Changing ICT rankings of African nations

Kelly Tim
2004 South African Journal of Information and Communication  
After years of being an information and communication technology laggard relative to other developing regions of the world, Africa has been pushed to the forefront in a new information revolution, thanks to mobile communications. This period has also witnessed considerable mobility in the information and communication technology rankings of different African nations. This article examines changes in the information and communication technology rankings of different African nations and concludes
more » ... that, as an analytical framework, the "digital divide" does not accurately describe what is happening on the continent and may lead to policy choices that are harmful to Africa's future.
doi:10.23962/10539/19815 fatcat:3uwj2ywgf5duxeqtjnjn53ilhi