INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

 Information Communication Technology (ICT) plays an important role in the economy of every nation and is widely recognized as a key instrument for the socio-economic and political transformation of developing nations.

Ownership of Mobile Phones

Mobile phones have become one of the major communication tools for disseminating information and transacting business in the district and the region as a whole. There is 13, 218 persons aged 12 years and older that own mobile phones, representing 19.97 percent of the district’s population. This figure is lower as compared with that of the regional figure 22.3 percent. The district also has more males owning mobile phones (72%) as compared with 28 percent of mobile phones ownership by females.

Use of Internet

The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented diffusion of network technologies into developing countries. The technological discourse attending and encouraging the adoption of the new media, particularly the Internet, has centered on their potential to accelerate national development efforts, bring about favorable socio-cultural changes, and open up public spheres for free and democratic discourse as part of the contemporary globalization phenomenon, internet has become a vital communication facility for people, businesses and organizations and the district is not an exception. Like the mobile phone, the level of usage of the internet is very low in the district, about 2.0 percent of the district’s population, 12 years and older have access to the internet.