This is Digital Africa Portal, mapping the potential of four East African Nations

There is no better place in the world to invest in a technology business than in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. Often underrated, East Africa is a vibrant community with one of the fastest growing tech community on the African Continent. Based on IMF and World Bank data, Ethiopia has the world’s fastest growing economy in the world and it had maintained it for 10 years. This adds value to tech businesses because a fast growing economy attracts people with special interest in new technology models.

Innovation

Innovation is the process of creating value by applying novel solutions to meaningful problems. Under this website, we explore two innovation aspects which are valuable for tech development. These include: (i) The availability of Availability of latest technologies.. (ii) Availability of research and training services.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure are the basic physical systems of businesses or nations. They include transportation, communication, sewage, water, and electric systems. This website focuses on two infrastructure variables: (ii) Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). (ii) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s) per internet user.

Demand

Demand is the consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and their willingness to pay for them. On this website, we explore two relevant variables to tech companies. These include: (i) Disporsable income and (ii) Consuiner expenditure. These are valuable factors into influencing tech consumers.

Governance

Governance is how nations, societies, or groups within them organize to make decisions. Under this page, we explore two most valuable governance variables to tech companies. This include: (i) E-governance Development Index. (ii) Intellectual property protection.

For PwC report on Digital Africa, click on the following link

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