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    Assessment of ICT status in Tanzania.
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2008) Paul, Silayo Eladius
    Assessment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) status aims to build support for the development of a comprehensive African capability to collect and manage key information needed to the support of the growing investment in ICTs as well as the transition' Africa to an information society. The study looks into the penetration, impact and effectiveness of ICT application in Tanzania. It is essential for the country to track developments in ICT so as to confront under the best possible conditions the range of challenges with which Tanzania is faced. The increasing importance •of ICT is creating pressure to update the data and information in many areas of ICT. This would involve gathering suitable monitoring data in order to develop the capacity to make and implement informed choices about ICTs on an on going basis. This capacity is a necessary basis of any effort by the country to muster timely information about recognised problems, which hinder transition to the information society. Overall, in Tanzania, many of the necessary data have probably not yet been obtained and practical information on ICT trends is hard to come by. This trend presents a major challenge for Tanzania as it moves to an information society. Despite efforts that were undertaken, a number of issues remain outstanding such as lack of concrete data and the problems of gathering them have constituted major obstacles. Hard data on what is actually happening on the ground is lacking. Also empirical work relating to ICT trends analysis in the country is very preliminary. iion on the scope of the available data, the study relied heavily on Given the lmitat available secondary data from various sources. The study concludes by proposing that there should be a continuous process of updating information on ICT trends.