DIANI – The ICT Authority has called for harmonisation of regional legislation touching on technology, as the East African Community moves towards economic integration.
Speaking at the opening of the ongoing Connected East Africa conference in Kwale, ICT Authority Chief executive Victor Kyalo said regional governments should address the gaps in ICT integration to speed up the harmonisation process. He said this will help the East African Community (EAC) to build integrated ICT infrastructure, which would also improve ICT security.
“We need to have the right conversation right from right from installation,” he said. Through regional approach to sharing and exchanging information and ICT investment and adoption, the gains of the Master Plan are expected to grow exponentially.
Regional integration will address such areas of interest such as strengthening innovation, economies of scale and shared infrastructure to deal with challenges such as security and talent development.
Through regional approach to sharing and exchanging information and ICT investment and adoption, the gains of the ICT Master Plan are expected to grow exponentially.
The 2015 theme is “The strength is in our networks”. This year’s Connected East Africa will discuss how the region can leverage on ICT for full realisation of the benefits of the Customs Union (2005) and Common Market (2010) protocols by its’ regional citizens.
Running for seven years now, the summit offers a platform in which top ICT executives from government, academia and private sector share and exchange ideas on how to use ICT as a catalyst to service delivery to citizens. This year, participants are drawn from five East African States namely; Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda.
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