Download NAMIBIA PROTOTYPE WEEK SETTING THE SCENE – STIMULATING THE NAMIBIAN DIGITAL

NAMIBIA PROTOTYPE WEEK
29 OCTOBER – 1 NOVEMBER 2012
SETTING THE SCENE –
STIMULATING THE NAMIBIAN DIGITAL
ECONOMY
STANLEY SHANAPINDA
CEO: CRAN
“DIGITAL” Economy
… is based on:
-ICT (digital) infrastructure,
and ancillary infrastructure…
“DIGITAL” Economy
“DIGITAL” Economy
… allows for new
opportunities/
challenges,
for business and
government.
Opportunities/Challenges
• Higher Bandwidth Speeds,
More Data and Mobility
• New Infrastructure/Latest
Technologies
Opportunities/Challenges
•Efficient Spectrum
Management Regulations
•CAPEX Funding / PPP’s /
RoI’s
Opportunities/Challenges
• Local and Relevant
Content (Knowledge
creation)
• Human Resources / ICT Skills
Opportunities/Challenges
• Innovate – New Products
and Services (Knowledge
creation)
• Contemporary and
Responsive Policies, Laws
and Regulations
Food for thought!
ICT Contribution to Namibian
GDP?
2007 and 2008: ONLY 2.9% =
Research ICT Africa, 2010
N$1,833,000,000
2011 and 2012?
?% = N$? (up or
down?)
1 direct
submarine
cable
connection
- Sufficient
Core,
Backhaul
and edge
networks?
- Open
access?
- Costbased
pricing?
RESEARCH ICT AFRICA STUDY:
“Namibia: laying the
foundation for change
through ICTs”
JUNE 2012
Electricity Costs
• Household consumption is the second
most expensive in SADC
• Fourth most expensive for commercial use
in SADC
• Alternative energy projects?
- Implications for ICT consumers? Fair and
affordable?
Insight Namibia, October 2012 – Michael Gaweseb
ACCESSING LOCAL AND RELEVANT CONTENT?
Total fixed line telephone subscription
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions, by
postpaid
Percent of the population covered by a
mobile-cellular network
INTERNET
Fixed (wired) Internet subscriptions
International Internet bandwidth, in
Mbit/s
Domestic Internet bandwidth, in Mbit/s
Active mobile-broadband subscriptions
Wireless-broadband subscriptions
Total international uplink bandwidth
(Mbit/s)
Total international downlink bandwidth
(Mbit/s)
Number of Base Stations (Mobile)
Number of Public Pay-Phones
TN COVERAGE
MTC COVERAGE
LEO COVERAGE
TECHNOLOGY AND
SERVICE COVERAGE
TO BE MAPPED
VIA CO-ORDINATES
TO THE POPULATION
I.T.O. RESIDENCES,
VILLAGES, SCHOOLS,
HEALTH CENTRES ETC.
FOR ACCESS GAP
ANAYSIS
DTT Migration:
Opportunity for New
Infrastructure and
Innovation?
Global Competitiveness Report
Namibia ranks 99th/142 countries.
Global Information Technology Report
Namibia ranks 105th/142 countries.
ITU’s ICT Development Index (IDI)
(ICT access, usage and skills)
Namibia ranks 109th/155 countries
globally and 6 Regionally.
Ten Pillars of Networked Readiness Index
140
126
120
111
100
Index
116
118
108
104
97
87
80
68
60
40
33
20
0
PILLAR 1: POLITICAL
AND REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT
PILLAR 2: BUSINESS
PILLAR 3:
AND INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTRE AND
ENVIRONMENT
DIGITAL CONTENT
PILLAR 4:
AFFORDABILITY
PILLAR 5: SKILLS
PILLAR 6: INDIVIDUAL PILLAR 7: BUSINESS
PILLAR 8:
PILLAR 9: ECONOMICS
USAGE
USAGE
GOVERNMENT USAGE
IMPACTS
Pillar
PILLAR 10: SOCIAL
IMPACTS
Conclusion
•Let’s start the national discussion:
–Taking the knowns, deriving the unknowns,
asking the questions;
–And develop a Namibian ICT Ecosystem
Roadmap
Conclusion
•Let’s start the national discussion:
– That is based on the digital economy
– Opportunities are abound!!!
Thank you!