Dar es Salaam, Sept. 17 -- Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states envisage devising a satellite system to enable member states and entire region to fully control its information network.

Works, Transport and Communications Minister Engineer Isack Kamwelwe made the revelation on the sidelines of the first SADC Ministerial Meeting on ICT, Information, Transport and Meteorology, which started in Dar es Salaam yesterday through this Friday.

The three-day cluster meeting of senior officials and permanent secretaries from the sectors will have its deliberations forwarded to the ministerial meeting for further action on September 19 and 20.

According to Engineer Kamwelwe, the system will help the countries to have direct co...