Lysko, Albert AVan Belle, J-PBudree, A2020-04-112020-04-112019-08Lysko, A.A., Van Belle, J-P. and Budree, A. 2019. A preliminary model for estimating the economic impact of broadband connectivity in African high school education based on large TVWS trials. 2019 IEEE 2nd Wireless Africa Conference (WAC), Pretoria, South Africa, 18-20 August 2019978-1-7281-3618-9978-1-7281-3619-6https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8843389DOI: 10.1109/AFRICA.2019.8843389http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11400Copyright: IEEE 2019. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8843389This paper proposes an initial rough model to evaluate the economic impact created by provision of Internet connectivity in an educational setting in a developing country. The research is based on three Television White Space technology (TVWS) trials, where over 20,000 pupils and teachers in 20 schools in two African countries were connected to Internet, some for the very first time. A large impact is hypothesized to result from the additional skills development, resulting in a learners’ higher income earning capacity. The estimated approximate economic impact value generated over 4 years, under main assumptions of uniform effect on different income groups and negligible expenses, is around ZAR296m or USD21m and still growing, strongly highlighting why it is critical for policy makers to support investment in the communication technologies and related information technology skills and education.enEconomic impactGross domestic productGDPInternet accessWireless communicationsTelevision white spacesTVWSTrialsSchoolsConference PresentationLysko, A. A., Van Belle, J., & Budree, A. (2019). A preliminary model for estimating the economic impact of broadband connectivity in African high school education based on large TVWS trials. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11400Lysko, Albert A, J-P Van Belle, and A Budree. "A preliminary model for estimating the economic impact of broadband connectivity in African high school education based on large TVWS trials." (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11400Lysko AA, Van Belle J, Budree A, A preliminary model for estimating the economic impact of broadband connectivity in African high school education based on large TVWS trials; IEEE; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11400 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Lysko, Albert A AU - Van Belle, J-P AU - Budree, A AB - This paper proposes an initial rough model to evaluate the economic impact created by provision of Internet connectivity in an educational setting in a developing country. The research is based on three Television White Space technology (TVWS) trials, where over 20,000 pupils and teachers in 20 schools in two African countries were connected to Internet, some for the very first time. A large impact is hypothesized to result from the additional skills development, resulting in a learners’ higher income earning capacity. The estimated approximate economic impact value generated over 4 years, under main assumptions of uniform effect on different income groups and negligible expenses, is around ZAR296m or USD21m and still growing, strongly highlighting why it is critical for policy makers to support investment in the communication technologies and related information technology skills and education. DA - 2019-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Economic impact KW - Gross domestic product KW - GDP KW - Internet access KW - Wireless communications KW - Television white spaces KW - TVWS KW - Trials KW - Schools LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 978-1-7281-3618-9 SM - 978-1-7281-3619-6 T1 - A preliminary model for estimating the economic impact of broadband connectivity in African high school education based on large TVWS trials TI - A preliminary model for estimating the economic impact of broadband connectivity in African high school education based on large TVWS trials UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11400 ER -