Introduction

The Government of Rwanda (GoR) as illustrated in various strategies and policies is committed to driving a knowledge based economy and digital led social and economic transformation. The national digital inclusion strategy addresses challenges of access to smart devices and affordable digital adoption to bridge the digital divide.

The Government of Rwanda continues to promote digital transformation through services and processes digitalization in all sectors and across government institutions. This contributes to the increase of smart devices penetration, mainly computers deployed for staff use as well as other IT equipment to support automated operations and better service delivery.

With time, IT equipment acquired by institutions gets old, broken, or outdated. Currently, some institutions have huge stock of devices in the above-described conditions. Therefore, this strategy for disposal of old IT equipment is to establish a framework to enable fast and effective re-use and disposal of the above-mentioned devices leveraging existing guidelines and legal instruments.