INFORMATION and

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
(ICT)
What is Information and
Communication Technology?
• ICT are all bases ,methods and steps used in
communicating, disseminating information , and
performing calculations using all electronic device.
• ICT also defined as all the technologies used to
handle broadcast media , telecommunications ,
intelligent building management systems ,
network-based control and monitoring functions
audio-visual processing and transmission systems
and others.
 Applications of Information and
Communication Technology(ICT)
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used in
most of the fields such as e-commerce, e-governance,
banking, agriculture, education, medicine, defense,
transport, etc.
With technological advances, advanced computing
infrastructure, sophisticated marketing strategies, and
reduced cycle times with robotic process automation (RPA),
ICT is playing a vital role.
ICT in Entertainment:
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have
impacted entertainment and leisure activities in different ways in
which you spends your time.
• ICT offers a variety of entertainment and leisure activities and
allows for quick access to movies or music that can be easily
accessed and you can watch and listen music directly from the
Internet.
• ICT adds more interaction technologies to TV shows. Digital
cameras, printers and scanners have enabled more people to
experience image production, in addition to developing graphic
interfaces.
ICT in Medical Science:
• Medical devices and modern equipment have evolved considerably
favoring information and communications technology.
• Information and Communication Technogies (ICT) are related to the
devices, resouces and tools needed to improve the acquisition,
retrieval, storage and use of information in health and biomedicine.
• That is why we find that most of the medical devices that now exist
rely on information and communication technology in the way of
use, detection and treatment of diseases.
• Health informatics tools include formal medical terms, clinical
guidelines, computers, and information and communication systems.
ICT in Finance:
• Information and Communication Technology is used daily by
financial campanies, to trade financial instuments, to report a
business’s earnings, and to keep records of personal budgets.
• ICT allows rapid calculation of financial data and provides financial
services companies with strategic and innovative benefits as well as
electronic transfer of money, through the use of credits cards, or e-
commerce, which includes the purchase and payment via the
internet and others.
• ICT helps deal with security concerns, legal issues and access to
global markets.
ICT in Public Sector Management:
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used to
facilitate more convenient government services, make the
government more transparent and accountable to citizens,
promote a more efficient and cost-effective government.
• ICT provides greater public access to information and constitutes
opportunities for public administration that require meeting many
economic, financial, structural and legal conditions.
• ICT also allows people to perform many different activities, such
as: paying bills or renewing official documents such as driving
licenses and others over the internet.
ICT in Education:
• Information and Communication Technology contributes greatly to
education because it improves the way of education and provides a
better educational environment, through the use of computers,
tablets, data displays, interactive electronic boards, and others in
the process of communicating information to students.
• UNESCO pursues a comprehensive educational systems, enhanced
by information and communications technology, which focuses on
the main challenges in joint work, whether in the field of
communications ,information science, and education.
ICT in Agriculture:
• Information and Communication Technology is agriculture
helps in the growing demand for new approaches and
focuses on enhancing agricultural and rural development
through better information and communication processes.
• ICT also helps empower rural people by providing better
farming techniques, better access to natural
resources ,effective production strategies, and digital
marketing strategies for agribusiness and financial services,
etc.
ICT in Business:
• The use of information and communication technology is very important
for businesses to establish a hassle-free and secure communication flow
and meet daily operational tasks.
• ICT tools help campanies analyse, store ,process and share vast amounts
of data and make better use of products and resources.
• ICT tools also help improve profitability, reduce costs compared to
manual tasks and minimize leads times.
• ICT systems allow managers and employees to make decisions quikly and
accurately so that they can effectively manage the operations process and
day-to-day activities and rapidly predict business opportunities or threats.