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Challenges Associated with ICT Asset Disposal in Tanzania

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e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 171))

Abstract

Government and non–Government institutions are heavily investing in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to enhance their businesses and operational activities. This trend has partially been inspired by the lift of computer ban in 1980s where millions of ICT assets had been imported. Subsequently, there is a rapid increase of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Mobile Service Providers (MSP), and ICT asset vendors’ country-wide. This implies a massive increase in imported ICT assets as well as the number of ICT assets that are going out of the ICT asset life cycle.

In order to study challenges facing Tanzania in disposing end of use ICT assets, two (2) dumping sites and two (2) recycling sites were visited with the aim of observing waste management practices on site, and the survey were conducted through web link sent to respondents over the email and Facebook (a social networking site).The survey was stopped after reaching 12 respondents out of 15 targeted respondents for Waste Management Organizations and 9 respondents for selected organizations which are major consumers of ICT.

Challenges that were found facing Tanzania in disposing end of use ICT assets include; lack of ICT asset disposal policies and procedures, lack of ICT management plan, storage challenges, lack of trained personnel and disposing infrastructures, challenges in legal aspects, recycling capacity, privacy, confidentiality and information security concerns.

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  1. Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, The Institute of Finance Management, Shaaban Robert Street, P. O. Box 3918, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

    Daniel Koloseni & Faith Shimba

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  1. The Institute of Finance and Management, P.O. Box 3918, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    Jim James Yonazi

  2. Faculty of Computing, Information Systems, and Mathematics, The Institute of Finance and Management, P.O. Box 3918, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    Eliamani Sedoyeka

  3. London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan Business University, Eden grove - EG4.06, N7 8EA, London, UK

    Ezendu Ariwa

  4. Information Systems Department, King Saud University, 11543, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Eyas El-Qawasmeh

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Koloseni, D., Shimba, F. (2011). Challenges Associated with ICT Asset Disposal in Tanzania. In: Yonazi, J.J., Sedoyeka, E., Ariwa, E., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) e-Technologies and Networks for Development. ICeND 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 171. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22729-5_25

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