By Staff Reporter, Lusaka
Minister of Transport and Communication Brian Mushimba says his ministry has partnered with the Ministry of Higher Education and the Copperbelt University to construct and develop the Cyber City which will be situated in Lusaka.
The minister says Cyber City will be a business innovation hub, comprising workshops, light manufacturing facilities, data center to catalyse education research and innovation for small and medium enterprises.
In a speech read for him by Ministry of transport and communication Director in the department of communication Yese Bwalya, Mr. Mushimba said Government has already invested money in the construction of a Cyber City to promote the growth of information communication technology sector in the country.
The Minister further said the development is in line with the seventh national development plan that seeks to promote investment in all sectors of the economy adding that the construction of the Cyber City, which is now at feasibility study level, will be in partnership with the
private sector.
Speaking at the same function, Information and Communications Technology
Society of Zambia President Alick Siankumo called for strong linkages between government, his organisation and the private sector for the benefit of the country’s economic development.
Meanwhile, Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management President Mooka Silumbu pledged that his organisation is ready to work with other entities in fostering development of the ICT sector in Zambia.
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