{"id":18829,"date":"2015-03-06T03:30:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-has-the-most-affordable-internet-on-the\/"},"modified":"2015-03-06T03:30:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T03:30:21","slug":"rwanda-has-the-most-affordable-internet-on-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-has-the-most-affordable-internet-on-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda has the most affordable internet on the continent"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-7839 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/pic_on_myict_page.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has ranked Rwanda as the African country with the most affordable internet. The Alliance announced the rankings at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. } <\/p>\n<p>In the \u2018Affordability Report\u2019, countries are ranked according to various drivers such as effective broadband structures, enhanced competition, spectrum allocation, and infrastructure sharing models. <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda tops the continental list with an overall composite score of 52, followed by Nigeria and Morocco. Uganda and Kenya are also on the list. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-7838 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/at_the_launch_of_the_affordability_report_yesterday.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Commenting on the report, Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana hailed the country\u2019s effective policies as the bedrock of ICT sector\u2019s success: \u201cThe country\u2019s broadband connectivity has become a key competitive differentiator in the global economy. We have made significant progress already for the widespread adoption of ICT, particularly in sectors such as health, education, agriculture, as well as business and finance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Affordability Report\u2019 looks at the state of broadband policy across 51 developing and emerging economies. <\/p>\n<p>Sonia Jorge, the Executive Director of A4AI, said: \u201cThe good news is that a clear roadmap to progress has emerged to embrace broadband. Global experience has delivered a set of policies and principles which \u2013 when implemented in an integrated fashion and combined with strong leadership \u2013 can deliver real change, fast. We urge policy makers in all countries to follow these recommendations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda aspires to become a knowledge-driven, middle income country by 2020, with ICT as a central engine to fast-track the country\u2019s transformation. Initiatives like Smart Rwanda are driving this transformation by providing affordable internet. <\/p>\n<p>A4AI is the world\u2019s broadest technology sector coalition with over 70 members, including technology corporations Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and Ericson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has ranked Rwanda as the African country with the most affordable internet. The Alliance announced the rankings at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. } In the \u2018Affordability Report\u2019, countries are ranked according to various drivers such as effective broadband structures, enhanced competition, spectrum allocation, and infrastructure sharing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000056419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[75],"byline":[2277],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-18829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","tag-homenews","byline-ange-de-la-victoire-d"],"bylines":[{"id":2277,"name":"Ange de la Victoire D.","slug":"ange-de-la-victoire-d","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2277,"name":"Ange de la Victoire D.","slug":"ange-de-la-victoire-d","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":{"id":2000056419,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton18829.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton18829.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton18829.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton18829.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton18829.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton18829.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000056419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18829"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=18829"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=18829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}