ICT Policy Africa

	
  

“Accelerating Service Development”
Rwanda ICT Strategic and Action Plan (NICI III – 2015)
Table of Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................... 6

	
  
PART 1: PREAMBLE ................................................................................................................................. 9
1.1. The Current Context........................................................................................................................ 9
1.1.1. ICT Trends....................................................................................................................... 10
1.2. Vision ............................................................................................................................................ 12
1.3. Rwanda ICT4D (NICI) Process .................................................................................................... 13
1.4. ICT Achievements ........................................................................................................................ 17
1.5. Challenges and Opportunities ....................................................................................................... 19

	
  
PART 2: NICI III Focus areas .................................................................................................................. 21
2.1. Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 21
2.2. Focus Area Rationale and Description ........................................................................................... 21
2.2.1. Skills Development [SD] ................................................................................................ 21
2.2.2. Private Sector Development [PSD] ................................................................................. 22
2.2.3. Community Development [CD] ...................................................................................... 23
2.2.4. e-Government [e-GOV] .................................................................................................. 24
2.2.5. Cyber Security [CS] ........................................................................................................ 25

	
  
PART 3: NICI III Projects 2011-2013 ...................................................................................................... 27
3.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 27
3.2.
Focus Area Projects .................................................................................................................... 27
3.2.1. Skills Development [SD] Projects ................................................................................... 27
3.2.2. Private Sector Development [PSD] Projects ................................................................... 33
3.2.3. Community Development [CD] Projects ........................................................................ 42
3.2.4. e-Government [e-GOV] Projects..................................................................................... 48
3.2.5. Cyber Security [CS] Projects .......................................................................................... 56
3.2.6. Cross-Cutting Projects ..................................................................................................... 61

	
  

PART 4: INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK ........................................ 68
4.1. NICI III Institutional and Implementation Framework................................................................. 68
4.1.1. National ICT Steering Committee (NISC) ...................................................................... 69
4.1.2. RDB ................................................................................................................................. 70
4.2. NICI III Implementation Framework FY 2011-2012 ................................................................... 73
4.3. Project Development and Implementation Framework FY 2013-2015 ........................................ 77

	
  

PART 5: CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 78

	
  

APPENDICES............................................................................................................................................. 79
APPENDIX 1: NICI II: KEY LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................... 79
APPENDIX 2: SAMPLE OF NICI III PROJECT PROFILE DOCUMENT ...................................... 81
APPENDIX 3: NICI III STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................... 83
APPENDIX 4: NICI-2015 TASK FORCE & TEAM OF RESOURCE PERSONS ............................ 84