Africa 2.0: Inside a Continent's Communications Revolution

by Russell Southwood

Book Overview

Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies - mobile calling and internet - were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans, and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built. It analyses how the mobile phone fundamentally changed communications in sub-Saharan Africa and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152615482X
• ISBN13: 9781526154828
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"