South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Telecommunications & Postal Services Ms Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams talks about ICT empowerment. She previously served as the Deputy Minister of the Department of Communications from 2014 to 2017. She has been a member of several portfolio committees including Communication and Defence, and has been a member of parliament since 2009. She discusses some of the developments she has undertaken in her portfolio to improve Internet connectivity and device accessibility in rural schools; empowerment initiatives to encourage women to pursue careers in ICT.