Open AccessPoverty rate in Africa and information access: The case of the Internet
Author(s) -
Prince Jacon Igwe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.80.5.293
Subject(s) - the internet , poverty , civilization , internet access , point (geometry) , access to information , key (lock) , internet privacy , political science , information access , business , economic growth , computer security , economics , computer science , world wide web , law , geometry , mathematics
Information is key to basic survival in society. No civilization ever left that out in its existence. In fact, those who had greater access to information were known to have been more successful in war, infrastructures, commerce, and trade. However, we’re not living in the ancient times, and this fact brings both relief and worries. Relief because there are greater and more advanced infrastructures put together these days to transmit information. Worries because even at this point of development around the world, these infrastructures aren’t accessible to most people for one reason or the other. And this is exactly the case of the Internet in Africa today.