The Mozambican Ministry of Science and Technology has signed a 20-year contract with independent pan-African ICT enabler Seacom for access to international broadband fibre connectivity to Europe and onwards to the rest of the world.
Beneficiaries of the newly-acquired capacity include the Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) and the Government Electronic Network (GovNet), which are government-led projects established to improve online public service access and capability.
Seacom says the bandwidth will help MoRENet to deliver Internet traffic to member institutions, while creating the platform to share education and research content with other Nationwide Research Education Networks around the world.
“Similarly, GovNet will be able to better support its mandate to improve e-government performance.” GovNet currently interconnects government institutions at both central and provincial levels, with an aim to connect all state and government institutions through a single private data communications network.
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Both MoRENet and GovNet form an important part of the Mozambican government's ICT policy implementation strategy, which covers all major areas of Mozambique's economy and society.
Permanent secretary of Mozambique's Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Evaristo Baquete, says: “The Mozambican government views affordable and high-quality data networks as a vital tool to achieve the country's various developmental goals.” Baquete adds that international connectivity is key in bringing about positive changes to Mozambique and its people.
Seacom provides over a dozen countries across the African continent with access to ICT products and services via its extended network.
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