Africa 2.0 - Inside a Continents Communications Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Russell Southwood is the Founder and CEO of the consultancy and research practice, Balancing Act, which has focused on telecoms, internet and media in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 20 years. He is also the author of Less Walk, More Talk - How Celtel and the Mobile Phone Changed Africa and with Kelly Wong, Building a Data Ecosystem for Food Security and Sustainability, Agtech V3.0. Klappentext Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies - mobile calling and internet - were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built. Zusammenfassung Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies – mobile calling and internet – were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Russell Southwood, Southwood Russell
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781526154811
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5481-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications, International Relations, Mobile phone technology, Digital lifestyle, Communication Studies, Political science and theory, Communications engineering / telecommunications, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies