SECTOR 2

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

1.8 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 1.6)

2.9
The country has a coherent ICT policy or the
government implements promotional measures,
which aim to meet the information needs of all citizens,
including marginalised communities .
he country does have a coherent ICT policy and strategy. he introduction
of Computer Science as a subject in secondary schools was an important step
forward in implementing this policy. Initiatives such as the Millennium Villages
and Community Multimedia Centres in rural areas are part of the ongoing
implementation of the ICT policy.
Eforts by Electricidade de Moçambique to expand the national electricity
grid, complemented by rural initiatives by the Energy Fund, have assisted in
the expansion of ICT by improving the rural population’s access to electricity.
However, connectivity problems and the production of locally relevant content
remain serious obstacles to the dissemination of ICT among the vast majority
of the Mozambican population. he technological migration implementation
strategy of the Mozambican National Communications Institute (Instituto
Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique – INCM) provides for civil society
Involvement in the process. However, participants said they were unaware of any
initiatives of this kind.

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