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Current Status of the IT sector in Madagascar

Current Status of the IT sector in Madagascar. A quick overview for the SSLEV Mrs Miangaly Andriamampandry Ingenosya. Febuary 2009. The IT sector in Madagascar. For about 19M people: 5 Tel op. (~5M users) + 3 Internet Providers (~ 200K users) > 2500 jobs

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Current Status of the IT sector in Madagascar

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  1. Current Status of the IT sector in Madagascar A quick overview for the SSLEV Mrs Miangaly Andriamampandry Ingenosya Febuary 2009

  2. The IT sector in Madagascar For about 19M people: • 5 Tel op. (~5M users) + 3 Internet Providers (~ 200K users) > 2500 jobs • Software Development (5.000 employees, mostly for export) • 8 Call Centers (~ 1 700 op., 3 from telecoms) • 24 local TV channels + 1 national + 3 sat. • ~200 local radios

  3. IT Training Status • Number of graduates: 5,000 per year • Among them: 600 engineers • In IT: 50 engineers and 450 technicians • 27 IT schools (9 public), 1 Cisco, 1 Linux, 3 Microsoft Certification centers • Basic IT knowledge is gradually introduced into most curricula

  4. Cisco Certification Program at INATA • Cisco Certified Network Associate: • CCNA 1: Networks basics • CCNA 2: Routing basics • CCNA 3: Commutation and Routing • CCNA 4: Wan Technologies Courses are inline and are completed by practical exercises (248h in total) CCNA is an industry recognized certification that can be obtained after 6 to 18 months training

  5. Partnership with India • Central Government network development • Pan African VVIP/Health/Higher Education network

  6. Succes Stories • 1,200 village phones by Zain in Q4-2008 • 9,000 refurbished computers distributed to schools in 2008 • eBit: national tradeshow and IT promotion event

  7. Major Issues • Energy: the non availability of electricity in most rural areas is slowing down the IT development • Training: we can’t even meet the current IT sector’s needs • Cost of communication: still too much satellite use

  8. Strategy of Development • Infrastructure development • Contents development: suited to the people and supporting the businesses, both in malagasy and foreign languages (FR - EN) • e-Administration • Training: within 10 years, 10M users of IT, we must produce 30K IT specialists to support the growth of the sector and the role of the country in the region • Entrepreneurship development • Trade in IT development

  9. Action Plan • Infrastructure: finish up the national Backbone and enhance access • ICT for all: ICT villages, e-contents • e-Administration: 3 phases from the central offices to the regional and local communities • Training: increase the capacity of the training centers and focus on industry recognized certification programs, high speed network of the Universities • Development of an IT business park (Antanetibe)

  10. Action Plan • IT forum in Malagasy regions • Novatech, IT meeting with Africa and UE • E-Commerce regulation : electronic documents, electronic signature,  Cybercrime, intellectual property, … • Internet banking

  11. www.mtpc.gov.mgrobinson@moov.mgwww.goticom.org.mggilrzf@gmail.comwww.ingenosya.mgcontact@ingenosya.mgwww.univ-fianar.mgbertinram@yahoo.frwww.mtpc.gov.mgrobinson@moov.mgwww.goticom.org.mggilrzf@gmail.comwww.ingenosya.mgcontact@ingenosya.mgwww.univ-fianar.mgbertinram@yahoo.fr

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