Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania /

"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"--

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Main Authors: Murphy, James T. (Associate professor of geography) (Author), Carmody, Pádraig Risteard (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
Series:RGS-IBG book series.
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