1 / 17

Leveraging Telecentres for e-Governance: Insights from Tanzania

Explore the impact of telecentres in Tanzania, their role in advancing e-Governance, and the way forward for leveraging ICTs for community development. Discover the initiatives, experience, and recommendations for enhancing knowledge access and rural connectivity through telecentre excellence.

kathiej
Download Presentation

Leveraging Telecentres for e-Governance: Insights from Tanzania

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. IST-AFRICA CONFERENCE & EXHIBITIONS 2009 ICT & e-Governance 4RD The case of Telecentres 6th-8th May, 2009 in Kampala - Uganda By Felician B.Ncheye Manager Sengerema MCT telecentre for excellence 1

  2. OUTLINE Tanzania Profile in brief Why ICTs About Telecentres in Tanzania The Role of Telecentres Experience The wayforward Conclusion telecentre for excellence 2

  3. 1.0 Tanzania in Brief • DATA • Population:37 million, 30% living in urban, 70% in rural • Size: 945,000 sq. kms • Teledensity: 18.3/100 • Per capita income:$365 • Climate: varies from tropical along coast to template highlands • Terrain:plains along coast, central plateau, highlands in north& south telecentre for excellence 3

  4. Location • TANZANIA • Share boarders with 8 countries; Kenya, Uganda, DRC-Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Burundi telecentre for excellence 4

  5. 2.0 Why ICTs • Knowledge is the most important factor in the success process • Knowledge provides understanding for one to make right or wrong decisions • Decisions are the determinants of the success of any initiative. • Knowledge is the function of information • ICTs are the best tools in the information service delivery telecentre for excellence 5

  6. About Telecentres in TZ • Sengerema Multipurpose Community Telecentre, started in 2001 to access affordable ICTs to rural settings and model for replication to other rural areas. • Tanzania Telecentre Network, established 2007 to facilitate establishment and developmen of telecentres • There are 23 recorded so far

  7. ACTIVITIES • Computer training • Internet services – café and sharing • Community Radio • Secretarial bureau • Community mobilization and sensitization • IT-Consultancy

  8. e- Governance Activities • Training Computer applications to government & institution staff and individuals • Providing Internet to the government – Local government (SDC) and District Commissioner • Providing Internet to The Teachers Resource Centre • Implementing a Wireless Mesh Network Project with the aim of providing Internet to all subdivisions of the local govt, Secondary Schools and Health Centres

  9. Sengerema Mesh Phase IGPS Recording of sites telecentre for excellence 9

  10. Sengerema WMN installations at TRC site October 2008 telecentre for excellence 10

  11. Sengerema WMN Phase I telecentre for excellence 11

  12. Sengerema WMN Phase II telecentre for excellence 12

  13. Sengerema WMN Phase III telecentre for excellence 13

  14. Experience • Sengerema District Commissioner’s office appreciation for facilitated communications • Sengerema District Local Council and District Executive Director deliberations easily communicated • Improved efficiency of Sengerema District Council • Increased community participation in development activities due to increased transparency • Improved knowledge on e-government through distance learning

  15. The Pillars • Integration of the powers that enabled human existence with human endowment • Tanzania govt ICT Policy on e-Services • Priorities: • 80% of the population • Children • Education and Communication systems • Morals • Identification and Development of local talents

  16. The Way Forward • Improve computer training- advanced and community tailored • Implement phase II& III of WMN Project • Embrace The UNECA-Knowledge Hub/Networks initiative to facilitate e-Governance • Finalize DIT-SengeremaTelecentre mobile phone knowledge initiative • Advise the govt, ICT institutions and experts on promotions and Awards on rural development. • Developed a programme namely, The Last-Mile Knowledge (LMK) for community excellence - through right decisions

  17. Conclusion • Telecentres have great potential in facilitating e-Governance initiatives. • Suggest to IST-Africa and indeed participants of this conference to support the WMN Project, which is the pilot in East Africa for replication to other rural areas in Africa. • Would appreciate your support in strategies on the implementation of the new dynamism-The Last-Mile-Knowledge(LMK), particularly on education system.

More Related