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Description of the technology?

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Providing internet access to rural and under-served communities using high-altitude drones

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Benefits of the technology?

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  • Cheaper
  • Faster to install
  • Can be used during natural disasters
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How much cheaper is the technology?

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£2,000 per home for FTTH (FibreToTheHome Council) vs. 10s of thousands for Google Loon, which can cover thousands of homes

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How much faster is the technology?

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Once developed, months vs years

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What are the main SDG goals it contributes towards?

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SDG 9 - Infrastructure, Innovation and Indsutry

SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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What are the side SDG goals it contributes towards?

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SDG 1 - No poverty
SDG 4 - Quality Education
SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth

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What are the main SDG sub-goals it contributes towards?

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SDG 9.C
SDG 17.3
SDG 17.6
SDG 17.8
SDG 17.9
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What are the side SDG sub-goals it contributes towards?

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SDG 1.4
SDG 4.4
SDG 8.1

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What is SDG 9.C and how is it measured?

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  • Provide universal access to the internet in least developed countries by 2020
  • % of population covered by mobile network
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What is SDG 17.3 and how is it measured?

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  • Mobilise additional financial resources
  • FDI received
  • Remittances received
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What is SDG 17.6 and how is it measured?

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  • Enhance cooperation on access to tech
  • Broadband subscription per 100 inhabitants
  • Internet speed
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What is SDG 17.8 and how is it measured?

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  • Enhance the use of enabling technologies

- % of population using the internet

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What is SDG 17.9 and how is it measured?

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  • Enhance international support for effective and targeted capacity building
  • Value of technical assistance provided (north-to-south)
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What is SDG 1.4 and how is it measured?

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  • Equal rights to economic resources (microfinance) and appropriate technologies by 2030
  • % of households with access to basic services
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What is SDG 4.4 and how is it measured?

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  • Increase number of youth and adults with technical skills

- % of youth and adults with basic ICT skills

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What is SDG 8.1 and how is it measured?

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  • Higher economic productivity through technological upgrading and innovation
  • Growth rate of GDP per employed person
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Intervention location?

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South Africa, particularly Northern Cape province

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Why is south africa a good location?

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  • Population is familiar with the internet but underserved by high speed broadband
  • At the forefront of technology development in Africa
  • Established democracy
  • Good weather patterns and geography
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Reason for the trial?

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Technical trials have taken place for the aircraft, but no actual ‘real-life’ case study to measure the effectiveness on the technology to improve peoples lives in operation

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Who are the required partners

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  • Government
  • Telekom
  • International Telecommunications Union
  • Tech or Drone manufacturer
  • United Nations
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Why is South Africa influential?

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Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe all import the largest proportion of their goods from South Africa, relative to other countries (IMF)

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How much of Africa’s internet traffic comes from South Africa?

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60% (World Bank)

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What % of the population are internet users?

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54% (World Bank)

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How many broadband connections per 100 people?

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2.84, compared to approx. 40 in the UK (World Bank)

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What is the internet speed in south africa?

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1 Mbit/s, compared to global average of 2Mbit/s (Akmai, state of the internet)

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Relationship of internet speed to GDP

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0.3% GDP increase for every doubling of internet speed (ERICSSON), likely more for a BRICS country

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Relationship of FDI to internet access

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FDI increase by 2% for every 10% more internet users in the country Myongji University)

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What might limit the effectiveness of the intervention?

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  • An unintended increase of the digital divide by creating black spots and not encouraging total grid coverage
  • Rebound effect on data limits and speed
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What data will we gather to measure impact? How?

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  • % broadband per 100 people, through auditing number of homes connected
  • $ value of technical assistance provided, by accounting
  • % of youths and adults with ICT skills, measuring improvements in ICT skills in communities through presence of higher net speeds
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How will the rest of the impact be assessed?

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Assessed over time using world bank, IMF and government figures, but as they are partners we can measure these on a smaller or faster scale

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