Online Reporter
Martin Kadzere
The Government intends to craft a comprehensive Digital Industrial One-Stop Policy to accelerate national digital transformation, strengthen cybersecurity measures and drive artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across key economic sectors, a Cabinet minister has said.
Addressing a digital dinner event during the Zimbabwe Industrialisation Conference and Export in Harare recently, Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Dr Tatenda Mavetera said the digital economy was no longer treated as an isolated domain.
“In this Second Republic, we no longer see the digital economy as a standalone sector,” Dr Mavetera said.
“We see it as the connecting (platform) of every industry, every country, and every cross-border economy.”
The minister emphasised modern industrial development cannot rely solely on physical factories and tariff barriers.
She noted that “ICT is no longer a support sector” but rather “a platform upon which our entire industrialisation strategy must be built,” adding that “without affordable high-speed connectivity, our industry cannot integrate into regional connections, and without interconnected and secure cyber infrastructure, we cannot build the trust required for digital trade.”
To operationalise the strategy, the ministry is pursuing five major interventions, including an integrated digital industrial policy, cross-border digital trade agreements, expanded e-commerce frameworks, and commercialisation pathways for young tech innovators.
