Policy Briefs

Research ICT Africa policy briefs

Policy brief: Smart Townships will build Smarter Cities

Shamira Ahmed · Alison Gillwald

Aug 2020

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Policy brief: Despite reduction in mobile data tariffs, data still expensive in South Africa

Tapiwa Chinembiri

Jun 2020

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Policy brief: Temporary COVID-19 spectrum – a missed opportunity for some regulatory innovation?

Alison Gillwald · Senka Hadzic · Pablo Aguera

Apr 2020

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Policy brief: Uzi’s failed attempt to enter Zambian market leads to more than 70% fall in data prices

Onkokame Mothobi

Oct 2019

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Policy brief: Visualisation and mapping does not compensate for poor data

Onkokame Mothobi

Jul 2019

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Policy brief: Collaborative Cybersecurity: the Mauritius case

Anri van der Spuy · Enrico Calandro · Ian Brown

Nov 2018

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Policy brief: Lagging ICT adoption in SA reflects social and economic inequalities

Onkokame Mothobi · Alison Gillwald

Sep 2018

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Policy brief: Dominant operators’ data prices remain static while SA struggles to get and stay online

Onkokame Mothobi · Alison Gillwald · Broc Rademan

Jun 2018

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Policy Briefs: SADC not bridging digital divide

Onkokame Mothobi · Chenai Chair · Broc Rademan

Sep 2017

Policy Briefs: Low Internet penetration despite 90% 3G Coverage in Lesotho

Alison Gillwald · Onkokame Mothobi

Aug 2017

Policy Briefs: Cost of smartphones continues the digital divide in Tanzania

Onkokame Mothobi · Goodiel Charles Moshi

Aug 2017

Policy Briefs: South African data prices static for two years but consumers not flocking to cheapest product offering

Onkokame Mothobi

Jul 2017

Policy Briefs: Disentangling the broadband divide in Rwanda: supply-side vs demand-side

Onkokame Mothobi · Broc Rademan

May 2017

Policy Briefs: Botswana telecommunications limp a decade after policy changes

Onkokame Mothobi

Feb 2017

Policy Briefs: The Movitel Miracle – New dynamism in the Mozambican mobile market

Alison Gillwald · Safia Khan · Broc Rademan · Francisco Mabila

Oct 2016

Policy Briefs: Do Open Access wireless networks threaten competition and investment?

Alison Gillwald · Broc Rademan · Steve Esselaar

Oct 2016

Policy Brief: State of prepaid market in South Africa – Submission to the Parliament of South Africa on “The Cost to Communicate in South Africa”

Alison Gillwald · Chenai Chair

Sep 2016

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Policy Briefs: Top operators for personalised prepaid products

Chenai Chair

Aug 2016