Selected Pre-Paid Mobile Pricing Seychells Angola Swaziland Guinea - Bisau Senegal Malawi Chad Zimbabwe Cote d’Ivoire Niger Burkina Faso Lesotho Zambia Morocco D.R. Congo Mozambique Botswana Namibia Cameroon Uganda Rwanda Tanzania South Africa Nigeria Ethiopia Egypt Ghana Kenya Tunisia OECD 2010 Low usage Pre - paid Basket Solutions currently being implemented in Malawi Infrastructure and access • TV white spaces project to afford internet access to rural communities using TV and broadcast spectrum. • TV white spaces have better propagating characteristics than Wi-Fi. Innovation and content development • The setting up of Malawi’s first technology hub (MHub). Its mandate is to identify, nurture and incubate young innovators to develop local technology solutions for local problems. Mobile App development competition Mobile apps for: • Health, agriculture, education, democracy and governance, culture, entertainment. • Developments that seek to promote the use of the internet include children’s coding club and competitions to promote female web developers. Going forward There is need for communities to harness the power of the internet, by promoting access and use of the internet in Malawi. This can be achieved in the following manner: • Increase investment in infrastructure to enhance access and reduce costs. • Modern legal instruments that cater for freedom of expression online and enforce cyber safety. • More local content developed for the internet. • Facilitate discussion on net neutrality. ZAMBIA PRESENTATION BY SIMUNZA MUYANGANA Bongohive Innovations, Co-founder Simunza is the co-founder of Bongohive Innovations based in Zambia and plays a big part in Startup Mentorship, Business Development and Public Speaking / Presentations on African Technology and Innovation. He is also experienced in Strategy Development and Production; Social Media, Content Management Systems, and Online Content Planning. • Zambia was first connected to the internet in 1992/3. Currently mobile internet penetration in Zambia stands close to 30% as of the year 2011. However, Zambia has had dial up internet for the longest time in the region, only upgrading to 3G connection in 2011. Zambia now has fixed line and fibre internet that connects to people’s homes and offices. This has enhanced access and speed of the internet in Zambia. INTERNET GOVERNANCE MULTISTAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE REPORT 2015 • Zambia’s connectivity progress has been hampered mainly by high costs of infrastructure as in other countries in the region and cheaper devices such as mobile phones are now improving connectivity in Zambia. Zambia is prioritising the production and circulation of local content and making this content relevant to Zambians. This has seen more Zambian entrepreneurs going into the production of local content though blogging, 031 www.misazim.com @misazimbabwe MISA Zimbabwe