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China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet

Author : Iginio Gagliardone
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783605251
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet written by Iginio Gagliardone and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is transforming Africa's information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with extensive loans, training and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent in the form of CCTV Africa. In the telecommunications sector, China is helping African governments to expand access to the internet and mobile phones, with rapid and large-scale success. While Western countries have ambiguously linked the need to fight security threats with restrictions of the information space, China has been vocal in asserting the need to control communication to ensure stability and development. Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting the weaknesses of Western approaches to Africa, which remain trapped between an emphasis on stability and service delivery, on the one hand, and the desire to advocate human rights and freedom of expression on the other. Arguing no state can be understood without attention to its information structure, the book provides the first assessment of China’s new model for the media strategies of developing states, and the consequences of policing Africa’s information space for geopolitics, security and citizenship.

The Right to Communicate

Author : Sally Burnheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Right to Communicate written by Sally Burnheim and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4.3 Gender and the Net

China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet

Author : Iginio Gagliardone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783605243
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Book Synopsis China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet by : Iginio Gagliardone

Download or read book China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet written by Iginio Gagliardone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is transforming Africa's information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with extensive loans, training and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent in the form of CCTV Africa. In the telecommunications sector, China is helping African governments to expand access to the internet and mobile phones, with rapid and large-scale success. While Western countries have ambiguously linked the need to fight security threats with restrictions of the information space, China has been vocal in asserting the need to control communication to ensure stability and development. Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting the weaknesses of Western approaches to Africa, which remain trapped between an emphasis on stability and service delivery, on the one hand, and the desire to advocate human rights and freedom of expression on the other. Arguing no state can be understood without attention to its information structure, the book provides the first assessment of China's new model for the media strategies of developing states, and the consequences of policing Africa's information space for geopolitics, security and citizenship.

Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa

Author : Nicolas Friederici
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026236283X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa written by Nicolas Friederici and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hope and hype about African digital entrepreneurship, contrasted with the reality on the ground in local ecosystems. In recent years, Africa has seen a digital entrepreneurship boom, with hundreds of millions of dollars poured into tech cities, entrepreneurship trainings, coworking spaces, innovation prizes, and investment funds. Politicians and technologists have offered Silicon Valley-influenced narratives of boundless opportunity and exponential growth, in which internet-enabled entrepreneurship allows Africa to "leapfrog" developmental stages to take a leading role in the digital revolution. This book contrasts these aspirations with empirical research about what is actually happening on the ground. The authors find that although the digital revolution has empowered local entrepreneurs, it does not untether local economies from the continent's structural legacies.

Negotiating the Net in Africa

Author : Ernest J. Wilson (III.)
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Negotiating the Net in Africa written by Ernest J. Wilson (III.) and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?A unique and important work.... The authors have talked with people who have not been talked with before, and put the information together in a way that could have a great impact on Internet diffusion and policy in Africa.??Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University?These well-researched, well-constructed case studies underscore the importance of the information sector for the future of developing countries.??Robert Ostergard, Jr., SUNY-Binghamton Why do national patterns of Internet expansion differ so greatly throughout Africa? To what extent do politics trump technology? Who are the ?information champions? in the various African states? Addressing these and related questions, Negotiating the Net in Africa explores the politics, economics, and technology of Internet diffusion across the continent.The ?Negotiating the Net? framework is applied consistently to chapters on Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania, allowing a rich, comparative analysis based on in-country research and extensive interviews with key stakeholders. Three broader chapters reflect a cross-cutting perspective. The result is a comprehensive discussion that, while dealing specifically with Africa, is also highly relevant to other regions in the developing world.Ernest J. Wilson III is professor of government at the University of Maryland and senior research fellow at the university?s Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). His numerous publications include, most recently, The Information Revolution and Developing Countries and Does the Global Information Highway Lead to Africa, and he is founding editor in chief of the journal Information Technologies and International Development. Kelvin R. Wong is assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland and senior associate at CIDCM. He is comanager of the Africa Telematics Project, which focuses on research, policy reform, and project implementation in the field of information and communications technology.Contents. Introduction: Negotiating the Net in Africa?the Editors. Ghana: The Politics of Entrepreneurship?E. Osiakwan, W. Foster, and A. Pitsch Santiago. Guinea-Bissau: ?Pull and Tug? Toward Internet Diffusion?B.M. King. Kenya: Diffusion, Democracy, and Development?M. Muiruri. Rwanda: Balancing National Security and Development?A. Nsengiyumva and A. Pitsch Santiago. South Africa: The Internet Wars?C. Lewis. Tanzania: From Padlocks to Payments?J. Miller. The Role of International Cooperation?L. Adam. Conclusion?E.J. Wilson III.

