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| The Ministry of Information and Civic Education comprises of Administration, Department of information Systems and Technology Management Services, Department of Information, National Civic Education, MACRA, TVM, MBC and Post Office. The Ministry is situated in Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi. The Ministry is guided by Government Policies and Legislation in the sector of ICTs. The Ministry is carrying out a number of programmes inorder to achieve its vision, mission and strategic objectives. For details on the Ministry's achievements please visit the achievements.
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The Vision
To have a well informed nation, positively known on the global map, with well developed information and communications infrastructure and an Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) led development. To also have a well developed tourism industry and sustainably managed wildlife resources that highly contribute to economic growth. |
The Mission
The mission of the Ministry is to :
- ensure that the public is well informed about government policies, programmes and various social economic issues and that Malawi is globally positively known as well as have a vibrant media industry.
- ensure effective development of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) infrastructure as well as effective utilization of ICTs in all sectors so that Malawi’s development is accelerated by use of ICTs.
- ensure development of a vibrant tourism industry and effective conservation and management of wildlife resources for maximum contribution to economic growth.
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Responsibilities
The Ministry has five main responsibilities under its mandate.
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Facilitating communication to the nation in order to ensure that the nation is well informed about government policies, programmes and other socio economic issues as well as ensuring free flow of information on Malawi both locally and internationally and facilitating the development of a thriving professional media industry.
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Providing policy guidance to communications parastatals in order to ensure that Malawi develops efficient and affordable information and communications infrastructure such as telecommunications internet, postal, television and radio broadcasting as well as pursue universal access to communications facilities to the people especially those in the rural areas.
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Developing and promoting efficient access and effective utilization of ICTs in all sectors of development in order to improve productivity, efficient delivery of services and have an ICT accelerated development.
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Developing and promoting the tourism industry sustainably in order to maximize its contribution towards economic growth
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Conserving and managing wildlife resources sustainably in order to ensure availability of abundant and diverse wildlife and productive use of protected areas for maximum contribution towards economic growth.
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