Africa 2.0: Inside a Continent’s Communications Revolution - Couverture souple

Southwood, Russell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 152615482X ISBN 13 : 9781526154828

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies - mobile calling and internet - were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans, and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built. It analyses how the mobile phone fundamentally changed communications in sub-Saharan Africa and the ways Africans have made these technologies part of their lives, opening up a very different future.

The book offers a critical examination of the impact these technologies have had on development practices, and the key role development actors played in accelerating regulatory reform, fibre roll-out and mobile money. Southwood shows how corruption in the industry is a prism through which patronage relationships in government can be understood, and argues that the arrival of a start-up ecosystem in the region has the potential to change this. A vital overview of the changes of the last three decades, Africa 2.0 examines the transformative effects of mobile and internet technologies, and the very different future they have opened out for sub-Saharan Africa.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Russell Southwood is the Founder and CEO of the consultancy and research practice, Balancing Act, which has focused on telecoms, internet and media in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last 20 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 152615482X
• ISBN 13: 9781526154828
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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