Table 1.

Forecasted 5-year costs in 2015 US $ for gradual rollout in Gauteng province, South Africa.

Category		Total program cost, July 2012 to June 2013	Total program cost, July 2013 to June 2014	Forecasted, July 2014 to June 2015	Forecasted, July 2015 to June 2016	Forecasted, July 2016 to June 2017	Total cost over 5 years (% of total cost)
Implementation support
	Development	37,353.42	38,474.03	39,628.25	39,628.25	42,041.61	197,125.55 (17)
	Start-up	17,765.76	18,298.74	18,847.70	18,847.70	19,995.52	93,755.41 (8)
	Training	149.73	—	73.86	—	80.51	304.10 (0)
	Personnel	18,375.80	18,798.00	19,630.41	20,514.67	21,398.94	98,717.82 (8)
	Buildings	5974.80	5644.53	5894.48	6160.00	6425.52	30,099.33 (3)
	Transport	3223.16	3044.99	3179.83	3323.06	3466.30	16,237.34 (1)
	Communication	537.19	507.50	529.97	553.84	577.72	2706.22 (0)
	Subtotal implementation support	83,379.87	84,767.78	86,081.31	89,027.53	93,986.12	437,242.60 (37)
Technology costs
	Start-up/development	129.89	129.89	137.03	144.08	158.74	699.63 (0)
	Content maintenance	10,478.75	12,876.98	9167.21	9442.22	9725.49	51,690.64 (4)
	Technology maintenance	8279.94	36,864.04	18,509.92	19,333.07	20,156.87	103,143.84 (9)
	Project management/personnel	25,697.90	30,970.64	15,588.69	16,625.15	17,709.78	106,592.15 (9)
	Monitoring and evaluation	1842.36	1961.43	108.72	111.99	115.34	4139.84 (0)
	Building/overhead	10,073.21	13,088.45	12,225.42	12,765.21	13,305.66	61,457.94 (5)
	Travel	11,353.19	8606.91	3100.02	3237.30	3374.71	29,672.13 (3)
	SMS text message delivery	5384.11	9857.96	23,233.68	75,421.98	246,909.46	360,807.20 (31)
	SMS text message translation	1736.80	1855.87	1855.87	1855.87	1855.87	9160.28 (1)
	Printing	4726.26	—	—	—	—	4726.26 (0)
	Subtotal technology	79,702.40	116,212.16	83,926.55	138,936.88	313,311.93	732,089.92 (63)
Total		163,082.27	200,979.94	170,007.86	227,964.40	407,298.04	1,169,332.51 (100)