Details

Government Data Network Phase 1

Details of the organization

Name *

Botswana Fibre Networks (Pty) Ltd

Country *

Botswana

Website (URL)

http://www.bofinet.co.bw

Type *

Governments

National implementation mechanism

The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level: No
The organization has a national e-strategy: Yes

Information about the project

Project title *

Government Data Network Phase 1

Title acronym

N/A

Description *

Botswana Fibre Networks (Pty) Ltd is procuring and project managing Government Data Network (GDN) upgrade project on behalf of the Department of Information Technology (DIT); and is to directly appoint Cisco (based on on the DIT recommendations); to tender to conduct a network and data center assessment of devices and applications that make up the current Botswana GDN infrastructure at various locations across the country; including Virtual Private Networks (VPN) extensions of the GDN to Botswana's 28 foreign missions across the globe. The scope of the assessments encompasses all DIT IT resources; i.e. applications, information, infrastructure and people.

Geographical coverage *

International implementation

Countries of implementation Botswana

Status *

Ongoing from 01/07/2015 to 31/03/2016

Partners

Ministry of Transport and Communication

WSIS information

WSIS action lines related to this project

* The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
      * ICT for sustainable development
      * National e-strategies
* Information and communication infrastructure
* Access to information and knowledge
* Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
* Enabling environment
* ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
      * E-government
         * E-government strategies
         * E-government systems
      * E-business
      * E-environment

Project type *

Project