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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In April/ May, the government
will commence a spirited campaign aimed at wooing investors and maintaining the
existing ICT investors by tendering for bandwidth supply from companies.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Much of the bandwidth will be
subsidized by the World Bank and will be provided to universities and Business
Processing Outsourcing (BPO) organizations. The exercise is expected to kick
off in July this year.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Speaking at the OFC workshop,
Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Information and Communication Bitange
Ndemo said he had put down mechanisms at the treasury to ensure the process
goes smoothly.</p>
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