23 Dec POM: Mozambique’s Challenges in Cutting Cybercrime Rates

Zahra Touijer

International Policy Review – Policy of the Month

December 2025

In the modern era, Information Communications Technology (ICT) is both one of the
fastest-growing industries and the most instrumental in facilitating economic development and growth. The
dedication to leverage ICT and new technologies augments labor productivity, employment rates, and
per-capita GNI, and reduces transaction costs. Beyond the economic implications of a digital
transformation, connectivity and internet access ameliorate disparities in transparency in politics. Access is
the key to a more informed population and greater accountability for government action. However, in order
to reap the benefits of the ICT sector, particularly in developing nations, there needs to be a strong
institutional framework seeking to lessen the negative consequences of a digital transformation on the
marginalized populations within a country. It is the responsibility of policymakers to reduce the prospective
detrimental role ICT could play in population disparities; one part of the population with technical,
tech-based skills, and the rest without. If not, ICT cannot possibly experience steady growth. Growing ICT
“depends on broad and affordable access to infrastructure, enabled by convergence of technologies,
forward-looking telecommunications policy, robust network infrastructure and sufficient bandwidth and
support for targeted applications”.

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