Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Into or Out of the Digital Divide? Dieter Neuvians MD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Harare - Zimbabwe An African Perspective Part.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Into or Out of the Digital Divide? Dieter Neuvians MD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Harare - Zimbabwe An African Perspective Part."— Presentation transcript:

1 Into or Out of the Digital Divide? Dieter Neuvians MD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Harare - Zimbabwe An African Perspective Part I: The Digital Divide

2 ‘Digital Divide’ definition by OECD (1998): The gap between individuals, households, businesses and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard both to their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICT) and to their use of the Internet for a wide variety of activities.

3 World Telephone Density Main lines per 1,000 population *

4 Telephone Density in African countries (Main lines per 100 inhabitants) Main lines per 100 inhabitants Urban main lines Rural main lines

5 “In reply to your letter to our mail order section regarding the Burke garden hoe, please visit our World Wide Web home page.home page

6 Internet in Africa 1996 2000 Internet Hosts WorldWide Rest of World Africa Total

7

8 Average costs: (1998) US$ 58 / month US$ 704 / year *

9 Source: OECD

10 The Digital Divide is a consequence of existing social and economic inequalities: Country Per capita GNP (US$) Per capita health expenditure (US$) Doctors per 1,000 population Telephone lines per 100 pop. Africa660 Sub-s. Africa320 Ethiopia11040.030.28 Zimbabwe720420.161.7 South Africa32101580.6110.7 UK20,8701,0391.454.2 USA29,0002,7632.3864.4


Download ppt "Into or Out of the Digital Divide? Dieter Neuvians MD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Harare - Zimbabwe An African Perspective Part."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google