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Minister Shamu

Technology Correspondent
THE Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services will be holding their annual ICT achievers awards 2013 on  December 7 at the University of Zimbabwe Great Hall.
The permanent secretary in the ministry, Engineer Sam Kundishora, said the awards would honour outstanding personalities in ICT in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is one of the world’s fastest ICT developing countries from a mere 13 percent in 2009 to 99 percent in 2013, according to official documents produced by the  International Telecommunications Union ranking Zimbabwe the second fastest ICT developing nation in the world after Ghana.

Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Webster Shamu said: “I would like to take this opportunity to invite organisations to participate in this prestigious event.”

This year’s ICT Achievers will be awarding players from 16 various categories who have excelled above the rest, this has seen the ministry cutting out three categories which were contested last year.

This year’s awards will cover these following categories:
ICT Project of the Year (Private Sector), ICT Project of the Year (public sector), NGO Promoter of ICTs, ICT Businessman of the Year, ICT Businesswoman of the Year, ICT Company of the Year, ICT Journalist of the Year, Web Developer of the Year (company), Public Sector Website of the Year, Young ICT Innovator of the Year, ICT Educator of the Year (institution), ICT Rural School of the Year, ICT Urban School of the Year, ICT Supportive Bank of the Year, ICT Enabled Courier Company of the Year, ICT User Ministry of the Year.