{"id":25942,"date":"2023-04-24T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=25942"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:20:53","slug":"technology-creates-enormous-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/technology-creates-enormous-opportunities","title":{"rendered":"TECHNOLOGY CREATES ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Technological advancement can help move the country from a resource-based to a knowledge-based economy, says acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Communications, Knowledge and Technology. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at this year\u2019s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Pitso held in Tlokweng recently, Mr Pontsho Pusoetsile said the ministry would continue to expand its online services, especially the onboarding exercise which was currently pending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were supposed to have as a government a digital identity cards (IDs), because once we have them we can use them across the whole economy. These digital IDs will help service providers to onboard their customers remotely,\u201d Mr Pusoetsile said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there was also the need for government to onboard citizens in order to be able to access the already existing services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnboarding is important because it helps to confirm that individuals doing the transaction is who they claim to be, but to confirm the process you need to physically go to government office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he said they were connecting communities and over 50 per cent of the country\u2019s population have at least 4G connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is inclusive of offices such as dikgotla, schools and health facilities. We have a target to have fully connected across the country, a minimum of 4G in rural areas and 5G in urban areas in the next two years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also indicated that government had prioritised citizen empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything that would be done will be outsourced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The other key element, he said, was private sector participation in the economy so that it can be controlled by the market itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the services we should not be providing as the government, we must give them to the private sectors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Botswana Consumer watchdog founder, Mr Richard Harriman said cyber security was vital for the envisaged economic diversification and therefore called for implementation of the local consumer cyber security and building capacity to deal with cyber-crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Harriman highlighted that currently there were no laws that dealt with cybercrime and attacks thus the need for government to upscale protective measures against cyber criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCyber criminals mostly target personal information, which could be used for various immoral activities. The country should implement consumer data protection act, to assist organisations on investing in relevant technological infrastructure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also advised the public to be well-informed of the latest tools and technologies that criminals used to breach networks and devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Technological advancement can help move the country from a resource-based to a knowledge-based economy, says acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Communications, Knowledge and Technology. 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