[governance] [AfriSIG-Alumni] Transform Africa summit - rwanda policy brief

Fri May 12 05:08:00 EDT 2017

Thank you arsene for sharing, much appreciated!

@Peter, yes, ideally a competitive innovative market with good regulation and policy making is likely to impact on access positively.

However factors such as literacy, digital skills and cost of devices among others remain barriers to internet access. We will be doing household, individual and business surveys
to understand this issue further. 

We are currently in Rwanda now for the surveys. Heading to Tanzania,South Africa and Nigeria. More countries will be added as the year goes.

If anyone wants access to the data at a later stage, please do get in touch.

Best,

Chenai Chair

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Research ICT Africa
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> On 12 May 2017, at 10:44, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for sharing Arsene.
>  
> I would like to say that reduction of prices through improved competition in the teleco industry does bring accessibility if not to all.
> 
> Thanks.
> Peter
> 
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com <mailto:arsenebaguma at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Colleagues,
> 
> Just wanted to share with you this policy brief from our friends at Research ICT Africa about Rwanda. 
> 
> Important data comparisons are available, explaining the growth in mobile penetration and adoption as well the challenges on Internet mobile adoption.
> 
> Chenai from RIA is on this list and will be the best person to discuss this brief and to answer any questions you might have with regards to their research methodology.
> 
> Regards,
> Arsene
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>> From: Chenai Chair <cchair at researchictafrica.net <mailto:cchair at researchictafrica.net>>
>> Date: May 11, 2017 at 5:37:41 PM GMT+2
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>> Subject: [AfriSIG-Alumni] Transform Africa summit - rwanda policy brief
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>> Hi everyone, 
>> 
>> As the Transform Africa Summit has been happening in Kigali Rwanda, RIA put together a policy brief to assess pricing trends in the country. Rwanda performs pretty well on our pricing index but still has low internet uptake. To figure out why, we are conducting a household, individual and business survey in Rwanda as well as Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique. More countries will be added on as the year progresses.
>> 
>> In the mean time, check out our policy brief and sign up for our news letter for updates!
>> 
>> Link-http://researchictafrica.net/home.php?h=207 <http://researchictafrica.net/home.php?h=207>
>> 
> 
>> 
>> Chenai Chair
>> 
>> Researcher & 
>> Communications & Evaluation Advisor
>> Research ICT Africa
>> Unit 409, Old Castle Brewery
>> 6 Beach Road
>> Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925
>> South Africa
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