The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Jean-Paul Adam underscored the importance of building the information and communication sector infrastructure in Africa.
Jean-Paul made the comments during a session at the ongoing Internet Governance Forum taking place in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, that runs until Friday, the UNECA said in a statement issued late Wednesday.
The UNECA official emphasized the crucial importance of providing access to information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in Africa.
“Africa has the lowest implementation of appropriate capacity development aspects with only 25 percent of citizens having access to basic ICT skills,” Adam said.
The UNECA is working with the government of Rwanda to establish a regional center of excellence on education from science to technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics to support curriculum development with a particular focus on ICT across the continent at the early education level, he added.
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