By Wallace Mawire.
Zimbabwe, Harare. (News of The South)- The Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZIMSTAT) in collaboration with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has conducted an Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) access by households and use by individuals survey for 2014, according to Moffat Nyoni, Acting Director-General for ZIMSTAT.
According to Nyoni, the objectives of the survey were to establish and assess the extent of the digital divide within and across all the geographical regions of the country, assessing ICTs access by means of access type and by area and to assess the use of ICTs by individuals by
area and by purpose as well as by level of education attained.
Nyoni said the survey findings will be used by government planners for policy formulation and decision-making and crafting of ICT related development strategies, in particular the National Broadband Plan.
“ZIMSTAT enumerators,team leaders and provincial supervisors conducted a household listing and mapping exercise during the period 26 June to 7 July, 2014. This activity involved the complete listing of all heads of households in selected enumeration areas and updating of the enumeration area map.Following this we will do data collection,” Nyoni said.
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