Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Namibia)

The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is a department of the Namibian government. It was established in 1990 as Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, responsible for licensing of the media, the first minister was Hidipo Hamutenya.^[1]

The ministry was disbanded in 2000; Its portfolio was added to the foreign ministry.^[2] In 2003 it was reestablished under its original name, and in 2008 it gained the communication portfolio from the Ministry of Works and Transport.^[3][4] Since then it carries its current^[update] name. The current^[update] minister is Emma Theofelus.^[5]

Ministers

All information ministers in chronological order are:^[3]

#	Picture	Name	(Birth–Death)	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
01		Hidipo Hamutenya	1939–2016	SWAPO	1990	1993
02		Ben Amathila	1938–	SWAPO	1993	2000
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Information and Broadcasting
03		Theo-Ben Gurirab	1938–2018	SWAPO	2000	2003
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
04		Nangolo Mbumba	1941–	SWAPO	2003	2005
05		Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah	1952–	SWAPO	2005	2008
Minister of Information and Communication Technology
06		Joel Kaapanda	1945–	SWAPO	2008	2015
07		Tjekero Tweya	1960–	SWAPO	2015	2018
08		Stanley Simataa	1960–	SWAPO	2018	2020
09		Peya Mushelenga	1975–	SWAPO	2020	2024
010		Emma Theofilus	1996–	SWAPO	2024	-

This list is complete and up to date as of April 2022.

See also

• Telecommunications in Namibia
• Mass media in Namibia
• Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia