Design and Implementation of a Secure Web‐Based Knowledge Repository System for Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

Abstract

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) of Ethiopia has a mission to develop,  deploy, and utilize information and communication technology to promote the country's development. To  meet this mission, it collaborates with various federal, regional, and international organizations to create  and share knowledge. The Ministry collaborates with these organizations and scholars to undertake various  research projects, IT initiatives, training programs, and workshops. However, the Ministry has a gap in  systematically capturing, storing, sharing, and reusing the knowledge created through these activities. The  purpose of this study is to identify the current knowledge management gap and propose a secure web-based  knowledge repository system. The research employed questionnaires, interviews and observation methods  to identify user requirements, and UML modeling tools were used to develop the prototype. When the  proposed system is fully implemented, it will contribute to solving the existing knowledge management  problems of the Ministry and enhance its innovation capability by improving its knowledge management  capabilities. The proposed system will be implemented on the existing IT infrastructure of MCIT.