[kictanet] Gambia Shuts Down the Internet

Mon Dec 5 10:29:00 EAT 2016

Poncelet
Below a study that was shared earlier on this group by Moses Karanja:
Mose Karanja via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
27 Oct
to michaelmurungi, Mose
How much does it cost a country when its connection to the Internet is shut
down? Turns out it is quite a lot.

As the frequency of Internet shutdowns keep rising globally and in Africa
particularly, several attempts have been made to quantify what this means
economically.

Two key reports by Brookings Institute & Deloitte/Facebook released under
the Global Network Initiative (GNI) have proposed methodologies that
attempt to answer this question.

They both base their calculations on the contributions of the ICT sector to
the Gross Domestic Product and using variables of duration of shutdown,
population affected, and Internet connectivity, model formulas to get a
rough estimate of how much a country loses in the these instances.

Deloitte’s calculations are more nuanced on differentiated levels of
connectivity and estimates that an average high-connectivity country stands
to lose at least 1.9% of its daily GDP for each day all Internet services
are shut down. For an average medium-level connectivity country, the loss
is estimated at 1% of daily GDP, and for an average low-connectivity
country, the loss is estimated at 0.4% of daily GDP.

Beyond the dollars?
Internet shutdowns directly affect people who use its communication
channels and on top of suffering economical losses and inconvenience, there
is the massive impact on basic life experiences. Security, health,
education, participation in the global economy and all these converge as
human rights violations.

These kind of reports are valuable tools for advocacy especially because
governments (the main actors on Internet shutdowns) understand money
language more than human rights. It is just a fact of life.

Brooking’s Report is here: https://www.brookings.
edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.pdf

and Deloitte/Facebook report is here: http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/
sites/default/files/The-Economic-Impact-of-Disruptions-to-Internet-
Connectivity-Deloitte.pdf

--
Moses.

Kindest regards,
Michael M. Murungi

On 3 December 2016 at 15:20, Poncelet Ileleji via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi Grace,
>
> It was 52 Hours complete shutdown starting 8"08pm on election eve on the
> 30th of Nov and it was officially announced on TV that it was going to be
> down no secret about it,International Lines cut off too later  local SMS
> weas also cut off, we came back online 12:30pm yesterday coincidentally
> after the incumbent had conceded defeat to the Coalition flag bearer ending
> 22 years of his rule.
>
> We need to promote more and more  the African Declaration of Internet
> rights so our leaders know it matters in the true sense of the word  the
> economic loss alone, we cant quantify, the joy here in the Gambia  its
> basically the digital natives those born after  the outgoing leader came to
> power  1994 that basically voted him out,
>
> Well enjoy the weekend, have loads to say, but will talk later on this.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Poncelet
>
> On 2 December 2016 at 01:06, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>> Internet shutdowns are almost becoming a part of African elections and
>> reports indicate that Gambia has taken this step ahead of elections
>> tomorrow. With an added twist- calls also seem to be blocked.
>>
>> A few months ago we discussed the Ugandan shutdown where we went at
>> length into the techniques employed, including electricity blackouts. With
>> our own elections round the corner, a few questions:
>>
>> Is anyone concerned that Kenya may also have a shutdown come elections?
>> In the (hopefully hypothetical) case that we had a shutdown, who would
>> effect it? ISPs? MNOs? Kenya Power?
>> And who would give the orders? The Government? The Regulator?
>>
>> Hoping that these are just hypothetical musings.
>>
>> Grace
>>
>> --
>> Grace L.N. Mutung'u
>> Nairobi Kenya
>> Skype: gracebomu
>> Twitter: @Bomu
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