The Information and Communications Technology Association of Zambia ICTAZ was established by an Act of parliament; ICTAZ Act no. 7 of 2018 of the laws of Zambia. This was to provide for the registration of Information and Communications Technology professionals and regulate their professional conduct in the interest of the information and communications technology sector.
Section 3(1) of the Act renamed the Computer Society of Zambia registered under the Societies Act to the Information and Communications Technology Association of Zambia.