MICT was delegated to the Kavango East Regional Council in June 2017 under the Directorate of Planning and Development as a division: audio visual and print media supervised by the Deputy Director of planning and development.
ROLE AND MANDATE
- To lay a foundation for the accelerated use and development of ICT in Namibia and co-ordinate information management within government.
- To create an enabling environment for ICT development and access to information for socio- economic growth.
- To make Namibia ICT literate by making ICT accessible to all by 2030.
OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES
- Research on behalf of government.
- Information dissemination from government to the public and from the public back to government.
- Collection and storage of information, news coverage, both print and broadcasting.
- Marketing of government publication, and presidential portraits.
- Information sharing on government program and community awareness initiatives.
- Publication of regional news.
- Provide basic ICT related educational programs
