Documents

• ICT access and use by small- & medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka (Presentation)

  Presentation by Helani Galpaya at Ceylon Chamber of Commerce event on “Use of Digital Platforms for SMBs”. November 2020.

• ICT access and use by small & medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka (Presentation)

  Findings from the AfterAccess enterprise survey conducted in Sri Lanka during December 2018 – January 2019.

• ICT access and use by Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Sri Lanka (Presentation)

  ICT access and use by Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Sri Lanka

• Poor digital awareness and skills are a barrier to internet use in Sri Lanka (Policy Brief)

  Access to the right devices (internet-enabled smartphones), affordable internet services, relevant content in a language known to the user, and the appropriate skills to make use of these digital services are collectively seen to be important to ensure economic and social development.

• Internet and ICT connectivity linked to SME business success in Sri Lanka (Policy Brief)

  Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka that make use of the internet and ICTs for business are better off than those that do not.

• இலங்கையில் ICT பரம்பலும் SME வணிகங்களின் பாவனையும்
• ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යාපාරයන්ගේ තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ ප්‍රවේශය සහ භාවිතය
• ICT ACCESS AND USE BY SMEs IN SRI LANKA (Leaflet) English

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Events

• LIRNEasia CEO at Ceylon Chamber event “Use of Digital Platforms for SMBs”
  LIRNEasia CEO Helani Galpaya participated in a panel discussion organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on "Use of Digital Platforms for SMBs".
• AfterAccess findings from Sri Lanka released in Colombo today (Event Report)
  Sri Lanka performs poorly on digital indicators, awareness of internet and related services does not translate to use, and the majority of social media users in Sri Lanka think that blocking social media during times of national unrest "is the right thing to do".

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People

Blogs and Updates

• Catalysing change: Sri Lanka refines digital literacy definition
    LIRNEasia has, over recent years, challenged the outdated and inadequate definition of computer literacy used by the Department of Census and Statistics of Sri Lanka (DCS).
• Sri Lanka’s mobile transmission tower coverage
  The topic of transmission towers built to facilitate mobile phone service is well known and some people are of the opinion that mobile phone transmission towers are wreaking havoc on the country.
• Infrastructural development needed for Sri Lanka’s telecommunication sector
  Data usage in Sri Lanka has exploded by a hundred percent between March 2020 and the beginning of July 2021, with increasing complaints against service providers over speeds, connection drops and bad quality.
• ICT access and use by small- & medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka (Presentation)
  Presentation by Helani Galpaya at Ceylon Chamber of Commerce event on "Use of Digital Platforms for SMBs".
• LIRNEasia CEO at Ceylon Chamber event “Use of Digital Platforms for SMBs”
  LIRNEasia CEO Helani Galpaya participated in a panel discussion organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on "Use of Digital Platforms for SMBs".
• ICT access and use by small & medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka (Presentation)
  Findings from the AfterAccess enterprise survey conducted in Sri Lanka during December 2018 – January 2019.
• ICT access and use by Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Sri Lanka (Presentation)
  ICT access and use by Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Sri Lanka
• Demand pull for Internet created by the needs of education in post-COVID-19 era
  Senior Research Fellow Sujata Gamage‘s op-ed in today’s Daily FT concludes thus: Sri Lanka and most developing countries have come a long way from a situation where owning a phone was a luxury to where, for example in Sri Lanka, 97% of households have access to a mobile phone.
• When food supply chains matter most
  LIRNEasia has been studying food supply chains almost from inception.
• E commerce and the importance of the analog complements
  E commerce vendors in Sri Lanka were having a hard time making sales.
• What AfterAccess says about COVID-19
  Contextualizing digital solutions to COVID-19 in developing Asia, via AfterAccess.
• Poor digital awareness and skills are a barrier to internet use in Sri Lanka (Policy Brief)
  Access to the right devices (internet-enabled smartphones), affordable internet services, relevant content in a language known to the user, and the appropriate skills to make use of these digital services are collectively seen to be important to ensure economic and social development.
• Internet and ICT connectivity linked to SME business success in Sri Lanka (Policy Brief)
  Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka that make use of the internet and ICTs for business are better off than those that do not.
• இலங்கையில் ICT பரம்பலும் SME வணிகங்களின் பாவனையும்
• ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යාපාරයන්ගේ තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ ප්‍රවේශය සහ භාවිතය
• ICT ACCESS AND USE BY SMEs IN SRI LANKA (Leaflet) English
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