Smart Zambia Institute (SZI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ZESCO Limited that will allow the institute to utilise ZESCO’s infrastructure to enhance the delivery of e-government services across the country. Smart Zambia National Coordinator Percy Chinyama said the MoU will enable the use of ZESCO’s Fibrecom infrastructure to equip health facilities and schools with digital capabilities that improve efficiency in service delivery. “To me, this is a direct reflection of what our government stands for, using existing infrastructure.
We’re not going to be bringing or hauling new infrastructure into the country in order to achieve this connectivity,” Mr Chinyama said. Smart Zambia Chief Government Technical Officer Kasali Musenge urged the public to embrace technology, stressing that the partnership will transform lives by unlocking wider connectivity for both the public sector and citizens. “Within the shortest space of time, the 3,200 health facilities we are talking about can be connected in a cost-efficient manner.
We have over 10,000 schools in the education sector and it means we can bring all these on board,” Ms. Musenge added. And ZESCO Limited Managing Director Justin Loongo said the utility will collaborate closely with Smart Zambia through a Joint Project Management Committee to ensure the partnership is well coordinated, measurable and results-driven.
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“Connecting schools, clinics and police stations with digital capabilities is not just a technology upgrade, it is an investment in access, responsiveness and equity,” Mr Loongo said, Mr Loongo added that ZESCO’s subsidiary, Fibrecom, will take the lead in implementing the project. Thank you for the effort but for now we are looking for solutions to the high cost of living and loadshedding . Can bill 7 include a clause limiting the number of speeches by politicians and their agents in this country. Just too much talk and very little action.
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