2.2
Vision
“To create a knowledge-based society fully integrated in the global economy by 2020.”
This ICT vision anticipates that by year 2015, Lesotho will have successfully developed
and deployed ICTs that:
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Respond to national needs and priorities.
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Reduce inequalities between the sexes, and decrease the digital divide between
urban and rural areas and the haves and have-nots.
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Improve governance and deepen democracy.
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Develop the human capacity needed to drive and sustain an information economy.
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Support its economic activities at home and throughout the world.
2.3
Mission
“To fully integrate information and communications technologies throughout all sectors
of the economy in order to realise rapid, sustainable socio-economic development.”
As Lesotho charts its course to join and fully participate in the global economy, it must
embrace strategies to develop and deliver information to all its citizens. Thus, the vision
and mission of the Government must be to create knowledge to fuel all sectors of the
economy and enrich the intellectual capital of the nation.
This policy strives to incorporate ICTs in the everyday life of the Basotho, so as to realise
the vision of a Lesotho that is fully integrated in the global economy. A parallel goal is to
promote the use of appropriate, scalable ICT services and applications so as to eradicate
poverty, strengthen democracy and improve quality of the life for all.
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