The Digital Continent

Author : Mohammad Amir Anwar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198840802
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Digital Continent written by Mohammad Amir Anwar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Digital Continent investigates what the impact of the growth of digital work in Africa means for workers. The volume draws on a year-long field study conducted in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda to provide one of the first empirical studies on the topic.

Ethics and the Internet in West Africa

Author : Patrick J. Brunet
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 1592211631
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Ethics and the Internet in West Africa written by Patrick J. Brunet and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: References and Further reading pp. 140-148.

The Internet, Development, Human Rights and the Law in Africa

Author : Danwood M. Chirwa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000852245
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Internet, Development, Human Rights and the Law in Africa written by Danwood M. Chirwa and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tracks and critiques the impact of the internet in Africa. It explores the legal policy implications of, and legal responses to, the internet in matters straddling human rights, development, trade, criminal law, intellectual property and social justice from the perspective of several African countries and the region. Well-known and emerging African scholars consider whether access to the internet is a human right, the implications on the right to privacy, e-commerce, cybercrime, the opportunities and dangers of admitting electronic evidence, the balancing of freedom of expression with the protection of intellectual property and how different African legal systems address this tension. This book will be an invaluable resource for a wide range of stakeholders, including researchers, scholars and postgraduate students; policymakers and legislators; lawyers and judicial officers; crime-fighting agencies; national human rights institutions; civil society organisations; international and regional organisations; and human rights monitoring bodies.

Old Problem, New Strategies

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Old Problem, New Strategies written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It first explores the status of Internet connectivity in Africa; second, it exianmes the role of Internet as a tool for research 1 The Internet simply means Network of Networks 1 and medium of communication especially in the aoref ae lectronic publishing; and third, the contribution of Internet to the development of slcahrsohip in Africa. [...] Internet research depends on the availability of scholarly materials electronica llyT.hus, the Internet acts as the link between published material online and the researchers wrheo paroducers and consumers of the publications. [...] , there is room for change: the Internet holds the key to redressing the imbalance in kndogwele production and dissemination which currently is in favour of the West. [...] The contiroibnust of African researchers to the information world should not just measured in te romf stheir ability to use the rich resources of the Internet to access electronic publication,a blsuot by their ability to be actively involved ine t h developments of the Internet by publishing on theeb wand researching in virtual world. [...] Africans should seize the opportunities made poles sbiby the ICTs and the Internet in particular to break the chain of dependence on informatione rgaetend by the West.

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics

Author : Nanjala Nyabola
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178699433X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics written by Nanjala Nyabola and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life. Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive. Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how 'fake news', a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.

Internet and the African Media

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Internet and the African Media written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa

Author : Natalija Gelvanovska
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464801134
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa written by Natalija Gelvanovska and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The existing telecommunications infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa MENA suffers from various regulatory and market bottlenecks that are hampering the growth of the Internet in most countries and related access to information and to potential new job sources.

The All-Africa Internet Guide

Author : Libby Young
Publisher : Mail & Guardian
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The All-Africa Internet Guide written by Libby Young and published by Mail & Guardian. This book was released on 2001 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¿7FThis guide does not pretend to be a comprehensive directory of African web sites - but instead a timesaving guide to sites that can be relied on."

The Internet in Africa

Author : Marco Kuntze
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Internet in Africa written by Marco Kuntze and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

After Access

Author : Jonathan Donner
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262029928
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book After Access written by Jonathan Donner and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert considers the effects of a more mobile Internet on socioeconomic development and digital inclusion, examining both potentialities and constraints. Almost anyone with a $40 mobile phone and a nearby cell tower can get online with an ease unimaginable just twenty years ago. An optimistic narrative has proclaimed the mobile phone as the device that will finally close the digital divide. Yet access and effective use are not the same thing, and the digital world does not run on mobile handsets alone. In After Access, Jonathan Donner examines the implications of the shift to a more mobile, more available Internet for the global South, particularly as it relates to efforts to promote socioeconomic development and broad-based inclusion in the global information society. Drawing on his own research in South Africa and India, as well as the burgeoning literature from the ICT4D (Internet and Communication Technologies for Development) and mobile communication communities, Donner introduces the “After Access Lens,” a conceptual framework for understanding effective use of the Internet by those whose “digital repertoires” contain exclusively mobile devices. Donner argues that both the potentialities and constraints of the shift to a more mobile Internet are important considerations for scholars and practitioners interested in Internet use in the global South.

Development of Local Internet Traffic in West and Central Africa and Beyond

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development of Local Internet Traffic in West and Central Africa and Beyond written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 904853822X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa written by Bruce Mutsvairo and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities? How are different societies in Africa handling digital problems? What innovative methods are being used to provide citizens with access to critical information that can help improve their lives? Experiences from various locations in several sub-Saharan African countries have been carefully selected in this collection with the aim of providing an updated account on the digital divide and its impact in Africa.