Feasibility Study to Connect All African Higher Education Institutions to High-Speed Internet : Cote d’Ivoire Case Study
The Government of Cote d’Ivoire considers information and communications technology (ICTs) as a key instrument for national development. Youth education and training are high priorities for Cote d’Ivoire. Through its national development plan Cote...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/317151626432013399/Feasibility-Study-to-Connect-All-African-Higher-Education-Institutions-to-High-Speed-Internet-Cote-d-Ivoire-Country-Case-Study-Report-Annex-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36044 |
| Summary: | The Government of Cote d’Ivoire
considers information and communications technology (ICTs)
as a key instrument for national development. Youth
education and training are high priorities for Cote
d’Ivoire. Through its national development plan Cote
d’Ivoire aspires to become an ICT leader in the region.
Access to quality higher education is considered a primary
vehicle to equip the population with the necessary skills to
promote the social and economic development of Cote
d’Ivoire. As part of the digital economy for Africa (DE4A)
initiative, the World Bank commissioned a feasibility study
to develop an operational roadmap to connect all African
higher education institutions (HEIs) to high-speed Internet.
The initiative, in support of the African union digital
transformation strategy for Africa (2020-2030), aims to
digitally enable every African individual, business, and
government by 2030. This report provides a detailed
country-level assessment to connect all HEIs in Cote
d’Ivoire to high-speed Internet as part of the feasibility
study. Chapter one gives introduction. The report provides a
country overview in chapter two to provide the national
context. The connectivity gap has both a supply-side and a
demand-side: chapter three explores the demand-side,
focusing on ICT in the education sector and the challenges
impacting the use of information and communication
technologies for teaching, learning, and research - creating
the pull factors; and chapter four examines the supply-side,
the ICT sector’s key components and the challenges affecting
high-speed connectivity. Chapter five presents a high-level
summary of the Reseau Ivoirien de Telecommunication pour
l’Enseignement et la Recherche (RITER), the Ivorian research
and education network. Drawing on findings from the earlier
chapters, chapter six discusses the cost of connecting all
HEIs in Cote d’Ivoire to high-speed Internet. The conclusion
is given in chapter seven, followed by the appendices. |
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