Th Ugandan newspaper, New Vision, writes that Uganda has earned 213 million US dollar from private investments in telecommunications in the last 10 years, a World Bank report has said.
– Uganda got 213 million dollar from private investments in telecommunications between 1992 and 2002. Kenya got 107 million and Tanzania 351 million, Mohsen Khalil, the director of the World Banks global information and communication technology department, said in the report.
The draft report, titled “Financing Information and Communication Infrastructure Needs in the Developing World: Public and Private Roles,” says the digital divide has been reduced over the last 10 years in many countries in Africa, but more should be done.
The report said although the private sector in developing countries had invested 210 billion dollar in telecommunications over the last decade, many people especially in Africa, lack access to basic communication tools.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org
