The ICT in North Africa Region: Facts for Sustainable Future

Abstract

With the growing use of ICT, the innovation and development in the ICT sector is increasing and witnessing a revolution in the most of world countries. The role of ICTs becomes important as tools that governments can deploy in their poverty reduction programs to accelerate the national growth. In the Africa continent, the ICT development is making rapid
progress offering huge economic and social benefits for the continent, but the lack of quality and sustainable information in a number of development areas remains a real issue. This study presents the state of ICT in the development nations located in the north region of Africa continent. This review study is carried out using the ICT Development Index (IDI). The IDI is a standard tool for benchmarking, and it is used to monitor and compare
developments in information and communication technology (ICT) across countries.
The review study shows analytical comparison between the North Africa Region Countries includes Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania and Algeria using ICT and IDI tools as the best ones to monitor and notice any improvement in national growth.