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African ICT Policy Research: Towards Evidence-Based Policy Making

Explore the E-Access and Household Survey 2008 conducted by Prof. Alison Gillwald from Witwatersrand University's LINK Centre. Research ICT Africa presents policy research based on supply and demand side indicators to assist decision-makers in evaluating policy performance and intervention points. The methodology includes data from 25,000 households in 17 countries, focusing on fixed-line and mobile access, duplicate SIM cards, public access, computer and internet usage, and price elasticity. Visit www.researchICTafrica.net for more information.

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African ICT Policy Research: Towards Evidence-Based Policy Making

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  1. First glance: E-access and household survey 2008 • Prof Alison Gillwald • Witwatersrand University LINK Centre

  2. Towards evidence based policy... • Research ICT Africa!...network of researchers conducting ICT policy and regulatory research in 20 African countries across all corners the continent in the absence in most of our countries of the kind of data and analysis required for evidence based policy

  3. Towards and African e-Index • Policy research based on series of supply and demand side research undertaken by the network which in our forthcoming research phase we wish to integrate into an index of indicators that will provide decision-makers with an understanding of policy performance and identify points of intervention.

  4. Methodology • Nationally representative sample from last census, divided into metropolitan, other urban and rural EAs, which collectively means over data was collected from 25 000 households on over 100 000 individuals from 17 countries with hour long questionnaires which was electronically captured with GPS

  5. Fixed Line Access & Usage

  6. Fixed Line Access

  7. Fixed-Line:Type of billing

  8. Monthly expenditure US$

  9. Mobile Access & Usage

  10. Duplicate SIM cards

  11. Public Access and Usage

  12. Computer & Internet Access & Usage

  13. Computer & Internet Access

  14. Where do you use the Internet?

  15. What do you use e-mail for?

  16. Price Elasticity

  17. If calls were cheaper....

  18. Non-User WTP

  19. Fixed Line US$

  20. Mobile WTP US$

  21. WTP Mobile Handset

  22. WTP for mobile handset in US$

  23. www.researchICTafrica.net

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