Transcript eTransformation: The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa 10 January 2013 www.eTransform Africa.org.

eTransformation:
The Transformational Use
of Information and Communication
Technologies in Africa
10 January 2013
www.eTransform Africa.org
ICT Opportunity
6 billion+
mobile users
worldwide
5 billion
users in
emerging and
developing countries
Two-thirds of
adults in sub-Sahara
Africa have a mobile
phone
The Report
Joint study by
African
Development Bank
and World Bank in
collaboration with
Africa Union
Made possible by
the Korean Trust
Fund on ICT4D
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Objectives
• Take stock of emerging uses and applications of ICTs
that are having transformative effects of social and
economic development – Share Experiences
• Identify key ICT applications (Africa and worldwide)
that have the potential for replications and scaling up –
Brainstorm what works
• Identify constraints that negatively impact ICT
adoption and scaling up, including in policy and
regulatory environment – Identify and overcome
obstacles
• Develop a common framework among stakeholders,
development partners and the donor community for
future ICT interventions -- Collaborate
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Sectors and Case Studies
Sector
Focus Areas
Agriculture
Traceability technologies (RFID) in cattle
Water management for irrigation
Climate
Change
Adaptation
Climate change adaptation, exploration of
applications, tools and systems for
adaptive action
Education
Open schools through mobile
technologies, education networking,
monitoring student and teacher
attendance
Financial
Services
Mobile banking, cloud computing,
Health
Mobile health, tracking patients,
monitoring health clinics
Local ICT
Sector
Business Process Outsourcing, mobile
and online payment platforms, ecommerce
Modernizing
Government
Citizen/community interface, eFiling for
tax collection, link online payment system
to IFMIS
Trade and
Regional
Integration
Linking regional trade entities (eg
COMESA, ECOWAS, SADC), logistics,
transparent flow of goods, customs
standardization
Both World Bank and AfDB have recently developed
new Strategies based around Transformation
Three Pillars of WBG ICT
Strategy
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Innovate – Support ICT innovation for
jobs and competitiveness
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Connect – Scale up affordable access to
broadband internet
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Promote ICT skills to develop competitive ITbased service industries in selected countries
Promote ICT-enabled productivity gains across
industries
Support policy and institutional reforms for
private investment in broadband
Selective support of PPPs in frontier markets to
promote affordable access for all
Transform – Use ICT to transform
service delivery across sectors
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Promote open and accountable development
using open government, open data, and aid
accountability
Transform service delivery using ICT
applications in economic and social sectors, and
establishing cross-sector foundations
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Supporting regional integration
Supporting the Private Sector
Improving Governance and Accountability
Mobile decade
• The mobile phone has
revolutionized
communications in Africa
 The African mobile
market is now larger than
either EU or USA
Mobile
subscriptions
(millions)
Annual % change in GDP, SSA
• Africa’s “mobile
decade” has driven
it’s economic growth
 2000: 16m subs
 2011: 649m subs
Source: World Bank.
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Source: ITU.
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Empowerment
• ICTs are empowering the
lives of Africans and are
driving entrepreneurship,
innovation and economic
growth
• Its not about the
phone or the
computer. Its about
the applications and
the information they
deliver
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ICT 4 D
• ICTs can ease cross-border
communications,
financial transactions
and sharing of data and
information and have a
catalytic impact upon
regional integration and
trade facilitation
• The deployment of ICTs
and the development of
applications must be
rooted in the realities
of local circumstance
and diversity
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Source: Pyramid Research.
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ICT Programs
• Governments have an
important role to play in
creating an enabling
environment and in acting as
a lead client for large-scale
ICT-based programs
• Effective use of ICTs requires
cross-sectoral collaboration
and an multi-stakeholder
approach, based on open
data and open innovation
The report profiles the South
African Revenue Service
(SARS) eFiling tax system as
an example of government
leadership in ICT applications
www.opendata.go.ke
• Africa is right at the start of its growth curve
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ICT Investment
• The World
Bank and the
AfDB already
have
considerable
ICT investments in Africa
• But, projects
are generally
piecemeal,
rarely
transformational, and are only a drop in the ocean
compared with what could be achieved
• This project creates a platform for change
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SSA Portfolio
• ICT Sector Strategy, 2012-15:
• Connect: US$575m in 11
ongoing projects in RCIP,
WARCIP and CAB, and
15 N-LTA programs
• Innovate: 2 N-LTA
Programs
• Transform: US$100m in
eGovernment programs in 2
projects, plus 16 N-LTA
• eTransform programs include
eAgriculture in Cote d’Ivoire, eProcurement in Rwanda,
Open Gov in Burkina Faso and Nigeria, and community
programs in Sierra Leone, Senegal and Tanzania
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Both the World Bank
Group and the African
Development Bank stand
ready to assist our
Member Countries in the
Transformational Use of
ICTs across African
Society and Economy
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