20 No. 37261 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24 JANUARY 2014 South Africa Sierra Leone Nigeria Tanzania Ethiopia Mauritius Egypt 4 Ghana 3.9 Kenya Guinea Sudan According to the Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) assessment method, which assesses the effectiveness of sector regulation through stakeholder perception of seven regulatory dimensions, which include market entry, quality of service, anti-competitive practices and universal service obligations, South Africa scores only slightly better than one of the other 11 countries, Ethiopia. A TRE assessment probes the perceptions of stakeholders of the entire policy and regulatory environment, not the regulator per se. The shifts in perception of the efficiency of the regulatory environment in South Africa are: RwanC Namibia Tanzania Kenya Ghana Nigeria Uganda Botswana Cameroon Mozambique South Africa Ethiopia Source: RIA TRE assessment data 2011-12 16 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za