<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:12px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/High_Tech_Telecoms_Internet/Lions_go_digital_The_Internets_transformative_potential_in_Africa?cid=other-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-1311</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:12px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div> <div id="bloop_sign_1385040359357512960"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px"></span>-- <br><div class="" id="bloop_sign_1377440951142585088" style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Erik Hersman<br></div><div class="" id="bloop_sign_1377440951142585088" style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div class="" id="bloop_sign_1377440951142585088" style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://ushahidi.com/">Ushahidi</a> | <a href="http://ihub.co.ke/">iHub</a> | <a href="http://brck.com/">BRCK</a></div><div class="" id="bloop_sign_1377440951142585088" style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://twitter.com/whiteafrican">@WhiteAfrican</a></div><div class="" id="bloop_sign_1377440951142585088" style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: normal; "><br></div></div><p style="color:#A0A0A8;">On November 21, 2013 at 4:17:53 PM, Grace Githaiga (<a href="mailto://ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div class="hmmessage"><div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks Esther
<div>Is it possible to get the link to the full report?</div>
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<div>Rgds</div>
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From: emuchiri@andestbites.com<br>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:02 +0300<br>
Subject: [kictanet] Senegal and Kenya lead in internet contribution
to GDP in Africa.<br>
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In today’s news,</span></p>
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>Senegal and Kenya lead in internet contribution to GDP in
Africa.</span></b></p>
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A report by McKinsey & Company has highlighted Senegal and
Kenya as having the highest iGDPs (which measures the Internet’s
contribution to overall GDP) in Africa. While the two were not the
continent’s largest economies, the achievement was reached through
governments in both countries having made concerted efforts to
stimulate Internet demand. Africa’s iGDP remains low, at 1.1%-just
over half the levels seen in other emerging economies and less than
a third for developed countries. Senegal has a contribution of
3.3%, Kenya 2.9%, Morocco 2.3%, Mozambique 1.6% and South Africa
1.4%. Senegal ranks higher than Germany, India and France while
Kenya ranks higher than Canada and China. The average for emerging
markets is 1.9% while that of developed economies is
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The report expects internet’s greatest impact in Africa to be
concentrated in six sectors: financial services, education, health,
retail, agriculture, and government. It suggests that
technology-related productivity gains in these sectors could reach
USD 148-318bn by 2025, with large populations standing to benefit
as a result.</span></p>
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(McKinsey & Company, Standard Investment Bank)</span></p>
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