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1 The Public Voice in Emerging Market Economies Dubai, 2001 “Access and Equity” Tracy Cohen E-mail: tcohen@iafrica.com LINK Centre – Wits University, Johannesburg http://link.org.wits.ac.za Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, University of Toronto http://www.innovationlaw.org

2 The Public Voice in Emerging Market Economies Defining disparities Obstacles to access Initiatives Progress

3 Defining Disparities: Teledensity Source: www.sn.apc.org/CommUnity and AISI Connect National ICT Profile http://www2.sn.apc.org/africawww.sn.apc.org/CommUnity http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa Africa (est.) 13% world pop. – 2% of its phones. 780 m people - 14 m phone lines Teledensity = 2.44 South Africa Universal Service = 42% (h/h) Universal Access = 80% (h/h) Teledensity = 10-13% Churn= 50-70%

4 Defining Disparities: Internet Markets Source: The 4 th South African Internet Services Survey, 2000 http://www.mediaafrica.com; UNDP World Development Report, 1999 and NUA Internet Services, March 2000.http://www.mediaafrica.com SOUTH AFRICA Ranked +-20 2000: 112 ISPs: 2 416 000 subs 1999: 6% h/h with Internet 2003: 10.5% h/h likely to have Internet 2005: 8.4 million users (Projected) User Profile WORLD (est) 337 m users worldwide: 137 m in N. America Africa: less than 1% 1 in 3 : US 1 in 35 : World 1 in 65 : SA 1 in 125 : Latin America 1 in 250 : Africa

5 Defining Disparities: Internet in Africa Source: Mike Jensen; AISI Connect National ICT Profile http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa; The Digital Divide and World Bank Group, May 2000http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa 1996: 11 countries had access 2000: 54 countries have access Largely confined to Capitals 1 – 3 m dial up 140 e-mail lists/Usenet 120 newspapers and magazines 2 news agencies (IPS/PANA) 2 web search engines http://af.orientation.com and http://www.woyaa.com http://af.orientation.com http://www.woyaa.com 0.02% content (excl. SA)

6 Defining Disparities: Internet Costs Source: AISI Connect National ICT Profile http://www2.sn.apc.org/africahttp://www2.sn.apc.org/africa Av. = 50 – 60 USD/month SA: Line Rental: R55.58 pm (7.5 USD) Dial-up Subscription R 60-150/pm (9-20 USD) Call costs R 384 pm (50 USD) USE: R508.00 – 67 USD (Av.) HDSL: Less than 200 USD/month Access Costs

7 Obstacles to Internet access and e-commerce Affordability Literacy and awareness Market structure and liberalization Regulation Failure to co-ordinate policy Language and content Terminology

8 Initiatives Domestic Telecentres (50) Vodacom Phone shops (76) Multi-purpose community centres Governmental Projects (15+) GCIS multi-purpose community centres (3) Regional (12) UNECA Sub-Regional (6) SADC International (18) UNDP/UNESCO National/Local (33) USAID/DFID/CIDA Private Sector (25) Mellon/Rockefeller/Isoc

9 SA Telecentres Source: CommUnity Project www.apc.org/communitywww.apc.org/community

10 Progress Access as gatekeeper Training Policy co-ordination ‘Sensemaking’ and goal-setting Independent regulation Charting and linking overall development Dot Force

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