PROGRESS SO FAR:

In 2024, 428 sites in the Government Wide-Area Network were connected to the internet across all 1116 districts.

86 districts are on the fibre-optic backbone network – up from 83 in 2022.

3,568 communications towers have been put in place, providing voice coverage to 89% of the population by the end of 2023 – a 2% increase from 2020.

4 free public wifi spots are now operational.

 50% of Zambians now have basic digital literacy, compared to 30% in 2018. Over 2,000 digital literacy centres have been established in schools and in 2024 the government acquired 80,850 computers for learners.