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Is ICT the panacea to sub-Saharan Africa’s development problems? Rethinking Africa’s contentious engagement with the global information society

Published:2012-06-28 Issue:2-3 Volume:12 Page:231-244
ISSN:1464-9934
Container-title:Progress in Development Studies
language:en
Short-container-title:Progress in Development Studies

Author:

Kyem Peter A. Kwaku¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Geography, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Abstract

The explosion in mobile phone subscription notwithstanding, benefits from ICT deployment are far from being realized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A clash between the rationality for development and local systems of reasoning, and the failure to cultivate behaviours that support technological innovation provide little hope for sustained information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in the region. The article discusses failures in technological innovation and then explores ways that SSA countries can manage ICT deployment to stimulate sustained adoption.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Development

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/146499341101200309

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