job creators
– assist in skills development and capacity building– overcome the “valley of death” syndrome
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN ICT POLICY ROLL-OUT…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• In 2012, MCST got Parliament approval to set up a National ICT Board (NICTB) that will:– coordinate all ICT activities in the country– monitor and evaluate ICT initiatives – provide strategic guidance for effective ICT
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN ICT POLICY ROLL-OUT…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Capacity and skills gaps -private sector and Government
• The mountainous terrain makes ICT infrastructure roll out difficult
• Funding• Stimulating private sector entrepreneurship
RWANDA CHALLENGES
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• “Will” to change and implement (system & national good)
• Spurring innovation & commercializing R&D results
• Funding• Competition for resources among
ministries, departments and agencies
TANZANIA CHALLENGES…
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Rwanda - implementing programmes in a smaller country makes it easier, but “weighed” down by the high population density and mountainous terrain.
• Tanzania – with “silo” mentality, to have complementary synergy will require perseverance to stay the course
CONCLUSION
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
IFAP Special Event: Information and Knowledge for All, Emerging Trends and Challenges
• Correct ICT policies and strategies that are citizen-centric with feedback mechanisms
• Leadership and vision – crucial in attaining the socio-economic goals of developing our countries
• Commend UNESCO for its role in Harnessing Information Technology for Development in Africa
CONCLUSION…