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Angola: Retrospect - IT Sector Evolved in 2007
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Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
3 January 2008
Posted to the web 3 January 2008
Luanda
Angola recorded in 2007 a great growth in the sector of information and communication technologies, in which digital facility is accessible to all citizens and the access to Internet is no longer a problem.
Available data indicate that about 3 million citizens are connected to Internet and are cell phone users.
Angola is now better prepared to become an information society, due to the advances in the use of mobile phones and governmental projects.
Today, the urban centres are seen as more included, because the advances in mobile phones has enabled many people to have access to Internet, which did not happen before.
Currently, for example, in almost all the quarters of Luanda City there is a Cyber Café, which causes the increase in the number of Internet users, although the number of citizens that have personal computers is still low.
The Portal do Governo (Government Portal) project, inaugurated in 2006, has also developed in terms of the governmental services made available for citizens, as well as in contents and information, as the result of a continuous training programme for the staff of the Angolan Executive.
Due to a high demand of its services from the citizens, the mentioned portal has evolved into an information site that has available 132 governmental services, 65 useful forms, a lengthy list of public interest services, 109 legislations in force in the country, among other things.
Furthermore, all the governmental departments (ministries and state departments), as well as the provincial executives, have a portal with specific information and respective activities, including the Cabinet Council.
As a result of the various projects in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa awarded the Angolan Government the Tiiga Prize in 2007.
This growth is due to the public investments in this sector, since Angola, like other developing countries, believes that the ICTs can contribute to the fight against poverty and resolve basic problems in society, with the access to information.
The year 2007 was also marked by the holding of the second edition of the International Forum on Information Technologies, a yearly event designed for the presentation and promotion of the ICTs as elements of development, as well as for sensitising business firms and Angolan technicians to make good use of the ICTs.
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In last year's (2007) forum the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos was distinguished with a trophy, for his commitment to the development of the technological sector in the country.
The event included exchange of experiences, lectures, debates and exhibitions.
To accelerate the development of the ICT sector and turn the country into an information society, the Angolan Government is installing networks of optical fibre, so that there can be Internet available in the whole country and at a low cost.
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