According to the 2012/13 budgetary estimates passed by Parliament this week, BTC used its own resources for a sub-project of Nteletsa I under which 197 villages were provided with telecommunications services beginning in 1999. With government having also budgeted the same funds under the Ministry of Transport and Communications' Telecommunications Development purse, BTC's move enabled the transfer of the P100 million towards the e-government project. Figures contained in the estimates suggest the P100 million boost will be utilised within the 2012/13 financial year that begins on April 1. A note accompanying the estimates stresses the importance government has attached to development of ICT facilities, specifically the e-government project.
"It is imperative that in order to alleviate poverty, facilitate employment creation and increase economic growth and diversification, the ministry improves services delivered to the public by updating and upgrading the current ICT infrastructure with the latest technology and appropriate systems," the note reads.
