Connecting the dots: The nexus between transport and telecommunication in Ghana

Transport Inequalities and the Adoption of Intelligent Transportation Systems in Africa: A Research Landscape

“…Finally, we read through each title, abstract and key/index words to filter out irrelevant or non-directly related articles, particularly those that only briefly mentioned ITS or discussed it as a subset of a larger smart city ecosystem. This narrowed our result to 56 articles, 14 of which were explicitly focused on ITS in an African context [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

“…From Table A1, a number of cross-cutting similarities can be identified; for instance, most works that focused on traffic control were only verified using software simulations [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. This was also the case with works on fuel conservation, wherein economic and empirical models dominated [33][34][35].…”

“…Though most of the published articles focused on road networks, a few proposed solutions for indoor spaces (warehouses) [24], waterways [31], railway [23] and aerial [29] transport. Similarly, most of the reviewed articles were on vehicles with ICEs, with the exception of [62,64], which discussed electric vehicles.…”

“…The following works discussed their roles in African ITS. In [23], the authors surveyed the complementary relationship between telecommunication and transport (road and rail) in Ghana. Bashingi et al [48] discussed various challenges of integrating ICT into the public transportation systems in a major city in South Africa.…”

Gender differences in spending on information and communication technology and transport fuel intensity: Evidence from Ghana

“…According to Ref. [ 25 ], even though transportation and communications are two separate subsectors, they are interrelated in every way. This is the case despite the fact that both of these fields are considered to be independent.…”