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Digitale Ökonomie / Digital Economy

  • Govt to digitalise the whole of Zimbabwe by 2015

    The Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT) intends to digitalise the whole of Zimbabwe by 2015, Minister Nelson Chamisa has revealed.

    In an interview, Minister Chamisa said his ministry's vision was to make Zimbabwe an information society for it to compete on the global standards.

    "People from all walks of life should be exposed and have access to information technology for the country to develop.

  • Harmonized national ICT policies essential to the economic growth in the SAMENA Region

    SAMENA's "Beyond Connectivity 2012" to highlight important policy and regulatory interventions in the regional ICT and Telecoms industry

    While the development and growth of the telecommunications and ICT industry has been tremendous over the years, the emergence of next generation technologies and new ICT policies has resulted in a number of discussions revolving around the need for harmonized national ICT policies in the SAMENA region. Against the backdrop of this need for policies that will help with the ICT industry's development and progress in the region, SAMENA Telecommunications Council, the tri-regional telecommunications consortium will convene some of the industry leading CEO's, experts and decision makers at its annual "Beyond Connectivity 2012" conference from April 3rd-4th in Muscat, Oman.

  • High industry expectations from new Digital China blueprint

    Industry and capital markets have high expectations after the national-level Digital China blueprint was released this week to guide China's development of the digital economy in terms of data, artificial intelligence, cloud, 5G and other innovations.

    The guidelines set a specific timeline for China's digital construction. By 2025, the digital infrastructure will be efficiently connected through a broad range of sectors, and China will become a global leader in digital innovations. By 2035, the level of digital development in China will be at the forefront of the world, according to the Digital China blueprint.

  • Hopeful Africa bets big on digital economy

    In Summary

    • The African Union has set an ambitious goal of connecting everyone on the continent to the internet by 2030.
    • All stakeholders must all pitch in, failing which digital economy remains a pipe dream.

  • How IT creates a wealthy Australia

    Last week was a fairly typical week at National ICT Australia (NICTA).

    On Monday morning we hosted a parliamentary delegation on transport safety and in the afternoon welcomed a senior leadership group from the NSW Police.

    On Tuesday morning we scoped a data analytics project with a major telco and a large logistics company.

  • How To Reap The Economic Rewards Of Digitization

    As countries struggle with the prolonged global slowdown, one of the most promising means of boosting economic activity is the increasing use of digital technologies. The mass adoption of digital applications through connected services and devices, known as digitization, is proving to be a powerful means of delivering services, highly disruptive of multiple industries, and a wealth and jobs creator. In 2011, digitization added $193 billion to world economic output and created 6 million jobs. In the same year in the Middle East and North Africa alone, digitization resulted in an extra $16.5 billion in output and nearly 380,000 new jobs.

    Digitization is not, however, a panacea for economic woes. Rather, the closer you examine digitization, the more you discover the subtle differences in its impact across countries and sectors. For policymakers, perhaps tempted to push digitization across the board, this more detailed level of understanding is critical. It allows them to shape policies to maximize the benefits of digitization.

  • ICT accelerates Tanzania`s giant leap in development, prosperity

    The advancement of information communication technology (ICT) has facilitated service delivery in the public and private sectors and things are done more efficiently than it used to be in the past.

    “Through the use of computer and internet services, users can nowadays communicate faster, while in the past they relied on letter writing only, which was time consuming. So, letter writing has dropped considerably thanks to ICT advancement,” says an ICT expert Alexander Mugaya, who runs his own business in Dar es Salaam.

    According to Mugaya, Tanzania is rapidly changing because of ICT advancement and people can now communicate and get things done faster.

  • ICT for sustainable development: Rio+20

    Rio+20, the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has recognized in its outcome document the critical role of ICT in accelerating the implementation of sustainable development commitments.

    The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which envisions “The Future We Want”, has singled out information and communication technologies (ICTs) in facilitating the flow of information between governments and the public, promoting knowledge exchange, technical cooperation and capacity building for all three pillars of sustainable development – economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.

  • ICT Ministry speeds up Smart Thailand operation

    The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will speed up the electronic service development plan for the public sector and high-speed internet connection following the smart Thailand strategy.

    ICT Minister Group Captain Anudith Nakornthap said when he presided over a seminar on Smart Thailand that the ministry has a policy to extend internet coverage to 80-85% nationwide within four years and to improve readiness of the public service in the same time.

  • ID: Digitization can help push sharia economy development: VP

    Digitization can play an important role in developing sharia economy and finance in Indonesia because it could arrest a decline in the sale of halal products, boost certification of such products, and enable social fund transactions, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin.

    "Digitization can play a significant role in, among other things, holding the pace of the decline in the sales of halal industrial products, accelerating online audit mechanisms in applying for halal certificates, and encouraging an increase in the value of sharia (economy),” Amin said.

