TELECENTRE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

TELECENTRE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

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  ICT Policy implementationoverview - Telecenters Status in Malawi 27th July 2012 TELECENTRE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP Hippo View Lodge – Liwonde, Machinga 27th July, 2012 Presented by: Christopher Banda ICT Development Manager Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority 1
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  AGENDA Legal and PolicyFramework Regulatory Framework ICT sector Performance Telecenter Models in the Country Funding structures and operations Challenges Future Plans 2
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  POLICY & LEGALFRAMEWORK  The Communications Sector Policy Statement (1998) and the Communications Act of 1998 are the prevailing legal instruments in the ICT Sector. Communications Sector Policy:  Was formulated by the Government in 1998 to oversee the whole Communications sector.  MICE is the overall Ministry that oversees the sector including providing the enabling environment for ICT development.  The Communications Act (1998): was formulated by the government though MICE and Ministry of Justice after general stakeholder consultations. 3
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  REGULATORY FRAMEWORK  TheMalawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) was established under section 3 of the Communications Act (1998). Operations commenced in 2000 with mandate covering the four basic communication sectors namely;  Telecommunications;  Broadcasting;  Postal services; and  Management of radio frequencies (spectrum). 4
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  REGULATORY MANDATE & DUTIES  In deriving its mandate from the Communications Act, MACRA undertakes the following duties in regulating the communications sector;  Ensure the provision of reliable & affordable communication services.  Protect the interests of consumers.  Promote efficiency and competition.  Encourage the introduction of new communications services.  Promote research and development. 5
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  REGULATORY MANDATE &DUTIES - cont’d..  Foster the development of communications services and technology in accordance with recognised international standards.  Promoting universal access / service.  Regulating fair access to scarce and vital resources (e.g. radio spectrum).  Serving as a policy advisory body to the Ministry responsible for communications. 6
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  ICT SECTOR PERFOMANCE ICT INDICATORS PARAMETER STATISTICAL INDICATOR Teledensity 30.1% Fixed Teledensity 1.2% Mobile Teledensity 28.8 % Internet Teledensity 3.3 % Population covered by mobile signal 84 % 7
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  ICT SECTOR PERFOMANCE& SUBSCRIBER GROWTH 4200000 4000000 3800000 3600000 3400000 3200000 3000000 2800000 2600000 2400000 Total fixed 2200000 Total mobile 2000000 Total (fixed & mobile) 1800000 1600000 Internet subscribers 1400000 1200000 1000000 800000 600000 400000 200000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 8
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  ICT SECTOR PERFOMANCE& CONTRIBUTION TO GDP ICT Contribution To GDP 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 Percentage 2.5 ICT Contribution 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 9
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  TELECENTRES  One ofMACRA mandate is “to promote universal access to ICT services”.  MACRA started implementing the telecenters to narrow the “knowledge and digital divide” between the urban and the rural areas.  Telecenters are simply public places where ICT’s can be accessed with the goal of individual and community improvement and development.  These places can be described generically as Multi-Purpose Community Telecenters (MCT’s), PIAP’s, Public ICT Access Points e.t.c. 10
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  TELECENTRE MODELS  Localmanagement committee – LMC’s.  Entrepreneurship model – managed by local business people.  Postal telecentres – managed by MPC.  Operator managed Telecentres.  School / college based Telecentres. 11
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  FUNDING MECHANISMS GoM/MACRA • funding mechanism through postal initiative projects and other telecentres. The ITU Special • joint funding of the GoM / MACRA Initiative Project and the ITU Universal Access • the joint funding of the GoM and the Project World Bank Last mile • the RCIPMW - GoM / World Bank Connectivity funding 12
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  TELECENTRE ESTABLISHMENTS FUNDING MODEL No. GoM/MACRA funded 4 World Bank/GoM UA Project 10 ITU/GoM MCTs Under Entrepreneurs’ Mgt 7 ITU/GoM/MACRA MCTs (Under MPC Staff Mgt) 5 GoM/MACRA MCTs (Under MPC Staff Mgt) 10 RCIPMW Last Mile Connectivity 15 13
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  MAP OF TELECENTRESUNDER DIFFERENT INITIATIVES 14
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  CHALLENGES  High costof internet bandwidth in the rural areas.  In availability of ICT infrastructure in most rural parts of the country.  Lack of Local content (Language and content).  ICT consumaubles and ICT technical skills not within reach.  Illiteracy.  Power Issues 15
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  OPPORTUNITIES  Government politicalwill;  Tax Removal on Internet bandwidth.  ICT Policy recognizes the use of ICTs to bring about economic growth.  The communication Act is being reviewed.  Skilled labour market: Inclusion of the academia.  Network of stakeholders: Constant consultation on national issues.  Liberalisation: the ICT sector is liberalised.  Economic growth: Stability of economic indicators.  Landing of submarine cables/Fiber optic Cables 16
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  FUTURE PLANS  Expandexisting telecentre models to other areas in Malawi.  Introduce the Connect a Constituency Project  All the constituencies will have at least a telecenter.  The target are those which have no telecenter through any other initiatives and are in rural areas.  The project has already started with initial activities. 17
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  Thank you!!!!! 18