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Current Status of the IT sector in
Madagascar
A quick overview for the SSLEV
Mrs Miangaly Andriamampandry
Ingenosya
Febuary 2009
The IT sector in MadagascarFor about 19M people: 5 Tel op. (~5M users) + 3 Internet Providers (~
200K users) > 2500 jobs Software Development (5.000 employees, mostly for export)
8 Call Centers (~ 1 700 op., 3 from telecoms) 24 local TV channels + 1 national + 3 sat. ~200 local radios
IT Training Status
Number of graduates: 5,000 per year Among them: 600 engineers
In IT: 50 engineers and 450 technicians
27 IT schools (9 public), 1 Cisco, 1 Linux, 3 Microsoft Certification centers
Basic IT knowledge is gradually introduced into most curricula
Cisco Certification Program at INATA
Cisco Certified Network Associate: CCNA 1: Networks basics CCNA 2: Routing basics CCNA 3: Commutation and Routing CCNA 4: Wan Technologies
Courses are inline and are completed by practical exercises (248h in total)
CCNA is an industry recognized certification that can be obtained after 6 to 18 months training
Partnership with India
Central Government network development
Pan African VVIP/Health/Higher Education network
Succes Stories 1,200 village phones by Zain in
Q4-2008 9,000 refurbished computers
distributed to schools in 2008 eBit: national tradeshow and IT
promotion event
Major Issues
Energy: the non availability of electricity in most rural areas is slowing down the IT development
Training: we can’t even meet the current IT sector’s needs
Cost of communication: still too much satellite use
Strategy of Development
Infrastructure development Contents development: suited to the people and
supporting the businesses, both in malagasy and foreign languages (FR - EN)
e-Administration Training: within 10 years, 10M users of IT, we must produce
30K IT specialists to support the growth of the sector and the role of the country in the region
Entrepreneurship development Trade in IT development
Action Plan
Infrastructure: finish up the national Backbone and enhance access
ICT for all: ICT villages, e-contents
e-Administration: 3 phases from the central offices to the regional and local communities
Training: increase the capacity of the training centers and focus on industry recognized certification programs, high speed network of the Universities
Development of an IT business park (Antanetibe)
IT forum in Malagasy regions Novatech, IT meeting with Africa and UE E-Commerce regulation : electronic documents,
electronic signature, Cybercrime, intellectual property, …
Internet banking
Action Plan
