Analysis of Tanzania’s Digitalization Policy Landscape
The aim was to look at the policies and programs that are central to the digitalization journey of Tanzania, including the analysis of broader geopolitics of technology governance within the country, focusing mainly on the mainland.
Specifically, through the analysis of policies, programs and stakeholders active in the digital landscape, the work endeavored to understand why certain decisions and investments have been made. This was gauged against the 9 principles of digital governance, especially that of users’ needs and demand for social and economic development – accompanied by 8 remaining, i.e., open standards, open source, open markets, open government, connectivity, digital skills and confidence, assisted digital, and commitment to share and learn.
The project sought deviations from key principles, including power dynamics between different groups. It also mapped the external partners such as funders and foreign direct investments and the role they play in keeping the principles or deviations from them. All these were gauged against policy design and implementation.
The results enabled to point out areas that need further interventions and where different stakeholders can chip in to strengthen the overall ecosystem so that everybody can be included, especially the underserved part of the population.
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