Task 9

ICT

We came to know from the lecture of Mr. Matti Sinko how the ICT can help a country or region towards revolutionary development. ICT can change the world in a drastic way towards knowledge base and hunger free society. The ICT has a versatile impact for development of the all sectors and sub-sectors. The sector itself consists of  telecommunications, mobile technologies, ICT industry, services and uses but it has the ability to play role on all the other sectors also. It makes the business dynamic by implying e-business, e-commerce, e-banking, m-business etc. It also brings transparence in the government sector by introducing e-governance and it lessen corruption, red tape bureaucracy  and public hassle and brings dynamism in the government.  It also facilitating e-learning to improve the knowledge level of the mass people, spread information and e-health, telemedicine  that brings the service to the door step of the people. The efficiency of  communication and transport system is improved by incorporating ICT. The neglected agriculture has given a great thrust by implying e-marketing, technology adaptation etc.

In the video named “Africa goes digital” we wonder to know how a country like Uganda

realized the great importance of ICT to build the country towards sustainable economy. People supposed that Africa  already missed out agriculture and industrial revolution due to colonial rule on them but they are  not ready  to further miss out ICT revolution. Government had taken different policies and approaches to bridge gap between local and international in digital sector and public also are being aware to the blessing of the ICT. It is amazing to see even a 78 years old woman is carrying responsibility to spread computer knowledge to the village people of Uganda.  

In the second video named “Rwandas 2020: ICT in action in Rwanda” is explored how the government  incorporated ICT to develop different sector in a knowledge base way.

Government realized ICT has a  great role to reach to mile stones of good governance, human resource development, private sector development, infrastructure development, regional integration and productive agriculture. ICT  acts as a enabling tool to reach to these miles stones. It also brings the country from agriculture domination to knowledge base economy.  To enhance ICT, government set NICI programme (National Information and Communication Infrastructure). ICT also is being used to fight against  HIV by real time information sharing.

In conclusion, as ICT is going, it is not far away when the poverty, hungry, women repression, child mortality will be found in the museum not in the society.