Angola currently has more than six million internet users, revealed that week the minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, Manuel Homem, speaking on Forum of African ICT Ministers.
"Over the past two years, the country has grown from four million users to six million", said the minister, realizing that this is a clear sign that our country has to do much more in this sector, although access to the internet is increasingly accelerated in the country.
According to the words of Manuel Homem, this provides the need to continue working for the massification of Internet access in the country, where, with this as an objective, several actions have emerged and developed, with emphasis on the programs of digital action, massification and internet access and information technologies that will allow the increase in the number of users.
Manuel Homem also considered that having more than 14 million mobile phone users in the country speeds up access to the Internet, and where his ministry is developing a series of programs, highlighting the entry of new mobile operator in the telecommunications sector and access to new fiber optic network infrastructure or access to the satellite Internet system.
It should also be reported that the minister said that Angola has a set of legal diplomas that allow not only the use of infrastructure, but also the positioning in the use of technological means, that is, Law 22/11, on the Protection of Special Data and 23/11, related to the use of networks and systems in the country. He also indicated that these diplomas allow citizens to be protected, have access to information, quality and, above all, ensure that everyone has a stable environment, using ICT.
Manuel Homem explained that the development of technologies is showing that institutions need to adapt to technological changes, as new digital formats will force companies to find new models for carrying out their service.
The Forum of ICT Ministers of Africa was organized by UNESCO, in partnership with the Ministry of Namibia, and aimed to highlight the relevance of information as a public good, drawing the attention of ministers to the follow-up to the Windhoek+30 Declaration.
The two-day meeting of ministers also highlighted the importance of free, independent and pluralistic media as the key to the current times, the importance of access to information after the results of the 28th of September, “International Day of Universal Access”.
The event also analyzed the importance of developing the Artificial Intelligence policy, linked to the analysis needs of Africa.
