Africa's Information Revolution

Africa's Information Revolution Technical Regimes and Production Networks in South Africa and Tanzania - RGS-IBG Book Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

Africa's Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authors James T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody!

Africa's Information Revolution presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind
  • Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development
  • Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa
  • Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continent's recent economic growth spurt
  • Combines perspectives from economic and development geography and science and technology studies to demonstrate the power of integrated conceptual-theoretical frameworks
  • Include maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight the concepts, field research settings, and key findings

Book information

ISBN: 9781118751336
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: Wiley Blackwell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 303.48330968
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 362g
Height: 231mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 17mm