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Destination Digital Africa : Preparing our Youth for the Future

Country Workshop Presentation 1 19 MAY 2019   |  KIGALI   |  RWANDA. Destination Digital Africa : Preparing our Youth for the Future. Country Readiness: Responses from Country Questionnaires and Macro Indicators. Sajitha Bashir, World Bank. Country Questionnaire Responses:

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Destination Digital Africa : Preparing our Youth for the Future

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  1. Country Workshop Presentation 1 19 MAY 2019  |  KIGALI  |  RWANDA Destination Digital Africa:Preparing our Youth for the Future

  2. Country Readiness: Responses from Country Questionnaires and Macro Indicators Sajitha Bashir, World Bank

  3. Country Questionnaire Responses: Policy Awareness and Environment

  4. Summary of findings – Country Responses • Almost all countries have ICT strategy (not specifically for 4IR) • But most are from 2011-2018 • Most in initial stages of implementation • Most mention education/ skills, but generally focused on connectivity • Countries expect a big impact of new technologies • Mostly in services and agriculture • A small range of technologies are mentioned • But fairly general about the impact on jobs/ skill requirements • Ministries of Higher Education/Skills Development largely unprepared • Offer some services through digital platforms • But digital skills of staff are very limited

  5. Status of implementation of national ICT policy/strategy across countries *Foot note: Based on country responses, stage of implementations for Cameroon & Senegal was not clear. Hence, they have been assumed to be in "made progress" stage to not overstate their progress.

  6. Countries have mentioned some technologies – but fairly narrow range…

  7. …And fairly general answers about the types of jobs that will be created…

  8. But most countries have very limited staff to support digital platforms

  9. Most staff have computers and broadband, but digital skills are minimal

  10. How ready are countries? • Are responses reflective of current reality? • WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN?

  11. NINE TECHNOLOGIESARE RESHAPINGPRODUCTION

  12. Macro Indicators of Readiness • 29 SSA countries and 4 Comparators

  13. Project analysis slide 2 Evolution Towards a Digital Economy ICT Access Financial Inclusion Indicators E-Government Services Affordability ICT Capability/ Skills Local ICT Innovations List of indicators in Annex The Analysis shows comparisons of the various factors and evolution indicators in different Countries.

  14. ICT Indicators: Access, Affordability

  15. Access: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

  16. INTERNATIONAL INTERNET BANDWIDTH, KB/S PER USER Outliers: South Africa: ~150kb/s

  17. Outliers: Congo, Dem. Rep. (44) Guinea-Bissau (103) Somalia (130) PRICE AS % OF GNI PER CAPITA - 2% is affordable

  18. Taxation: % of Mobile-Broadband Price

  19. ICT Capability/ Skills Education Indicators GER – Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary, Tertiary

  20. Education Indicators for 45 SSA Countries Based on “Facing Forward” [Combining Harmonized Primary GER, Out of School Children, and Primary Retention Rate] Bashir, S. , M. Lockheed, E. Ninan, J.P. Tan (2018). Facing Forward: Schooling for Learning in Africa. World Bank.

  21. Four country groups: A differentiated trajectory of education progress Source: UIS-UNESCO database, Pole de Dakar Indicators database version 19, various Country Status Reports

  22. Four Country Groups: Geographical spread Emerged Emerging Established Delayed Country Groupings Countries Primary GER Lower Secondary GER

  23. GER in Lower Secondary education (ISCED 2), ca2017 2000-2013 Established Emerged Delayed Emerging

  24. GER in Upper Secondary education (ISCED 3), ca2017 2000-2013 Established Emerged Delayed Emerging

  25. GER in Tertiary education (ISCED 5 to 8) , ca2017 2000-2013 Established Emerged Delayed Emerging

  26. ICT Use Financial Inclusion, E-Government

  27. Made or received digital payments in the past year (% age 15+)

  28. UN Online Service Index-OSI (0-1)

  29. Formal ID coverage (%)

  30. Local ICT Innovations Research Capacity

  31. Tech Hubs in Africa (ICT Incubators) Countries with 1-3 ICT Incubators Countries with 4-9 ICT Incubators Countries with 10 or More ICT Incubators

  32. Researchers per million inhabitants (headcount) in 35 SSA countries and comparator countries, 2007-2017 2000-2013 200-1500 <60 60-200 Comparators Korea (2016) 9072 Malaysia (2015) 2925 Viet Nam (2015) 1400 Source: UIS Science, Technology and Innovation Database. Release February 2019. Downloaded April 12, 2019.

  33. Based on your own assessment and indicators given here… What group would you put yourself in? (compared to other SSA countries ) • Better prepared • Average • Ill prepared • Based on the information you have from your questionnaire or your own knowledge? • Based on the macro indicators: • ICT access, affordability and use indicators alone? • Including ICT and education indicators? • What do you, as a country, need to do to improve your state of readiness for the digital economy ?

  34. Annex

  35. Status of initiation of national ICT policy/strategy across countries

  36. Most countries expect high impact of new technologies

  37. Incubators/Accelerators are playing a key role in supporting uptake of technology

  38. Services and Agriculture most likely to adopt technologies

  39. Ministries are offering some services in digital format

  40. ITU INDEX: Evolution Towards Digital Economy Source: ITU’s ICT Development Index

  41. Indicators and Sources

  42. Agencies most likely to support the Ministry in running digital platforms

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