The 12th edition of the UN’s assessment of the possibilities for digital governance in its 193 member nations, the E-government Survey 2022, was recently published. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Index, the Human Capital Index, and the Online Service Index are the three normalized indices that make up the E-Government Development Index (EGDI), a composite index used to measure the progress of e-government at the national level (OSI). According to the survey, South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Tunisia are at the top of the list of digital governments in Africa in 2022, scoring highly in terms of the quantity and caliber of online services, the condition of the telecommunications infrastructure, and the availability of human resources. Morocco, Egypt, Ghana, Cabo Verde, Algeria, Kenya, Gabon, Botswana, Rwanda, Cote d’Ivoire, Namibia, and Zambia are the nations that came in as runners-up.
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Only South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Tunisia are among the top 100 in terms of overall EGDI ranking among the 16 nations in the high EGDI group in Africa, with values over 0.6102.
South Africa, which has an EGDI score of 0.7357 and is rated in the highest (HV) rating category, has emerged as the regional leader in e-government development. Mauritius has the highest TII score in Africa (0.7588) and a very high HCI value (0.7733), indicating that the nation is in a good position to advance the development of its total e-government if it can enhance the quality of the services it offers online. Although Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zambia’s EGDI scores are still below the world average of 0.6102, these three nations made the first transition from the middle to the high EGDI group in 2022.
It’s interesting to note that Rwanda is the only country in Africa with a very high OSI value (0.7935), indicating that the government is making considerable investments in the growth of online services, enabling it to compete with the world’s top nations in this market. According to the report, African nations have greatly improved their telecom infrastructure, laying the groundwork for a faster shift to digital administration. However, there are still difficulties because Africa continues to have much higher mobile broadband subscription costs relative to per capita gross national income than other regions of the world.
In terms of the 193 United Nations Member States’ digital government rankings for 2022, Denmark, Finland, and the Republic of Korea come out on top in terms of the breadth and caliber of online services, the state of the telecommunications infrastructure, and the availability of human resources. The following nations finished in second place: New Zealand, Sweden, Iceland, Australia, Estonia, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and Malta.
Original Article Written By: Victor Oluwole
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