Access to Digital Platforms: Can 'Mobile' Network Coverage Reports be Relied Upon? Observations from Rural Zambia and Zimbabwe

Autor:	van Stam, Gertjan
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Computer Science - Computers and Society
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	As access to digital platforms in Africa is mostly through 'mobile' networks, this paper addresses the mismatch of universalised reports on 'mobile' access and the experiences from digital health practice and cases in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Further, the paper shines a critical light on the meaning of terms like access and the 4th industrial revolution from an African context. It argues for the need to invest in contextual research and development, also to gain a comprehensive understanding of how to access digital platforms in and from Africa. Comment: In proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, 2021
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10086 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv