Hosting South Africa
Hosting South Africa
Cape Town, February 20, 2009 - by Bianca Gubalke
While looking forward to today’s Webmaster Training with hopefully the solution to our RSS syndication and feed problems as concerens our Blogs, and reading Hanno Coetzee’s summary of what he pays for his Hosting in South Africa… and bearing in mind that I pay more than that each month since years simply to be able to attend the monthly Ycademy Seminars and the corresponding preparatory Trainings… I discovered an interesting article concerning the matter. . . and a challenging avenue to pursue within our targeted context:
SA ranks well in connectivity scorecard |
| Tuesday, 17 February 2009 | |
South Africa ranked fourth among Resource and Efficiency Driven economies in a recent telecommunications connectivity study, scoring ahead of all African countries as well as the BRIC nations. Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) all scored below South Africa in the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard Report which ranks countries according to the quality and quantity of ICT usage and how the countries use ICT to realise social and economic prosperity.
The study was commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks and conducted by the London Business School’s economic consulting firm LECG. Fifty countries were included in the 2009 report and were divided into 25 ‘Resource and Efficiency Driven’ and 25 ‘Innovation Driven’ economies. The former list was topped by Malaysia, Turkey and Chile, while the latter was topped by the USA, Sweden and Denmark. South Africa scored 5.76 (out of 10) in the survey, doing particularly well in business and government related indices. “[South Africa shows] high levels of business and government spending on computer software, hardware and services. The high penetration level of secure servers suggests that there is a very sophisticated user base within South Africa” said the report. According to the report, businesses in South Africa spend more on computer services than any other resource and efficiency driven economy. The high spending from both government and business sectors bodes well for South Africa’s future in ICT, with the report maintaining that the country is “better placed than most to quickly ramp-up on ICT”. The challenges facing South Africa’s ICT industry included lack of broadband uptake, and the need for improvement in workforce skills and education. Confusing regulations and policies for would-be entrants in the fixed line sector were also said to hinder further growth. The survey suggested that South Africa could better maximse the potential of ICT investments by “addressing increased broadband rollout and a deregulation of the fixed-line telecommunications sector. An investment in human development would also help provide more workers with greater ICT skills.” For more information, visit www.connectivityscorecard.org.
 Hosting South Africa - ZAR 350 a year Check out the Connectivity Score Card above - it’s interesting in connection with our ambition to provide a highly competitive Hosting and Web Hosting Service to South Africans. CHI Hosting has stood the test of time and provides Hosting for about ZAR350,00 a year - and this includes unlimited bandwidth. While South Africa’s lookout for 2009 ranks amonst the most opitmistic in the world, noone can afford to pay more for less… so it’s well worth to look into this even before HOSTING SOUTH AFRICA is officially launched. For a fulfilled and independent Life! http://hostingsouthafrica.wegobiz.com * * * |
