{"id":6264,"date":"2013-03-02T07:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T07:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ict-minister-addresses-global-ict-experts-in\/"},"modified":"2013-03-02T07:28:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T07:28:23","slug":"ict-minister-addresses-global-ict-experts-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ict-minister-addresses-global-ict-experts-in\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT Minister Addresses Global ICT Experts in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana on Thursday, February 28, 2013 joined other global experts in Washington for a live-streamed conversation about the role of technology in a “smarter future.”}}<\/p>\n

The event was part of the World Bank\u2019s ICT Solutions Day, which engaged decision makers and experts in an open, collaborative process of developing ICT-enabled approaches to development challenges.<\/p>\n

Nsengimana pointed out that Rwanda moved in last 5 years from 2% to 53% phone penetration. He further said that ICT for development agenda must show job creation across the country.<\/p>\n

“There’s a limit to the number of jobs we can create as a government … there’s no limit to the jobs other people can create in the right environment,” – he stressed while highlighting what Rwanda is doing in promoting entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/p>\n

Explaining about Smart Village, Nsengimana said that Rwanda should start from Smart Villages and then scale to the whole country and continent. <\/p>\n

He added that Rwanda has all preconditions to benefit from Smart Development solutions.<\/p>\n

Nsengimana also told ICT experts that Rwanda has adopted ICT literacy and awareness campaign led by private sector with entertainment where citizen provide feedback on services they receive.<\/p>\n

In this event ICT global experts discuss on the Crowd-Sourcing Solutions for a Smarter Future Using Technology and Open Innovation.<\/p>\n

Other participants in this event are Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, United States; Rachel Kyte, Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank; Edward Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications, Ghana; Bikesh Kurmangaliyeva, Deputy Chairperson of the Board, \u201cZerde\u201d National ICT Holding, Kazakhstan; Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist, Africa region, World Bank; Vinzon Manansala, Chief of Systems Development and Maintenance Division, Department of Budget and Management, Government of Phillipines; Eddy Ampi\u00e9, Ingerio del proyecto de telecomunicaciones rurales UCP TELCOR, Nicaragua and Andrew Stott, former CTO and Deputy CIO, UK Government.<\/p>\n

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