The document outlines the roadmap for building an information society in Tanzania through three key components: revising the national ICT policy, strengthening the Ministry of Communications' ICT capacity, and creating an innovation program. It highlights current priorities, such as facilitating an ICT innovation space, conducting training sessions, and engaging stakeholders in entrepreneurial activities. Upcoming initiatives include code-sprints, hackathons, and collaborations between universities and industry to foster innovation and social development.

1. Innovation space &
ecosystem and
TANZICT
Mobile Monday Dar es Salaam
Jukka Siltanen, 7.11.2011

2. What is the roadmap
for a Tanzanian
information
society?
TANZICT
The Information Society and ICT Sector Development Project in Tanzania

3. 3 components
1) National ICT Policy Revision
Renew Tanzaniaʼs National ICT Policy and start the implementation.
2) MCST Corporate ICT Capacity
Strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Communications,
Science and Technology to act as role model in the use of ICT for other
ministries and governmental agencies.
3) Tanzania Innovation Program
Create a seamless ICT innovation chain from ideas to pilots, raising
awareness of innovations as drivers of economic and social
development.

4. Current priorities
Components 1&2 Component 3
UNECA to falicitate national ICT Innovation space activated,
policy renewal event schedule in place
Ministry to recruit local team Charting different
entrepreneurship, open innovation
Starting first experiments and and innovation support models
training sessions in the use of ICT
tools at the Ministry Starting pre-incubation activities;
eg. ‘Demola’, ‘entrepreneurship
Wide stakeholder involvement society’
Putting pieces together
Project
Engaging the ICT & mobile
Local project office(s) and staff in community
place
Criteria for exchange program
and funding element

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6. Commonalities
People and ideas in the center

7. Facilitation needed

8. Entrepreneurial mindset

9. Event programming
and networking

10. Physical space focuses activities

11. Our focus?
Stakeholder involvement
IPR
From student /
entrepreneur
Running
Process & business
facilitation
Idea / need
Outcome
From external
organization Skill development Solution
to need

12. What is needed to catalyze social
innovation in a shared workspace?
CSI Proof report, 2009, http://socialinnovation.ca/sssi

13. What’s next?
Code-Sprints, Hackathons,
Barcamps...?
Exchange program
University & industry
projects and demos
ICT community &
entrepreneur events
Pitching & demo nights
www.sxc.hu

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