National ICT Policy proposal

1. INTRODUCTION

Ethiopia is in the process of economic transformation through Agriculture Development Led Industrial Strategy. The macro-economic structural adjustment program was designed to create a market driven economy and encourage trade and investment. However, national infrastructures necessary to bring about a fast economic transition should be in place in order to exploit the existing and potential resources of the country. Thus, the development of national information infrastructure (NII) is considered as one of the national strategic components to make change and improve the determinants in socio-economic performance.

The national development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) primarily enables the government to be proactive, among other things, to introduce efficiency and transparency in its governance.

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