Title: How Information Communication Technology (ICT) is transforming Africa
Author: Alex Twinomugisha
Source: About Africa Business Source
Publisher: Diaspora Interactive Media, Corp.
Date (published): 16/10/2009
Date (accessed): 28/10/2009
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"...The African ICT landscape a decade ago could be likened to the lunar surface- desolate and almost devoid of life. All telecommunication services including TV, radio and telephony were tightly controlled by governments through government owned companies. Services were mostly of poor quality, unreliable and limited to the elite in the capital cities...The mobile phone is responsible for changing this landscape the most. Africa currently leads the world in annual growth rates for mobile subscriptions...The explosive growth in ICTs especially mobile phones is transforming Africa in many ways."

Title: Public Internet Access Points: impact vs. sustainability
Author: Ismael Peña-López
Source: ICTlogy
Date (published): 25/10/2009
Date (accessed): 28/10/2009
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"Let’s imagine there are only two kinds of Public Internet Access Points, that is, a place, different to your house or your work where you can connect to the Internet:

* A library, a civic centre, or an ad hoc place equipped with computers and connection to the Internet; access and usage is free...Let’s call them telecentre.
* The other kind is similar to the previous one but it is not free... Let’s call them cybercafé.
...
If things were that binary, telecentres would be having an impact on people’s lives while cybercafés wouldn’t; on the other hand, cybercafés would be economically sustainable (self-sustainable) while telecentres would not."