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Home 9 Access to information 9 Now Available: State of Access and Use of Community Information Centres in Zimbabwe report

Now Available: State of Access and Use of Community Information Centres in Zimbabwe report

9 Mar, 2023
The survey was conducted in all the provinces except Mashonaland Central. Mucheke in Masvingo Province, had the majority of respondents per CIC with 37 respondents followed by Chikato in the same province with 35 respondents.

 

This report presents a study on: The State of Access and Use of Community Information Centres (CICs) in Zimbabwe. Community Information Centres are centres in rural and marginalised communities that are equipped with digital technologies such as computers, internet access, printing and photocopying, faxing, scanning, laminating and gaming services. These have become new ways in developing countries of providing telecommunication services and digital technologies to communities that have been left out. They also provide opportunities for governments bridge the digital divide while subsequently creating systems that improve public service delivery in rural and marginalised communities. This is achieved by providing citizens with access information which further facilitates their participation in government’s decision-making process. In Zimbabwe, CICs have been established in different parts of the country and this report focuses on the state of access and barriers to usage of CICs in Zimbabwe and provide recommendations on how best to make CICs more accessible, effective and relevant.

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The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.

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