NATIONAL ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT PLAN

Government has in this National Electronic Government Plan (NeGP) provided strategic focus towards transforming the public sector through the adoption and application of digital technologies. This will ultimately contribute to the overall national digital transformation agenda of transforming Zambia into a Digital Economy as espoused in the Eighth National Development Plan (8NDP). The NeGP will play a pivotal role in improving performance of national digital economy indicators. It lays out among others, strategies for improving the National Cyber Security Index (NCSI), e-Government Development Index (EGDI) and Open Government Data Index (OGDI). Zambia’s advancements in the digital transformation agenda so far have translated into the country improving its ranking on the Electronic Government Development Index (EGDI) from 148 to 131 out of 193 countries assessed in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

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