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African e-Index Print E-mail
Written by Alison Gillwald   
Thursday, 01 December 2005

african e-indexBased on the e-Access & Usage Household survey that was completed during the course of 2004 and 2005, this report is the result of a demand study of individuals and households and how ICT's are used across 10 African countries. This ground-breaking research was launched at the WSIS in Tunis and is now available online. It was produced by Research ICT Africa (RIA!), a WDR research partner in Africa.

The 200 page survey covers household and individual ICT access and usage across 10 African countries (Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) and is based on interviews with 16,000 households across Africa.

Title: Towards an African e-Index: Household and Individual ICT Access across 10 African Countries
Authors: Alison Gillwald (Ed.)
Document date: November 2005
Pages: 199

The PDF version of the report can be downloaded from the Research ICT Africa website.