Connecting the #NextBillion. GLORIA KATUUKU

‘In less than thirty years, the Internet has become an indispensable guarantor of economic growth, social renewal and cultural enrichment’ – value of the web.

 Number of global internet users = 3.2Billion  2 billion smartphone users worldwide where by 83% of the global internet users prefer their mobile devices to go online  4 billion in the developing country remain offline compared to 200 million from developed nations  Only 1 in 10 people from the least developing countries (LDCs) have access to the internet  Global internet penetration between 2000 and 2015 jumped almost 7 times from 6.5% to 43%  We are increasingly connected Value of #Internet

The #NextBillion

Access and utilization of ICT infrastructure and services  Telephone subscriptions: 19.5 million (June 2014)  Number of active internet subscriptions stands at 4.2 million by June 2014 compared to 3.6 million by Dec  The number of internet users stands at 8.5 million as of June 2014 compared to 6.2 million in June #Uganda Status

 ICT Governance, Policy Legal and Regulatory Framework  National Backbone Infrastructure  National Broadband Strategy –  Strategy to promote development of Local content (stimulate demand and usage)  Regional initiatives to promote Broadband infrastructure and regional connectivity e.g the EAC-BIN, One area network in EAC, enhancing capacity of Uganda Internet Exchange Point under the EAIXP project to enhance speed and affordability  Review of National curriculum to include secondary schools and promote eLearning  RCDF fund – rural areas, schools and hospitals What #Uganda is doing

 Low pace at which government and agencies have taken to adopted ICTs in their operations  Cost of bandwidth and broadband access  Inadequate Local content  Research and development  Low connection the Power Grid  Low ICT Skills and high computer literacy  Cost of end-user devices The Constraints

‘This is the era of the Internet of opportunity and everyone should be included in the promise and possibilities created by the Internet’ – Kathy Brown, ISOC President& CEO

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