Africa 2.0
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Africa 2.0
Inside a Continent's Communications Revolution
Southwood, Russell
Manchester University Press
07/2022
304
Mole
Inglês
9781526154828
15 a 20 dias
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Introduction
Part I: Technology diffusion: the spread of mobile calling and internet
Prologue (1986-2004)
1 Mobile voice calling booms (1993-2004)
2 Bandwidth as the digital economy's fuel: getting sub-Saharan Africa connected (1991-2015)
3 Cheaper mobile internet and low-cost smartphones come together with apps sub-Saharan Africans want to use (2005-18)
Part II: Technology influences: uses, behaviours and abuses
4 Mobile money: from transferring cash by SMS to a digital payments ecosystem (2000-20)
5 Sub-Saharan Africans start to live the digital life (2000-20)
6 Sprinkling on the magic dust: digital's impact on development (1982-2020)
7 The ugly underbelly of the communications revolutions: corruption, cronyism, regulation and government (1999-2020)
Part III: Taking the long view: start-up innovation and complex behaviour change
8 Sub-Saharan African start-ups: getting beyond the hype to address deep market challenges (1995-2020)
9 Doing complexity: making sense of what has happened over thirty-five years
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: List of those interviewed
Select bibliography
Index -- .
Part I: Technology diffusion: the spread of mobile calling and internet
Prologue (1986-2004)
1 Mobile voice calling booms (1993-2004)
2 Bandwidth as the digital economy's fuel: getting sub-Saharan Africa connected (1991-2015)
3 Cheaper mobile internet and low-cost smartphones come together with apps sub-Saharan Africans want to use (2005-18)
Part II: Technology influences: uses, behaviours and abuses
4 Mobile money: from transferring cash by SMS to a digital payments ecosystem (2000-20)
5 Sub-Saharan Africans start to live the digital life (2000-20)
6 Sprinkling on the magic dust: digital's impact on development (1982-2020)
7 The ugly underbelly of the communications revolutions: corruption, cronyism, regulation and government (1999-2020)
Part III: Taking the long view: start-up innovation and complex behaviour change
8 Sub-Saharan African start-ups: getting beyond the hype to address deep market challenges (1995-2020)
9 Doing complexity: making sense of what has happened over thirty-five years
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: List of those interviewed
Select bibliography
Index -- .
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Development; ICT4D; Digital divide; Sub-Saharan Africa; Mobile phone; Internet; Startups; Corruption; Digital transformation; Emerging markets
Introduction
Part I: Technology diffusion: the spread of mobile calling and internet
Prologue (1986-2004)
1 Mobile voice calling booms (1993-2004)
2 Bandwidth as the digital economy's fuel: getting sub-Saharan Africa connected (1991-2015)
3 Cheaper mobile internet and low-cost smartphones come together with apps sub-Saharan Africans want to use (2005-18)
Part II: Technology influences: uses, behaviours and abuses
4 Mobile money: from transferring cash by SMS to a digital payments ecosystem (2000-20)
5 Sub-Saharan Africans start to live the digital life (2000-20)
6 Sprinkling on the magic dust: digital's impact on development (1982-2020)
7 The ugly underbelly of the communications revolutions: corruption, cronyism, regulation and government (1999-2020)
Part III: Taking the long view: start-up innovation and complex behaviour change
8 Sub-Saharan African start-ups: getting beyond the hype to address deep market challenges (1995-2020)
9 Doing complexity: making sense of what has happened over thirty-five years
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: List of those interviewed
Select bibliography
Index -- .
Part I: Technology diffusion: the spread of mobile calling and internet
Prologue (1986-2004)
1 Mobile voice calling booms (1993-2004)
2 Bandwidth as the digital economy's fuel: getting sub-Saharan Africa connected (1991-2015)
3 Cheaper mobile internet and low-cost smartphones come together with apps sub-Saharan Africans want to use (2005-18)
Part II: Technology influences: uses, behaviours and abuses
4 Mobile money: from transferring cash by SMS to a digital payments ecosystem (2000-20)
5 Sub-Saharan Africans start to live the digital life (2000-20)
6 Sprinkling on the magic dust: digital's impact on development (1982-2020)
7 The ugly underbelly of the communications revolutions: corruption, cronyism, regulation and government (1999-2020)
Part III: Taking the long view: start-up innovation and complex behaviour change
8 Sub-Saharan African start-ups: getting beyond the hype to address deep market challenges (1995-2020)
9 Doing complexity: making sense of what has happened over thirty-five years
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: List of those interviewed
Select bibliography
Index -- .
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
