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Online Africa has just posted an amazing resource: the Africa countries with current National ICT Plans. These 13 African nations are a quick list of governments that have taken the AU call to embrace ICT seriously.

African Nations with Active National ICT Plans:

Botswana:

• National: 2007-2016, grow the ICT industry, make Botswana a regional ICT hub, 6-step plan: e-government, education innovation, e-health, legal framework, tech infrastructure
• http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp?page=doc-by-id&docid=2890

Cameroon:

• National: 2006-?, a ten-pronged plan that took a full 6 years to develop and submit to the government
• http://www.uneca.org/AISI/nici/Cameroon/cameroon.htm

Chad:

• National: 2007, general infrastructure plan
• http://www.uneca.org/AISI/NICI/Chad/Plan%20NICI_Tchad.pdf

Egypt:

• National: 2005-Present, a very elaborate plan focused on infrastructure and governance of ICT networks
• http://www.mcit.gov.eg/ict_sector.aspx

Ghana:

• National: 2005-Present
• http://www.ict.gov.gh/

Kenya:

• Kenya ICT Board
• Kenya ICT Action Network
• http://www.ict.go.ke/
• http://www.kictanet.or.ke/

Malawi:

• National: 2009 (final draft)
• http://www.malawi.gov.mw/ict_policy.pdf

Mauritius

• National: 2007-2011, goal is to make the ICT sector a main pillar of the economy
• http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/telcomit/?content_id=bdcf551cf8b86110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD

Morocco:

• National: 2006
• http://www.apebi.org.ma/apebi_eng.php?id_article=536&id_rubrique=37

Rwanda:

• National: 2001-2002-2020, four 5-year National Information and Communications Infrastructure Plans, currently in phase two: improve economic environment to grow towards an information- and knowledge-based society and economy
• http://www.rita.gov.rw/laws/nici_plans.html

Seychelles:

• National: 2007
• http://www.ict.gov.sc/resources/policy.pdf

Swaziland:

• National: 2008 (draft)
• http://www.gov.sz/home.asp?pid=4322

Zimbabwe:

• National: 2010-2014 (waiting for approval), plan would promote research and development of ICT, infrastructure, education, cyber security
• http://www.africa-investor.com/article.asp?id=6439