Household and Small Business ICT Access and Usage Survey 2011-2012
Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, 2011 - 2012
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AFR_2011_RIAS_v01_M
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Major obstacle for using ICTs for business (BC_6)
Data file: rias-2011-2012-business-v1
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Valid:
918
Type:
Discrete
Start:
1690
End:
1853
Width:
164
Range:
-
Format:
character
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
0.1%
|
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| Fund / sufficient capital / lack of finance | 120 |
13.1%
|
|
| I don't have much knowledge about it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I don't know those things | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I don't think I need them as I just stand here at home and sell have no reason to have them | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I don't think I need them as my business don't have much to be done with those equipment | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| I don't think that we really need one of the items for our business its a waste of money for this business | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I don't use it | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| I don't use that | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I really don't know how to use them so it's not needed at all and I will not afford them | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I really don't what they are so I will not give a comment | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| I will not need them | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Internet is sometimes too slow and this slows down the business activities | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| N/a | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Not Fund / sufficient capital / lack of finance | 433 |
47.2%
|
|
| Nothing | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Poor network coverage especially when trying to keep in touch with suppliers & customers especially month end & weekends | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| They are not needed in this business it will be unnecessary to have them | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| calls sometimes expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cannot afford | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cell phone network which is a problem when is windy | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cell phone service sometimes unavailable in the suppliers area when calling for orders | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cellphone network | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| computers catches viruses easily, thus we decline customers who have their own memory cards and want to print something out. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls and poor network coverage in bad weather conditions | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls are expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls expensive | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| cost of calls expensive during the day | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls expensive sometimes | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls sometimes expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls sometimes too expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of calls too expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of using ict too high | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| cost of using is expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| don't know what ict is | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| don't need it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| electricity | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| electricity is expensive. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| enough knowledge | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| equipment of such kind are very much expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| expensive | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| expensive to use ICTS for business purpose | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| expensive to use itc | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| expensive, too slow. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| have no comments on them cause I don't know or don't have ideas or knowledge of them | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| i need to learn how to market my business on the net. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ict is also very expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ict is very fur away from us. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| if it could get bait cheaper | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| if my fridge got broken | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| is expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is a bit expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is complicated | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is expensive | 6 |
0.7%
|
|
| it is expensive and we can not afford | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is not applicable for our area. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is not available to our village | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is not feasible for our line of business | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it is very expensive | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| it is very expensive they must reduce the prices then maybe we can afford | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it will be Avery expensive undertaking for us currently to invest in | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it will be more extra cost which I have to pay or spent on them | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's a costy | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's is expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's just that we do not need it yet | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's not for our business | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's not needed in this business just a waist of money | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| it's that we still use the old ration way of doing things | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| knowledge | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| lack of knowledge of it is the problem | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| language use by window software is too technical | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| like I said to much conjested | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| maybe the service providers should think about bringing their services close to us | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| most customers don't have mobile phones to communicate with | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| my business does not need one of them as it's too costly for me and my business is too small can't afford it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| my business does not need one of then as it's too costly for me and my business is too small can't afford it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| my business is still small to own those equipment | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| my machine if get broke,I am scared I might find it sold on expensive nowadays | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| n/a | 16 |
1.7%
|
|
| neighbor don't contribute to the electricity purchasing | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| network busy especially during weekends or month ends | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| network coverage | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| network coverage very poor especially when calling suppliers who are situated at the border | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| network sometimes too busy especially during weekends and month ends | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| network sometimes too busy or no network at all | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| no electricity to maintain the ICT | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| no need | 7 |
0.8%
|
|
| no need (ict) | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| no need for icts | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| no need to use ict | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| no need to use it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| no network and electricity | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| no problems at all. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| none | 78 |
8.5%
|
|
| none. | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| not enough Knowledge | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| not yet have one reason | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing | 47 |
5.1%
|
|
| nothing I can think of at the moment | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing apart from that we do not use more of it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing at the moment | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing because I do not have technology | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing because cost of calls reasonable and the network coverage also not a problem | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing because not using ICTC for business | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing just send SMS for business purposes and the price is reasonable | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing maybe just expensove | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing really | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing yet | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| nothing. | 36 |
3.9%
|
|
| nothing.customers | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| noting | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| on need for ict | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| once when we can not work do to bad network | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| our business is more traditional old fattened in opperations | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| overload the electrical appliances on one plug,make it to trap | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| paying | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| poor network and low power supply in the area | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| poor network coverage especially in bad weather condition | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| poor network coverage especially on weekends | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| poor network coverage sometimes | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| services are not affordable | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| softwares are very much expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| some of the employee they use the computer by going on Internet while they don't know how to use it and end up with the virus and that's another cost to scan it out | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| such business I don't think it's need cause we can not afford to maintain them and useless for such business | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| that will cost us extra money and our business if we add more equipment so fix line and mobiles are affordable to us | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| the availability for it is litle | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| the meat is expensive | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| the repair | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| the service providers are slow. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| there,s no ict facilitations in our area | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| they are to expensive, | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| this business is hand make business don't think its need icts equipment in this rural area | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| this business it's not that really just to keep myself busy and to pay my kids school so it's unnecessary | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| this cavities are not available to our project | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| this type of business | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| this type of business doe not need any icts usage | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| time consuming, slow.. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| too expensive don't know what it is (icts) | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| too experience | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| washing machine got broken alot | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| way to expensive to use sometimes | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we also can not use it because we do not have money | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we are farmers theres no need write now for to much technology but we would welcome it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we are not get skills of business to get more knowledge of icts equipment | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we are still a small business to invest in such a costly undertaking. as ict equipment | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we are still new in the market | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we can not afford it. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we can not afford to invest in ict | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not have electricity | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not have ict providers at our places | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not have service providers | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not have the technology to produce on a greater scale so as to cover the greater market | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not know the technology | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not need it for now | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not need it. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we do not those things | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we don't use it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we have no electricity | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we need a machine to cal dilate the prices for us. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we need borden facilities so as to preserve our products | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we need new technology | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we need schooling on the ict. | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we need some close circuit cameras | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we need to be given training to get knowledge | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we not very familiar with it | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| we still have to explore the ict | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when ever there is no power,we suffer | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| when the network fails for Internet power failure | 1 |
0.1%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.