Acacia Atlas 2005 : mapping African ICT growth
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2005
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
Abstract
Multiple maps provide visual representation of patterns of telecommunications access and usage. The Acacia Initiative: Communities and the Information Society in Africa Program Initiative program empowers sub-Saharan communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies (ICTs) to their own social and economic development. Through such methods as the Jipp Curve, or measurement of a country’s infodensity and info-use, a concept of “info-state” becomes useable. Differences between Infostate values for each economy and all countries (“Hypothetica”) are plotted, providing a glimpse at the evolution of the Digital Divide.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MAPS, REGIONAL ANALYSIS, AFRICA, INTERNET, COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, SOUTH OF SAHARA, MAPPING, ACCESS TO ICT, DIGITAL DIVIDE