Abstract:

E-government is an expedient tool to overcome social economic challenges. Being in an initial phase of e-government introduction, Zanzibar has to include the use of ICT in its policy documents such as vision 2020 and MKUZA II. In particular, Zanzibar has to establish a communication infrastructure and a department to implement e-government activities. This paper analyses the readiness of Zanzibar towards e-government implementation. We do a SWOT analysis to identify the government acceptance of e-government implementation. We identify the major strengths for a successful implementation. A major threat however is that the technological evolution may be resistant to the majority. Therefore the government should take action by giving clear understanding of the ICT technology to the community.