Africa Digital transformation 2020-2030 - short term, Long-term implementation Scenarios, an alternative view
Executive Summary Sam Atuhamya is a young, energetic casual laborer on a small four acre banana plantation just 25km outside of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He earns about USD40 a month. Sam has a small 2G phone he uses to communicate regularly with his family, a wife and 2 school going children, about 400km away in the south west of Uganda. They have two lactating cows and regularly earn a small monthly income, about USD30 to supplement Sam's’ monthly income. The family therefore earns about USD70 monthly part of which is used to pay school fees for the children. Sam has no electricity at his house, even though the grid is about 4km away from his workstation. So Sam has to carry his phone, always walking past the overhead electricity lines to a nearby trading centre to charge. It is a similar situation for the Wife, with the Grid several Kilometers away. Sam’s household represents the broad spectrum of families in Africa, from Madagascar, Nigeria, South Sudan or K...