A government driven approach towards green ICT economies
Kevin Njeru
Mount Kenya University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8160-9322
Prof. Geoffrey Muchiri
Muranga University of Technology
Dr. John Kamau
Mount Kenya University
Keywords: Green ICT, Sustainable economy, Green IT, Green IS, Sustainability & Governance
Abstract
The growing threat on the environment driven by an accelerated growth in economic activities has amplified the role of government in enhancing sustainability. To business and the industry leaders, the global economic challenges have compelled them to reconsider how they do business to gain an economic advantage and as a drive towards enabling a socially responsible business environment. This has forced businesses and industry to consider and act on a broad range of socially responsible and sustainable programs. As a majority business and industry align their goals by embedding sustainability mechanisms as key pillars to economic empowerment, most global governments seem to be lagging behind in providing the necessary facilitation in their economies. In the field of Information Communication Technology (ICT), the integrating and enabling role of ICTs has been considered critical in managing the global carbon footprint by exploiting their innovative capabilities thus providing sustainable solutions to the environment. Even in this area, the government has been considered a late adopter thus limiting its ability to provide solutions that is critical in this vital area. This paper therefore analyzes the role of government in building a sustainable economy using ICT and provides an action plan for governments in developing economies. This is based on data collected from both primary and secondary sources. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data and to draw conclusions. The action plan eva luates the role of government on green ICT from the perspectives of legislation, policies and regulations, Incentives, Education and social economics, support for business process integration and Implementation and usage of green ICT .
Author Biographies
Prof. Geoffrey Muchiri, Muranga University of Technology
School of Computing and Information Technology
Muranga University of Technology
Dr. John Kamau, Mount Kenya University
School of Computing & Informatics
Mount Kenya University
