Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2015

Indicators:
- Enablers


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Rotimi Taiwo

In the age of globalization the importance of telecommunication to the economy of nations has been stressed. In this vein, the Nigerian government deregulated the telecommunication sector in 2001. This led to the introduction of the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) into the country.¹ Since then, the growth in mobile phone use has been tremendous. Ernest Ndukwe, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, outlined the benefits of GSM to the nation as foreign capital flow, stimulation of foreign investment, increased access to telephone services, job creation, indigenous skills acquisition and technology transfer, economic empowerment of the

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16gzgjx?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=internet&searchText=use&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fpagemark%3DcGFnZU1hcms9MTk%253D%26amp%3BsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3BQuery%3Dinternet%2Buse%2Bin%2Bafrica%26amp%3Brefreqid%3Dsearch%253A9304daf40677a41d5e3f4a6c02a7df89&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3A60ebc6602ba602e70471bb0235a3ac0e

Region of Study:
West Africa,

Country of Study:
Nigeria,

Study Quality
Medium