
Develop locally relevant content and software, ICT experts in East African urged
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 10th November,2022: Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) experts in East Africa have been called upon to develop locally relevant content, applications and services so as to make ICT meaningful in the daily lives and operations of people and organisations in the region.
Tanzania’s Minister for ICT, Hon. Nape Moses Nnauye, said that to make ICT relevant in socio-economic development programmes in the region, ICT experts should develop locally relevant content and applications for diverse sectors including education, healthcare, environment, agriculture, products that are useful to local communities.
“This could also mean locally relevant applications such as software or computerised systems that present end-user solutions,” said Hon. Nnauye.