SMART Zambia director digital government services Nkula Mwanza says financing for the loan from China Exim Bank for the Smart Zambia Phase II project which was meant to connect all districts to the government high-speed broadband network was suspended some time back. In an interview, Mwanza said after the cancellation of the financing, resources to connect the districts were sourced from the Treasury. “So the Smart Zambia Phase II project is different from the project which has installed cameras on our roads. That is called the safe city project, so that one is under the Ministry of Home Affairs, I don’t know if I saw it on the list as one of the projects cancelled. So the Smart Zambia Phase...

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