For some time, the remodeling in the Telecommunications and Information Technologies sector was expected. The change ended up happening in this sector that is now linked to Social Communication.
Angola has a new Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, a merger resulting from government remodeling, this new ministerial department now has two Secretaries of State.
Manuel Homem held, until April 06, 2020, the position of State Secretary for Information Technologies. He has a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Private University of Angola (UPRA).
The new minister has a Master's Degree in Web Technologies and Systems, from Universidade Aberta de Lisboa. Has specialized training in Project Management, by Instituto IETEC from Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Other tasks already performed
- Between 1998 and 2006, he was a computer teacher and consultant in information and communication technologies;
- From 2006 to 2008, he was a systems specialist at the National Data Processing Center (CNPD) for the Electoral Registry;
- From 2009 to 2011, he was a university professor of the Computer Engineering Course, in the specialties of Computer Networks, Computer Networks and Systems Administration, Databases and Information Systems, at the Lusíadas Universities of Angola (ULA) and Private Universities of Angola (UPRA) );
- From 2010 to 2013, he was coordinator of the Technical Group for the Standardization of Information Systems, Technological Infrastructures, Database Management Systems and Public Administration Services, at the then MTTI and member of the Commission for the Implementation of Electronic Governance and the Private Network of the State (CIEGOV);
- Between 2013 and 2016 he was general director of the National Center for Information Technologies (CNTI):
- From 2016 to 2017 he directed the National Institute for the Promotion of the Information Society (INFOSI).
