At least three of four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and more than two billion of them are living on less than R20 a day. <\/p>\n
This was said by KwaZulu-Natal finance and economic development MEC Zweli Mkhize when he addressed about 200 people at the Information Communication Technology (ICT) conference in Durban yesterday. <\/p>\n
He added that 880million people live on less than R10 a day. <\/p>\n
Mkhize said the government inherited a system which still shows unbelievable imbalances in access to ICT.<\/p>\n
“Development and research funding before 1994 had previously focused on military and energy sectors and very little went into developing technology that would create an information society,” said Mkhize.<\/p>\n
Mkhize said ICT plays the role of a key enabler of the modernisation of government, and “offers both citizens and companies the opportunity to interact with government seven days a week and 24 hours a day”. <\/p>\n
Local government and traditional affairs MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu shared Mkhize’s sentiments. He said there was a great need for technological transformation. <\/p>\n
“ We cannot even claim to have completed a task bequeathed upon us by our forebears as long as our people are still living in squalid conditions with no hope for tomorrow,” said Mabuyakhulu.<\/p>\n
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