A Icts Infrastructure

A ICTs Infrastructure

1. Analyse the current ICT Infrastructure in Zimbabwe, in terms of –

· What constitutes ICT Infrastructure;

· Its adequacy;

· Its use;

· how it is managed;

· how up to date it is;

· its coverage; and

· its affordability;

· ICT enablers; etc

and identify the consequences therefrom.

2. Propose the way forward

B Regional position and Policy and regulatory framework on ICT and Institutional Mechanisms

1. Identify Zimbabwe’s regional position with respect to ICT development and usage and how this can be enhanced.

2. Identify the key policy and regulatory bottlenecks/constraints to a thriving ICT programme in Zimbabwe.

3. How do these bottlenecks/constraints affect the development of ICTs in Zimbabwe?

4. Proffer ideas on what Zimbabwe should do to overcome these bottlenecks/constraints

5. What institutional requirements are needed to manage ICTs in Zimbabwe?

C e-Services

1. Identify the e-services that are currently in use in Zimbabwe, including the social networks and how they can be of benefit to the population.

2. To what extent are these services utilised?

3. Identify any—

(a) benefits; and

(b) challenges

of using these e-services and social networks.

4. Suggest what should Zimbabwe do to—

(a). realise the benefits; and

(b) reduce the challenges

of using these e-services and social networks.

5. What other e-services should be promoted in the country?

D Research, Innovation and Industry Development

1. Identify the current research and development endeavours in the ICT sector;

· (eg extent of ICT research;

· innovation capacity building;

· local content generation; and

· ICT industry development).

2. In seeking to achieve some indicators of the above aspects of national development in the information age what challenges does Zimbabwe face?

3. How can the challenges to the above aspects of national development in the information age be dealt with?

4. What should be done to build a vibrant ICT industry in the country

E Capacity Building and Content

1. What is the status of the human capacity development in ICT Sector?

2.In what ways can capacity be realised in the ICT Sector?