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Insgesamt 39539493

Samstag, 21.09.2024
eGovernment Forschung seit 2001 | eGovernment Research since 2001

Summary

  • In Africa, Somalia is followed by Sudan at position 13, Algeria 15th, Reunion 22nd, Tanzania 23rd, Ghana 34th, Western Sahara 36th, Morocco 37th, Kenya, Mayotte 44th, Egypt 45th while Djibouti closed the top 50 index at position 48.
  • Citizens in these countries pay Sh68, Sh70, Sh77, Sh101, Sh106, Sh106, Sh112, Sh116, Sh117 and Sh121 for every 1GB of mobile data on average, respectively.
  • Zambia, Tunisia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo, Guinea, Burundi, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Mauritius all make it in the top 100, surpassing developed economies such as Germany, the United States, Switzerland, South Korea, Belgium, Portugal, New Zealand, Norway and Netherlands.

Weiterlesen: Somalia offers cheapest Internet in region, Kenya lags on low investment

Somalia Minister for Post, Telecom, and Technology, Abdi Ashur Hassan, has praised the 2Africa subsea cable initiative, which will be one of the world's largest subsea cable projects that will interconnect Europe, the Middle East, and 21 landings in 16 countries in Africa.

The 2Africa cable is an initiative of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC. Dalkom Somalia, which has a landing station in Mogadishu, is one the shareholders of WIOCC and Dalkom's CEO is the Chairman of WIOCC Board of Directors.

Weiterlesen: Minister welcomes new internet cable connecting Somalia with 23 countries in Africa, Middle East...

Although Somaliland failed to gain international recognition, it defiantly continues to throw citizens desperate for a state detached from Somalia into new perplexity. In my column, I would like to briefly shed light on the practical implications of Somaliland’s electronic passport and only way forward for a region that has been seeking independence for more than two decades.

On September 10, Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Siilaanyo alongside a handful of high ranking government officials moved into immigration and citizenship department complex in Somaliland capital of Hargeisa from where he took his first Somaliland E-Passport.

Weiterlesen: Will new Somaliland E-Passport lead to identity perplexity?

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