Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide

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dc.contributor.advisorSchrire, Roberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorComninos, Alexen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T03:52:12Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T03:52:12Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81).
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation provides an overview of the boom in mobile telephony in Africa, experienced in terms of exceptional and increasing subscriber growth. It provides a description of the mobile telephony boom, as well as its social political and economic impacts. It investigates what effect mobile telephony has had on the bridging of a broader digital divide, conceived of in terms of inequalities in access to information and communication technologies between Africa and the rest of the world, as well within Africa itself. It concludes that the boom in mobile telephony has had far-reaching impacts on the continent at all levels of African society. In particular, mobile phones have had a significant economic impact on the continent, which the author argues has been from the bottom up -affecting greatly the base of the economic pyramid and the informal sector. Mobile telephony has however not made a significant impact in the bridging of the digital divide conceived of in terms of access to the internet. A broader digital divide still exists which mobile telephony may not provide the tools to bridge.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationComninos, A. (2008). <i>Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3791en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationComninos, Alex. <i>"Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3791en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationComninos, A. 2008. Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Comninos, Alex AB - This dissertation provides an overview of the boom in mobile telephony in Africa, experienced in terms of exceptional and increasing subscriber growth. It provides a description of the mobile telephony boom, as well as its social political and economic impacts. It investigates what effect mobile telephony has had on the bridging of a broader digital divide, conceived of in terms of inequalities in access to information and communication technologies between Africa and the rest of the world, as well within Africa itself. It concludes that the boom in mobile telephony has had far-reaching impacts on the continent at all levels of African society. In particular, mobile phones have had a significant economic impact on the continent, which the author argues has been from the bottom up -affecting greatly the base of the economic pyramid and the informal sector. Mobile telephony has however not made a significant impact in the bridging of the digital divide conceived of in terms of access to the internet. A broader digital divide still exists which mobile telephony may not provide the tools to bridge. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide TI - Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3791 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3791
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationComninos A. Assessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divide. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3791en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInternational Relationsen_ZA
dc.titleAssessing the African mobile telephony boom : the impact of the mobile phone and its relationship to the digital divideen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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