By Wallace Mawire.
Harare, Zimbabwe. ( News Of The South) – Zimbabwe’s national communication fibre optic backbone project is reported to be expanding targeting connection of the country’s districts to the fibre link, according to Cosmas Chigwamba, Principal Director in the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services on behalf of the Minister Supa Mandiwanzira.
Chigwamba told delegates at a recent internet governance conference held in Harare by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) that private players have also actively participated in the establishment of fibre-optic infrastructure.
“Zimbabwe embarked on the broadband connectivity project in 2009.The government facilitated the deployment of fibre- optic links to all major cities in accordance with the national communication optic fibre backbone plan,”Chigwamba said.
Undersea cables through Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana has been accomplished to a greater extent, according to Chigwamba.
The government of Zimbabwe has embarked on the initiative inorder to realize high internet bandwith, improve regional and global communication, create a conducive and better environment for investors, increase GDP through the use of efficient ICTs, improve the country’s service delivery both at public and private levels and to match global standards of ICTs, according to the ICTs ministry Director.
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