Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:22:13 +0000 BY SHEILA SAKUPWANYA INFORMATION and Communication Technologies (ICTs) key to enhancing sustainable socio-economic development for the people of Zambia says Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba. Mr Mushimba said the ICTs were at the center of driving the Zambian economy as evidenced by its increased contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP)of Zambia. He said this at the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) chief executive officer’s breakfast meeting held at Intercontinental hotel yesterday under the theme ‘The role of telecommunications in promoting E-Service’. And Mr Mushimba disclosed that government would soon revise the SI 76 instrument that had banned the night travel of public transport buses across the country. “As government we understand the impact of the SI 76 on the economy and how it would upset a number of industries such as the cargo, mining and the agriculture,” he said. He, however, said that […]
ICT crucial to enhancing sustainable economic development
