“The access and exchange of information allows local enterprises to compete with growing foreign investment and to build home-grown businesses,” the minister said.
HON Nsambu Balintuma MP Minister of state for ICT- Uganda with Ayoub mzee
Photo: Ayoub mzee This minister has been tasked with bringing together the activities of the directorate of Information, the Media Broadcasting Council, the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) and the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U). The ministry is expected to, among other things, spearhead developments aimed to closing the digital divide and eradicate poverty and hunger. This is important as Uganda has established a 5 billion Shillings (US$3,2 million) national data transmission backbone to enhance the country’s domestic fibre-optic network and wireless capability, a cabinet minister has announced as part of the 2007/08 national budget announcement.
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