Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2019

Indicators:
- Challenges
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Mbalenhle Buthelezi and Lorenzo Dalvit

In the Global South, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the potential to improve people’s lives. Impressive growth in the mobile phone sector has enabled previously marginalised communities to have remarkable access to communication flows (Castells, Fernandez-Ardevol, Qiu, and Sey, 2009). Mobile technologies are particularly popular in sub-Saharan Africa thanks to ‘their flexibility in choice as people can have a convenient prepaid plan, rapid rollout, adaptable for a paperless society, and requires low-level skills to install and use’ (Maree, 2014, 33).

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvh4zj72?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=e-governance&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3BQuery%3De-governance%2Bin%2Bafrica&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3Ac9513a585fa939161368a0b2373f8934

Region of Study:
South Africa,

Country of Study:
South Africa,

Study Quality
Medium