Govt working to close digital divide - Molale

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Lack of basic infrastructure is one of the many hindrances to taking advantage of the new information technology and communication (ICT) tools, says Permanent Secretary to the President, Eric Molale, who is also the chairman of the e-Government Board.

"Challenges in ICT are many, especially for countries of our development stature that are mainly factor-driven or just transiting to efficiency-driven economies," Molale said.

He was speaking at a Botswana Information Technology Society (BITS) training forum for ICT professionals in the private, parastal and government sectors on a new system for Internet addresses called Inter Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

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