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IST-AFRICA CONFERENCE & EXHIBITIONS 2009

ICT & e-Governance 4RD The case of Telecentres 6th-8th May, 2009 in Kampala - Uganda

ByFelician B.Ncheye

Manager Sengerema MCT

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OUTLINE

1. Tanzania Profile in brief

2. Why ICTs

3. About Telecentres in Tanzania

4. The Role of Telecentres

5. Experience

6. The wayforward

7. Conclusion

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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

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Location TANZANIA Share boarders with 8

countries; Kenya, Uganda, DRC-Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Burundi

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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

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

ACTIVITIES

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

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

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Sengerema Mesh Phase IGPS Recording of sites

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Sengerema WMN installations at TRC site October 2008

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Sengerema WMN Phase I

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Sengerema WMN Phase II

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Sengerema WMN Phase III

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

The Pillars Integration of the powers that enabled human existence

with human endowment Tanzania govt ICT Policy on e-Services Priorities:

1. 80% of the population

2. Children

3. Education and Communication systems

4. Morals

5. Identification and Development of local talents

The Way Forward

1. Improve computer training- advanced and community tailored

2. Implement phase II& III of WMN Project

3. Embrace The UNECA-Knowledge Hub/Networks initiative to facilitate e-Governance

4. Finalize DIT-Sengerema Telecentre mobile phone knowledge initiative

5. Advise the govt, ICT institutions and experts on promotions and Awards on rural development.

6. Developed a programme namely, The Last-Mile Knowledge (LMK) for community excellence - through right decisions

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.