ICT enabling national development

1. National
Development -
panel
10:30-11:30
April 15, 2015
Lynne Gallagher,
President, Telecom/Telematique, Inc.

2. ICT Enables
National Development
 ICT Ecosystem for a Smart Country Strategy
 Transforming to a Networked Society
 Guide for Policy Makers to build ICT
Ecosystem and lead Transformation
strategy to Networked Society
 Lead institutional and socio-technical
economic change
 Policy framework to diffuse technology
 ICT Interactive Infrastructure, ecosystem
 Integrate e-Gov, finance, health,
education, transport, energy
 Network connects + data driven innovation
for society, business

5. Envisioning Possibilities
Addressing risks
 Networked Society, Smart
economy
 Unmet expectations
 Resisting change
 Wasting resources
 Increasing inequalities
 Risking jobs and skills
 Privacy, cyber security

6. Common Strategic
Pitfalls
 Silo, ad-hoc interventions
via pilots & components. Do
not scale, sustain.
Fragmented ecosystem.
 Centralized, top-down,
supply-driven, rigid sector
plan.
 Disconnect between top &
down.
 Disconnect between ICT &
development & sector
strategies

7. Integrating ICT Development

8. Transformation as Ecosystem

9. Regulatory Framework
ICT + Sector– finance, education,
health, transport, energy, e-gov
Access, interoperable, secure,
private, content, usage, skills
M-Pesa and IFMIS
Cloud Schools
ITS
Smart Grid Distributed RE

10. Policy Makers Guide
Networked Society Strategy
Education and Finance; e-Gov
T/TI Team– Lishan Adam,
Nagy Hanna, Vitek Janowoski
Build Interactive Infrastucture

11. Voyage of the Beagle
Ecosystem for Africa
Policy
Infrastructure
Content
Usage