Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean, is geographically 300 times smaller than Madagascar – yet it outshines most African nations in terms of ICT usage and business environment.

It is common knowledge that Ethiopia has one of the lowest rates of internet access in all of Africa. But how does the government respond to hard facts?

In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, there are only half the number of women connected to the internet as men. Promoting women’s access to ICTs is an important part of development agenda as ICTs provide myriad opportunities for advancing women’s empowerment and inclusion.

Recently, TASCHA announced the release of the Global Impact Study’s final report, Connecting people for development: Why public access ICTs matter. It focuses on public ICT in Botswana, Ghana and South Africa, among other nations.

Recently, the Global Impact Study, a five-year study researching how libraries, telecentres, and cybercafes make a difference, released its first working paper. Ghana is one of the five nations surveyed.