Loss of Revenue Because of Electricity Outage, Percentage of Sales Revenue

220
AFRICA
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S SILK ROAD
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CHINA AND INDIA
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S NEW ECONOMIC FRONTIER
with only 10 percent of micro companies having Internet access compared to more than 80 percent for the medium or larger companies. The
Internet divide between exporters and nonexporters is also most pronounced in Tanzania. An increasing number of studies have addressed the trade-facilitating role of the Internet. Use of the Internet is particularly relevant for African manufacturers to access the global market.
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FIGURE 4.20
Proportion of Firms with Generators
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Senegal
South
Africa
Tanzania
Senegal
South
Africa
Tanzania total
percent of firms
percent of firms
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 micro small medium large very large nonexporter exporter
a. By size and country
b. By exporter status and country
Source: World Bank d, e, and a for Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania.
Note: Ghana is not included in the figures owing to lack of comparable data.
FIGURE 4.21
Telephone Service Interruption, Percentage of Time
0 5
10 15 20 25 30 0
2 4
6 8
10 12
Ghana
Senegal South
Africa
Tanzania total
Ghana Senegal South
Africa
Tanzania total

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