{"id":3111,"date":"2026-03-18T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:23:11","slug":"government-targets-ict-driven-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3111","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNMENT TARGETS ICT-DRIVEN ECONOMIC GROWTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">GOVERNMENT says the Information Communication Technology &nbsp;(ICT) Sector is well positioned to exponentially double Zambia&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product to $60 billion in the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ministry of Technology and Science Permanent Secretary Brilliant Habeenzu says the ICT sector can help position Zambia in attaining the middle income economy status.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dr Habeenzu said Technology can help drive the country&#8217;s economic development agenda by increasing productivity through its application in various economic sectors such as agriculture and mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Permanent Secretary was speaking at the ongoing Information Communication Association of Zambia (ICAZ) Tech Conference in Livingstone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt\u2019s about using technology to drive the economy,&nbsp;and this can only be achieved by partnering with the government,&#8221; said Dr Sinyangwe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">And ICAZ Chief Executive Officer Chellah Silavwe says the ICT sector has been Zambia&#8217;s fastest growing economic sector which is well positioned to drive the country&#8217;s GDP growth agenda in the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Speaking in Livingstone at the ongoing ICAZ Tech Conference,&nbsp;Training, Exposition and 17th Annual General Meeting,&nbsp;Mr Silavwe said over 600 delegates are attending the event that runs from March 17 to 19, 2026 at Avani in Livingstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">President Hakainde Hichilema is expected to officiate at the event.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOVERNMENT says the Information Communication Technology &nbsp;(ICT) Sector is well positioned to exponentially double Zambia&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product to $60 billion in the next five years. Ministry of Technology and Science Permanent Secretary Brilliant Habeenzu says the ICT sector can help position Zambia in attaining the middle income economy status.&nbsp; Dr Habeenzu said Technology can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3112,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions\/3112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}