Zim embraces ICTs for sustainable development

Zimbabwe is committed to Africa’s quest to enhance the continent’s information and communication technology (ICT) systems, as these are necessary to achieve sustainable development in all sectors of the economy, secretary in the ICT ministry, Sam Kundishora, has said.

Addressing the second meeting of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) preparatory working groups, hosted by Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls ahead of the 2019 World Radio Conference (WRC) scheduled for Egypt, Kundishora said: “In this digital era that we live in, our main preoccupation is uplifting the livelihoods of Africa’s one billion citizens – eradicating poverty across the continent; ensuring that all nations of our continent enjoy economic prosperity and that every person on the continent lives a life of dignity and happiness.”

As the world embraces the use of ICTs in all sectors of the economy and government, Kundishora said: “Africa needs to set its priority right in the allocation of spectrum resources in order to avoid being left behind.”

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