[kictanet] Kenya: Good Mobile Access Fails To Boost Weak Connectivity Rating 2009

[alice]

It is a Nokia Siemens study using what they are calling "the 
connectivity scorecard" Is it a new way of measuring connectivity? not 
sure if this has been done elsewhere before?

Full presentation can be found here 
http://www.connectivityscorecard.org/methodology/


brief explanation below.


    Methodology

The Connectivity Scorecard is the first index to examine quality and 
quantity of ICT usage and infrastructure and to link it to a country’s 
social and economic prosperity.

25 ‘Resource and Efficiency Driven’ and 25 ‘Innovation Driven’ economies 
are studied (as defined by the World Economic Forum (WEF))* in this 
first phase.

The first step taken is to divide the economy into 3 ‘pillars’, 
business, consumer and government and assign weights to these pillars. 
The greatest weighting is given to the business ‘pillar’ since it is a 
key contributor to productivity growth.

For each component of the scorecard countries are benchmarked against 
the best-in-class in their tier. Low scores reflect gaps in a country’s 
infrastructure, usage or both. (see table 1 below)

Results indicate there is a real opportunity to add hundreds of billions 
of dollars in economic benefit by rethinking how countries measure and 
enable connectivity. Not even the world’s richest economies can afford 
to be complacent.

*For more information on the WEF classification system go to: 
http://www.weforum.org/en/fp/gcr_2006-07_highlights/index.htm

/Identifying the Key Elements of Sustainable Growth, pages 10 -13"
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/alice

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bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:
> Was this a research?  If so what was the methodology used?  Kenya was full
> of praise for starting free secondary education.  Although we have some
> challenges in terms of connectivity we are not that bad.
>
> Ndemo.
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>>       Its a new way of measuring connectivity do you agree with the
>>       verdict on Kenya?
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>>       <http://www.connectivityscorecard.org/countries/kenya>
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>>       Good Mobile Access Fails To Boost Weak Connectivity Rating
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>> Kenya’s performance on the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard places it nearly
>> at the bottom of the nations sampled. In almost every consumer and
>> business measure of connectivity, Kenya failed to achieve a passing
>> score. Exceptions include an above average proportion of the population
>> provided with mobile access, and a relatively high literacy rate. Kenya
>> displays one of the worst secondary school enrolment rates out of all
>> the countries surveyed, along with weak broadband and internet
>> penetration. Bandwidth availability is also quite low. Kenya’s
>> E-Government ranking falls below the median.
>>
>> Despite a history of innovation, notably in the mobile segment, Kenya’s
>> economic progress is held back by a lack of investment in human
>> development in order to provide workers with the skills necessary to
>> drive an ICT-based economy. Regulation of the telecommunications sector
>> has also slowed development of the broadband services required to create
>> a more sophisticated business infrastructure.
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>>         Kenya Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component
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