The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Zambia's education and health sectors : the leading role of the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the Copperbelt University (CBU)

Abstract

This presentation is not a country report on the use and development of ICTs in Zambia. The paper only seeks to highlight some of the pioneering efforts still going on in the country in the use of ICTs in education and health sectors. Highlighted in this paper are efforts being made by the two highest institutions of learning in the country, the Copper belt University (CBU) and the University of Zambia (UNZA). The authors strongly feel that there are many benefits to be derived from proper utilization of ICTs, if only there was good infrastructural support and funding, through government and the donor agencies to institutions promoting the use of TCTs in Zambia.