The Angolan Government has defined the Telecommunications and Information Technologies sector as fundamental in the process of modernizing public governance, social and economic development, social inclusion, improvement of the population's living conditions and access to information.
The information was revealed in a statement from the International Day of Telecommunications and the Information Society, highlighted yesterday(17), which highlights the primordial role that Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technologies play in supporting the process of socio-economic development, in the fight against poverty and in the pursuit of the Millennium Goals.
"As a result of the work of the Executive, projects, programs and actions developed and under development have produced satisfactory results, fundamentally in the continuous improvement of the regular and universal provision of basic public telephone services, Internet access and associated services”, can be read in the note.
The executive stresses that under the National Space Program (PEN), on October 12, 2022, the launch into orbit of the ANGOSAT-2 and, last January, the country witnessed the inauguration and entry into operation of the Satellite Mission and Control Center (MCC), an intelligent infrastructure capable of operating several satellites simultaneously.
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The document also highlights the creation of a Earth Observation System (SOT), where several applications have been developed, offering real benefits to society, where sectors such as Agriculture, Spatial Planning and the exploitation of natural resources stand out.
The training and qualification of staff constitutes an essential pillar in the materialization of programmes, projects, actions in the ICT sector, according to the press release, which reports that, recently, three Angolans were highlighted among the ten best engineers with less than 30 years old in the African space industry.
The communication alluding to the International Day of Telecommunications and the Information Society makes known that Angola leads the SADC Shared Satellite Committee and is the region's focal point with the International Telecommunication Union for issues related to orbital positions.
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