Activities:
1. Map all target end-user locations and analyze infrastructure readiness
2. Provide and roll out broadband infrastructure
3. Develop and implement network strategy with the appropriate business model
4. Develop and implement a broadband policy
5. Adopt and enforce infrastructure sharing policy
Expected Outcome:
1. Increased broadband penetration and Internet service access
2. Fostering an information culture
3. Increased private sector productivity
4. Realisation of a smart government structure with high transparency and productivity
5. Increased usage of new technologies
6. Increased innovation
7. ICT sector growth
Outcome Indicators:
1. 25% of target institutions connected by 2012
2. 50% of target institutions connected by 2013
PSD Project 7: e-Soko 2.0
Purpose: To provide sufficient agriculture information to both producers (farmers, cooperatives)
and consumers (Individual consumer, hotels and restaurants, agri-business)
Description:
E-Soko 2.0 aims to build on the existing e-Soko platform by upgrading the system to link both
demand and supply aspects of the agriculture sector and provide the price, quantities and location
of agriculture commodities. It aims to increase web-based platforms that help farmers and
citizens alike share local innovations for growing crops. This project aims to exploit the existing
infrastructure such as mobile phones, radios, telecenters, Internet cafes to enable consumers be
aware of current market prices, quantities and location of commodities and allow suppliers
(farmers, agricultural cooperatives, importers) to inform their market prices, quantities and
location of produce.
Activities:
1. Develop and implement the e-Soko 2.0 platform
2. Train and coordinate local content and application developers to foster innovation in the
agriculture sector
3. E-Soko 2.0 awareness campaign
Expected Outcome:
1. Increase innovation and competition in the agriculture sector
2. Increased access to agricultural product information
3. Increased productivity, availability and cost reduction of agriculture products
4. Increased availability of locally relevant content
Outcome Indicators:
1. E-Soko 2.0 established and operational by 2013
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