Commitment to R&D Initiatives to Support the Development and Exploitation of ICTs
61. To enhance Rwanda’s capacity to develop, produce, manufacture and assembly ICT products and services as a step towards developing a
local globally competitive ICT service sector and industry, the GOR is committed to promoting and supporting R&D initiatives in Rwandan
Research Institutions, Universities and Colleges.
62. The Government as part of its strategy in this area will be encouraging partnership, collaboration and linkages between local R&D Institutions
and foreign Centers of Excellence to speed up the process of knowledge and know-how transfer to Rwandans.
Commitment to Facilitating an Investment Climate for the Mobilization of Financial and Technological Resources
63. Apart from the development and mobilization of human resources, as critical factors for ICT development, deployment and exploitation in the
society and economy, the Government is fully committed to facilitating the mobilization of the necessary financial and other technological
resources through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Domestic investment to aid the socio-economic development process in Rwanda.
Commitment to Physical Infrastructure Development
64. The GOR acknowledges that the level, scale and speed of the socio-economic development envisaged in the Vision for Rwanda cannot take
place without the necessary modern physical infrastructure: roads and general utilities; social infrastructure; telecommunications and
communication infrastructure. The GOR is therefore committed to the rapid development, upgrade, improvement and deployment of the necessary
infrastructure in all key areas. In this regard, the development of a reputable geographic information infrastructure will prove an important asset
to support the development of the physical infrastructure.
Standards, Best Practices and Guidelines for ICT Deployment and Exploitation
64. The GOR acknowledges that the deployment, exploitation and the development of ICTs in Rwanda will need to be guided by appropriate
Standards, Best Practices and Guidelines. The GOR is therefore committed to facilitating this process.
Enabling Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Provision
65. The GOR acknowledges that: the development and the exploitation of ICTs in the economy and society as well as the development of the
information and knowledge economy will need to be supported and facilitated by appropriate legal provisions and legislation; regulatory
framework and provisions as well as institutional structures. The Government is therefore committed to implementing relevant and appropriate
sections of the "African Telecommunication Policy and Regulatory Framework Development Programme --prepared by the Africa Ministers of
Communication --the African Connection) at African Telecom'98 in Johannesburg, May 1998 in areas like:
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