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ICT Minister Hon Jenfan Muswere launched five community information centres and six school ICT labs yesterday in Shurugwi. The roll out will capacitate remote and underserved communities with digital tools and skills.
According to TechnoMag, minister Muswere said to truly bridge the digital divide, there is a need for locally relevant content and tools, aimed at creating a platform for crowdsourced content and educating communities on local content production by local creators.
“Community Information Centres we are launching today. The transformation of our economy into a digital economy requires us to embrace and capacitate all Zimbabwean communities with digital tools and skills. We hope and trust these initiatives will assist the Midlands communities and schools to that end.
“However, we also believe that Internet access on its own is not enough. To truly bridge the digital divide, there is a need for locally relevant content and tools aimed at creating a platform for crowdsourced content and educating communities on local content production by local creators,” he said.
The ministry has been tasked to work on the SMART Zimbabwe 2030 Master Plan, which seeks to exploit the potential of ICTs so that Zimbabwe attains its Vision of becoming an Upper Middle-income economy by 2030.
“The Smart Zimbabwe 2030 Master plan, once fully rolled out, is expected to see the country achieving the Digital Economy aspirations of the National Development Strategy One (NDS1). It will completely transform government processes, services and management, and make information access and service delivery to the general public, more efficient,” Minister Muswere said.
The minister added, that the creation of a digital economy is achievable through the creation of a digitally literate population particularly in the rural communities.
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