DRC: ICTs excluded in development schemes - report

The DRC is in a post-conflict reconstruction period. Until now, ICTs have not been considered part of reconstruction and excluded in development schemes for the country. A report produced by Lina Gjerstad from Alternatives, a Canadian social rights NGO, which has worked in the DRC since 2002, posits that the four ICT challenges are: lack of infrastructure, lack of a broad-based ICT vision for the country, absence of properly defined institutional roles and responsibilities, and lack of public funds and human resources.