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Challenges Opportunities Of ICT In Developing
Countries
Desta Mengistu Motebaynor
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Agenda

• ICT Introduction
• ICT Development and Deployment
• . Challenges
• . Opportunities
• Conclusion and Recommendation
• Discussion

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UN Statistics - Millennium Indicators
of population bellow 1 per day consumption
Finland 0 Egypt 3.1
Ethiopia 81.9
Poverty
Education enrolment ratio primary level
Finland 100 Egypt 92.6 Ethiopia
46.7
Education
IMR (0-1) year per 1000 live birth
Finland 4 Egypt 37 Ethiopia 117
Infant Mortality Rate
Source UN Statistics-Millennium Indicators
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UN Statistics - Millennium Indicators
of population with access to clean water
Finland 100 Egypt 97 Ethiopia
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Water
Forested land area as of total land area
Finland 70 Egypt 0.1 Ethiopia
4.2
Forest
Undernourished as of total population
Finland 0 Egypt 4 Ethiopia 44
Nutrition
Source UN Statistics-Millennium Indicators
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UN Statistics - Millennium Indicators
lines and cellular subscription per 100
population Finland 135.14
Egypt 14.69 Ethiopia 0.48
Telecom
Internet users per 100 population (2002)
Finland 50.89 Egypt 0.93 (2001)
Ethiopia 0.07
Internet
Personal Computers per 100 population
Finland 42.35 Egypt 1.55 Ethiopia
0.15
Computers
Source UN Statistics-Millennium Indicators
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Can we do something?
YES
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How?
Maximum utilization of ICT
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What is ICT
ICT Is a generic term used to express the
convergence of information technology, (IT)
communications and broadcasting. IT Is a term
that encompasses all forms of technology used to
create, store, exchange, and use information in
its various forms (Networks, data, voice, still
images, multimedia presentations, human
resources, messages and other forms, including
those not yet conceived).
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The application of ICT

• ICT can be used in a wide variety
• To access information and knowledge.
• To gather and disseminate information.
• To educate and learn.
• To develop Knowledge Management.
• To Organize and control business process.
• For Messaging and collaboration.
• For Research and development.
• For Networking to share ICT resources.
• Can be applied in economic sectors, science and
  technology. etc

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The Bottom Line

• If properly developed deployed ICT will
• overcome poverty
• accelerate socio-economic development
• programmes
• improve democracy and governance

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ICT Challenges for Developing Countries

• ICT Development Deployment will not come easy !
  ! ! !
• ICT development readiness
• - Identifying priorities
• - Creating enabling environments
• - Developing flexible policy framework
• Creating ICT awareness
• Developing ICT Architecture and Standards
• Government demands are becoming bigger and more
  complex needs for high impact expectations

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ICT Challenges contd.

• Aligning Government regulations with new
• technology
• IT skills development
• Securing investment costs
• Developing infrastructure
• Developing applications
• Identifying the right technology
• Content development in various languages
• Retaining skilled professionals (Brain drain)
• Managing ICT resources

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ICT Challenges contd.

• Identifying the right technology.
• Developing ICT infrastructure.
• Building high bandwidth communication
• network.
• Technology complexity and its rapid pace.
• Developing ICT applications.
• Optimizing the value of ICT investment.
• Managing technology refresh for continuity
• and growth.
• Developing working with the private
• sector.

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ICT Challenges contd.

• Manage and optimize scarce IT resources
• now and in the future.
• Developing IT as an economic sector.
• Improving customs for IT related imports.
• Overcoming inequalities (urban/rural,
• gender etc..).

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The Standish Group Survey
Succeeded
Challenged
Failed
28
23
49
2000
26
28
46
1998
27
40
33
1995
16
31
53
1994
Succeeded
This chart depicts the outcome of the 30,000
application projects in large, medium, and small
cross-industry U.S. companies tested by The
Standish Group since 1994. Source The Standish
Group International, Extreme Chaos, The Standish
Group International, Inc., 2000
Challenged
Failed
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Root Causes of Failure

• Separation of ICT goals and actual
• operational functions.
• Separation of wish list and available
• resources.
• Processes that are inflexible to change.
• Lack of IT skilled manpower (Knowledge
• transfer and continuity).
• Lack of adequate project management
• methodologies, etc

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How To Overcome these Obstacles?

• By understanding Government's
• directions, goals, and opportunities.
• By ensuring that ICT goals support
• overall Government goals.
• By fostering a proactive organizational
• environment (Planning, Organizing).
• By organizing teams to work efficiently
• and effectively.
• By adopting reputable and workable
• project development and deployment
• methodologies.

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ICT Opportunities

• Historic moment to catch up the ICT fast
• moving wagon.
• Major tool for poverty reduction, accelerated
• socio-economic development good govern.
• Government focus to realize ICT initiatives.
• Support Programmes WB, UN, NEPAD etc..
• Favourable opportunities for inward
• investment (70 M. People, 40 educated work
• force, etc).
• Now will have perfect means to expedited.
• information and knowledge exchange
  (Internet,
• e-mail, multi-media, video conferencing ).

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ICT Opportunities Contd.

• Huge potential to improve Government services.
• Create a wealth of opportunities for various
• forms of education tele-education, tele-
• medicine, virtual laboratories, etc.
• Create opportunity for emergence of ICT as a
• new economic sector.
• Manageable technology for deployment.
• Tremendous opportunity for indigenous experts
• Affordable prices for IT investment.
• Political stability in the country.

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Conclusion and Recommendation

• Recognition of ICT as a tool for prosperity.
• Telecom sectors, Power sectors, to play leading
  roll in ICT Capacity Building Programmes and
  align their strategies accordingly.
• Any Infrastructure building activities to focus
  on solutions that is reliable, scalable,
  affordable and manageable.
• Liberalization of Telecom Services
• Utilization of indigenous experts to validate
  technology

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Ultimate Objective

• ICT development towards the
• creation of Information Society
• Develop knowledge based economy
• Access to information from any
• where by anyone at any time

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Generations responsibility ! ! !
Thank You !