All was well meant when Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya challenged African Communications Experts at a workshop on sustainable rural telecenters in Lusaka last week to come up with strategies that their governments will use to roll out ICT to rural areas. read more »
As Zambians await the listing of shares by Celtel Zambia on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE), it is a good time to look at the technological risks that are outlined in the Celtel Prospectus. read more »
The current power deficit and the subsequent load shedding the country has been experiencing led to the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) regional stations nationwide to loose connectivity with the main station in Lusaka. This occured when the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) configuration settings were erased due to a power surge when power was restored last month. read more »
One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, the target being to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than a dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
What is the role of ICTs in combating poverty? read more »
By Brenda Zulu
The ICT sector in Zambia has experienced rapid changes over the last decade. Access to information and the capacity to communicate have increased with the advent of the Internet, digital satellite television and cellular networks over the past five years. Since 1993, the Zambian Government has taken a number of measures to reform the ICT sector.
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By Brenda Zulu
A huge digital divide exists between the able and disabled people in terms of access to information communication technology (ICT) which must be closed if less disabled people are to escape poverty and engage in the global economy. The current Information communication technologies (ICT) revolution has enormous social and economic implications for all people. read more »
By Brenda Zulu This year Zambia saw the Communication Authority of Zambia (CAZ) advertise for the registration of a 4th Mobile Service Provider. According to the Information Communication Technology policy there are currently three mobile service providers and that there is need for a fourth mobile service provider. The three mobile service providers in Zambia are Celtel, Zamnet and MTN. read more »
All was well meant when Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya challenged African Communications Experts at a workshop on sustainable rural telecenters in Lusaka last week to come up with strategies that their governments will use to roll out ICT to rural areas. read more »
