Presented by
Dr P Thobokwe
Benchmarking
Botswana’s
Performance
Benchmarking Botswana’s Performance
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Background
• Brief About Indicators from the GIT Report
• Brief About The NRI Framework 2012
Botswana Performance)
Comparative Analysis
Conclusion
THE NETWORK READINESS (NRI) FRAMEWORK
Environment
=
Political & Regulatory
Environment
+
Business & Innovation
Environment
The NRI
is a tool for assessing & leveraging technology for competitiveness and
development.
 It captures the main drivers of ICT readiness plus ICT impacts
THE NETWORK READINESS FRAMEWORK
Component Sub-Indexes
Environment
Pillars ( 10 in all)
Political and Regulatory Environment
Business & Innovation Infrastructure
Environment
Infrastructure & digital content
Readiness
Networked
Readiness
Index
Affordability
Skills
Usage
Individual Usage
Business Usage
Government Usage
Impact (NEW)
Economic Skills
Social Impacts
Summary 2011-12 Performance - Botswana
ENVIRONMENT
(4.1) #52
Political and Regulatory
Environment (4.3) - #40
Business & Innovation
Environment (3.9) - #79
READINESS
(4.0) #98
NRI
Infrastructure & digital
content (3.3) -#93
Affordability (4.0) - #101
Skills (4.8) - #85
USAGE
(3.2) #96
Individual Usage (2.4) - #102
Business Usage (3.4) - #87
Government Usage (3.7) - #72
IMPACT
(3.1) #98
Economic 2.7) - #113
Social (3.4) - #91
Summary 2011-12 Performance Botswana
Environment
Summary 2011-12 Performance Botswana
Readiness
Summary 2011-12 Performance Botswana
Usage
Summary 2011-12 Performance Botswana
Impact
Comparative Performance in the NRI Framework:
selected countries - best in the world and SSA
Botswana
Mauritius
RSA
Rwanda
Singapore
Sweden
89
53
72
82
2
1
NRI - score
(3.6)
(4.1)
(3.9)
(3.7)
(5.86)
(5.94)
Environment subindex
52
(4.1)
41
(4.4)
34
(4.6)
33
(4.7)
1
(5.7)
3
(5.5)
98
(4.0)
58
(5.0)
94
(4.1)
120
(3.2)
8
(6.1)
3
(6.4)
96
(3.2)
64
(3.6)
76
(3.4)
87
(3.3)
5
(5.6)
1
(5.9)
98
(3.1)
83
(3.3)
81
(3.3)
56
(3.7)
1
(6.0)
2
(5.9)
Network Readiness Index
Best score in world for Singapore (5.7)
Readiness subindex
(Best score in world for Iceland (6.5)
Usage subindex
Best score in world for Sweden (5.9)
Impact subindex
Best score in world for Singapore (6.0)
Total number of countries in 2011-12 Report = 142
Score out of a 1-7 scale, where 7 is best score
CONCLUSION
Summary Performance - Botswana
Botswana’s overall quality score improved slightly from
3.5 to 3.6 earning a rank of 89/142
Best in the World score is 5.94 for Sweden
Best Quality score is 4.1 in the Environment sub index
… whilst the Best in the World score is 5.73 for Singapore
The country’s major strength is the Political & Regulatory
environment with a ranking of #40/142 with a score of 4.3
… whilst the best quality score in the world is 6.0 for Singapore
CONCLUSION
Affordability key challenge Opportunities for improvement (to
increase both usage by individuals
& businesses)
Benchmarking lessons in the region
Mauritius
Rwanda
Avoid complacency –
Look for opportunities of
continuous improvement even
in areas where performance is
relatively good
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