[kictanet] [eThinkTankTz] Uganda has the cheapest Broadband Internet in E-Africa.

[Zaipuna Yonah]

How about the attached report? Sometimes, you got to find a comparative
approach to make sense out of these studies. Sometimes it matters who
reports.....But the customer knows the truth!

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Folks,(apologies for cross-posting)
>
> This comes as a suprise. One would have thought Kenya and TZ by virtue of
> "owning" the International Internet conne Submarine connectivity/Gatewyas
> at Mombasa and Dar respectively, they would offer the cheapest Internet
> costs.
>
> But according to the latest 2013 ITU report that has been tracking and
> measuring affordability of internet, UG is ranked no 139, TZ at no 143 and
> Kenya at no 149 globally in terms of affordability.
>
> Cost of broadband internet in Kenya is put at 49% of the Gross National
> Income(GNI) compared to .UG at 32%. Put differently it costs an average
> Kenyan half(50%) his salary to connect to a broadband internet link. In SA
> it is about 4% of their GNI.
>
> Those who can withstand the statistics/readings can pull the Executive
> Report at
>
> http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/mis2013/MIS2013-exec-sum_E.pdf
>
> @ CS Matiang'i - this could be part of your bedtime reading collection :-)
>
> walu.
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