TAX ON COMPUTERS REDUCED IN ZAMBIA
As a youth activist who is concerned with the development of ICTs in our country Zambia and even our continent Africa, I must say that I was greatly touched by the recent announcement by the Zambian government’s decision to reduce customs duty on all computers from 15% to 5% .I believe this is the first step in the right direction towards the development of information technology and advancement of communication in our country though we still have a very long way to go. Though the government is expected to lose about U$160,000, I can only say that this is worthwhile as this loss is going to bring about development. Am happy because the government is starting to implement the national IT policy. The national IT policy was drafted after the national IT policy symposium that took place at the intercontinental hotel in Lusaka from 24 to 25 August last year. Our organisation (Rescue Mission Zambia) represented the Zambian youth and made several recommendations of which one of them was reducing exercise duty on computers coming into the country.
Kalaluka,Lusaka-Zambia