Privacy Metaphors
We are living through a privacy tipping point. Technology is dramatically changing what is possible in terms of surveillance, monitoring, persistence, analysis. We are cracking open the lid of Pandora’s Box. We still don’t really…
Will the Real Mobile Impact Please Stand Up
I’ve just finished reading Jenny Aker and Isaac Mbiti’s Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa. This is an excellent paper and well worth the read. The authors have done a great job in tempering…
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…
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…
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…