Open AccessICT Uptake and Technology Linkages in Rural Africa
Author(s) -
Juseuk Kim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5476
DOI - 10.5296/ije.v9i3.11901
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , adaptation (eye) , icts , economic growth , rural area , rural community , business , emerging technologies , public relations , political science , economics , law , physics , materials science , optics , nanotechnology
This report focuses on how quickly and creatively electronic communication is spreading and transforming rural areas in Africa and, particularly, two selected communities in Zambia as case studies. The report also shows ways in which communities are adapting information and communication technologies (ICTs). And this research is interested in studying how quickly electronic communication is spreading and transforming rural areas in Africa and, in particular, the Republic of Zambia. The impact of social networks is being used in dynamic, creative ways to not only spread business opportunities but to energize economies and society. They want to gather community and household information to understand the many ways communities are adapting these technologies. Their methods of adoption and adaptation of technologies do not resemble high-tech societies where governments support massive infrastructure projects. For example, highly creative uses of low-tech cell phones are energizing commerce and spawning new ways of building creative solutions, making African countries some of the fastest growing economies in the world today.