  • ID: Poor Internet Means Slow-Loading Growth

    Athletes headed for the upcoming South East Asian Games in Palembang may have to rely on television for entertainment because they won’t be able to download their favorite songs or video clips. They can try, but it will take them a while.

    A recent worldwide survey of Internet download speeds placed Palembang and the East Java capital of Surabaya near the bottom of the pile, both finishing in the bottom 12 in average download speed. An Internet user in Surabaya reportedly has to wait for up to an hour to download a song off the Web, which in this day and age is unacceptable.

  • IE: ‘Digital Island’ remains key policy objective of Govt - minister

    Developing Ireland as a ‘Digital Island’ as a key policy objective, with specific commitments in relation to cloud computing, e-government and the upgrading of ICT across education, healthcare and other sectors, has been confirmed by Minister John Perry, TD.

    Perry, who is Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, with special responsibility for Small Business, today highlighted the importance for Ireland Inc of sustaining momentum in relation to the digital agenda.

  • IE: Digital 21 - Putting fibre in the nation’s diet

    Ireland is finally about to get to grips with the deployment of next generation network infrastructure. Outgoing BT Ireland CEO Graham Sutherland welcomes this but urges greater regulatory certainty and the need for cross-industry co-operation to ensure Ireland has the infrastructure to compete in the 21st century global digital economy

    If there is anyone who is expert on the realities of rolling out fibre infrastructure and future wireless technologies, it is former BT Ireland CEO Graham Sutherland.

  • IE: National Digital Strategy to help more businesses trade online

    Minister for Communications says strategy will position digital at centre of economic recovery

    A National Digital Strategy that aims to assist members of the public and businesses to “do more online”, will be published today by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte.

    Mr Rabbitte said the digital part of the economy is growing 16 per cent per year, more than 10 times the rate of growth of the economy as a whole. Furthermore, digital contributes 4.4 per cent, or €7.1 billion, of Ireland’s GDP. So technology should be exploited to assist with economic recovery.

  • Improved access to ICT can boost Africa

    Improved access to the internet and other information and communication technology (ICT) can help Africa to meet its social and economic goals, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

    Addressing the ICT Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on Tuesday, Motlanthe said only 5.7% of Africans had access to the internet and while the continent made up 14% of the world's population, only 3.6% of the world's internet subscribers were from Africa.

    "We believe that strategic investment in ICT will allow Africa to increasingly play a role in the development of new applications and technological innovations that are relevant for the needs of our continent and that this will ensure a continued multiplier effect on economic growth," he said.

  • IN: Efforts On to Make Kerala a Fully Digital State, Says CM

    Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said the state is making all efforts to become 100 per cent digital state in the near future.

    The state implemented many prestigious initiatives in the past like e-district, e-tendering, Aadhaar enrolment etc and most of the departments have already embraced e-governance in one form or the other to achieve this ambitious target, he said while inaugurating the 17th National Conference on e-Governance here.

  • IN: Kerala to become fully ‘Digital’ by 2015: Chandy

    Kerala will be transformed into a fully ‘digital’ state by 2015, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday.

    As part of this, two facilities - a state services delivery gateway and a payment gateway - will be functional within a year, he said.

    Briefing the media at the e-Governance Leadership Meet, Chandy said that the state was all set to become the first in the country with all districts transformed into e-districts.

  • IN: 'Use of IT for subsidy transfers to drive growth'

    Use of technology for transferring subsidies directly to beneficiaries and other social initiatives envisaged in the 2012-13 budget will drive growth of IT hardware and electronics sectors, an industry representative said.

    "Technology intervention to ensure social schemes such as subsidies reach targetted groups will create huge demand for ICT products and services. Measures announced in the budget are path-breaking for transforming lives of beneficiaries," Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology's (MAIT) executive director Sabyasachi Patra said.

  • IN: ‘Kerala to be digital State by 2016’

    Empowering women to access online e-services, the city-based St Teresa’s College in association with Federal Bank has launched e-Jaalakam. The facility will enable women to receive various e-services of the government.

    Launching the project, P.H.Kurian, Principal Secretary in the State IT Department, said Kerala intends to become a digital State by 2016 and the government had taken steps to computerise many government services ahead of achieving this target.

  • IN: Competing digitally

    India's efforts for coming at par with developed countries in terms of digital advancements have earned it not only the people's praise for convenience to easy access to the internet, but the recognition has been a global one as India rises four places in the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019 (WDCR ) and sits at rank 44.

    The most remarkable advancement in 2019 was in the technology sub-factor level, where India held the first position in telecommunications investment. This ranking measures the capacity and readiness of 63 nations to adopt and explore digital technologies as a key driver for economic transformation in business, government and society at large.

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