ICT Access and Usage in Africa

ICT Access and Usage in Africa

In a couple of recent posts, I have mentioned the percentage of disposable income spent by Africans on mobile communication.  While I have  posted links to the research, I think it is worth singling out the work of Research ICT Africa.

What is in desperately short supply in Africa is [...]

Mobiles in Africa – We Need The Eggs

At the end of the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen says,

this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, ‘Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy, he thinks he’s a chicken,’ and uh, the doctor says, ‘well why don’t you turn him in?’ And the guy says, ‘I would, but I need the eggs.’ Well, I guess that’s [...]

South Africa Connect Launches

With support from the Shuttleworth Foundation, a new blog on South African ICT policy has been launched by the Edge Institute and Research ICT AFrica.  The South Africa Connect blog:

aims to stimulate debate and provide information and analysis on South African ICT policy by means of public seminars and fora as well as through online [...]