South Africa

1. Mobile tariffs

2. Handset prices

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

5. International Internet bandwidth

6. Internet access in schools

1. GitHub commits

2. Internet domain registrations

3. Mobile apps development

4. AI scientific publications

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

2. Investment in emerging technologies

3. Robot density

4. Computer software spending

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

2. ICT skills in the education system

3. Use of virtual social networks

4. Adult literacy rate

5. AI talent concentration

1. Firms with website

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

4. Public cloud computing market scale

1. Government online services

2. Data Capabilities

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

1. Secure internet servers

2. Cybersecurity

3. Online access to financial account

4. Internet shopping

1. Regulatory quality

2. ICT regulatory environment

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

4. E-commerce legislation

5. Privacy protection by law content

1. E-Participation

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

3. Availability of local online content

4. Gender gap in Internet use

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

1. ICT patent applications

2. Domestic market scale

3. Prevalence of gig economy

4. ICT services exports

1. Happiness

2. Freedom to make life choices

3. Income inequality

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities