Digital Development at USAID

Enabling &FacilitatingEnvironment

NewLow-Cost

Low-PowerTechnologies

Rural Build Out By Carriers

DevelopmentCloud

Services

Applications& Content

Marketplace

SharedApplications

& Content

Applications

and ContentAccess and

Connectivity

Simplified ICT Value Chain

Marketplace

Cloud Services

Program

Services

Target

User

Groups

Applications

and Content

Access and

Connectivity

DevicesRural

AccessBackhaulRequirements

Applications

and Content

Applications

Primary Focus

Applications Component of USAID’s

Digital Development Strategy

Shared Use of Common Solutions

Promote Scale and Replication

Seek Lower Cost & Quicker Delivery

Leverage Cloud for Sustainability

Build New Priority Solutions

Shared Applications & Content

Priority Focus on Shared-Reusable Solutions

Research & Inventorying Solutions that are

Suitable for Sharing

Develop New Solutions Where Required

Support In-Country Application Development

Identify, inventory and catalog solutions that already exist

Applications

Quick start to deliver solutions

of possible value to USAID and

larger development community

Digital

Development

Solutions

Center

Applications & Content Marketplace

Develop an Initial Shared Marketplace

Aligned to NetHope Cloud Services Initiative

Move Towards Future Commercialization

Applications

Scale and replication start with making available

Development Cloud Services

Foundation: Establishing Cloud Services

NetHope-led Humanitarian & Development

Assistance Cloud Services Initiative

Leverage Existing Cloud Services Solutions

Applications

Access

Primary Focus

Access Component of USAID’s

Digital Development Strategy

Voice & Internet-Broadband Access

Narrow Urban-Rural Digital Divide

Off Power Grid Rural Solutions

Public & Private Sector Engagement

Affordable & Sustainable Solutions

Global Trends

Mobile explosion, but Internet still lagging, especially broadband

Access

Mobile by Region

Lowest mobile penetration in Africa,

Asia-Pacific and Arab States

Access

Internet Users by Region

Lowest Internet Penetration in Africa, Asia-Pacific,

Arab States and CIS

Access

Internet @ Household Level

Lowest Internet Household Penetration in Africa,

Asia-Pacific, Arab States and CIS

Access

Enabling-Facilitating Environment

National ICT Priority

Competitive Environment

Effective Regulatory Function

Effective Universal Service Program

Access

Low-Cost Low-Power Technologies

New-Emerging Solutions Using Less Power

Convergent Networks – Voice & Data

Reduction in Monthly TCO or ARPU

Capable of Off-Grid Deployments

Access

AccessRural Carrier Build Out

Focus on Rural Build Out of Mobile and Broadband

Leverage USFs & New Technologies

New Business-Financial Models