Wireless in Africa: insights into mobile markets

Momo, C.

doi:10.1109/mitp.2005.74

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“…Research on mobile phones in Africa has tended to be largely anthropological in nature (see, for example, De Bruijn et al, 2009;Goggin, 2006;Horst & Miller, 2006) -looking at social uses of this new technology among youths and other groups in society; it has also been quantitative in nature -looking at how diffusion of the mobile phone has fast outpaced fixed-line telephony, giving rise to talk about leapfrogging Africa into the digital future (see, for example, Bagchi & Udo, 2010;James, 2008;Momo, 2005). Some of this research has often been descriptive and celebratory to the extent that it inadvertently augmented the more instrumental research conducted by the wireless network companies seeking to know more about markets and the emerging patterns of mobile phone use among different segments of African society.…”

Section: User-determinism and Political Economy Of The Mobile Phone I...mentioning

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new media as monitors of democracy

Moyo¹

2022

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While Zimbabwe’s first two post-independence elections in 1980 and 1985 were generallyconsidered to be a credible expression of the will of the people, subsequent elections in thatcountry were largely contested, with allegations of rigging, gerrymandering, vote-buying andcoercion, among several other irregularities. With a media landscape that is largely dominatedby state ownership and control, the total reporting on elections in Zimbabwe has always beenopenly biased in favour of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU PF party, resulting in a hugeloss of credibility for both the electoral system and the state-owned media themselves. However,the advent of new communications technologies, such as the Internet and mobile phones, hasushered in a new era of political communication where citizens actively participate both in theelection campaign and the monitoring processes. This paper looks at the contribution of theinnovations in political communication that have come with these new media, focusing particularlyon the uses of mobile phones (in particular the SMS or short message service) during Zimbabwe’scontested 2008 election. More specifically, it explores the ways in which ordinary Zimbabweansappropriated the SMS as a tool for monitoring that election. Further, it discusses the implicationsof these new technologies for the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe and elsewhere on the Africancontinent, and for democracy in general. What is clear is that these new forms of communicationare fast eroding the monopoly of incumbent politicians over the communications landscape,undercutting the liberation discourse that has had a stranglehold on election processes, andsignalling the possibility of more open political spaces where divergent views can coexist.

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new media as monitors of democracy

Moyo¹

2022

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“…According to the ITU [2], in 2004, Africa was the world's fastest-growing mobile phone market. There are now more mobile phones in some African countries than there are landlines [3]. According to CCS Insight [4], the shipment of smartphones is on the increase and the Sales of smartphones have been helped by new, cheaper devices, especially, but not only, in emerging markets.…”

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Farmer Assisted Mobile Framework for Improving Agricultural Products

Nggada

Muyingi

Dheedan

et al. 2014

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Agricultural products are vital to the survival of man and in its larger scale of production could contribute to the economy of a nation. Farmers who are at the fore front of Agriculture are faced with several challenges. This paper identifies some of the challenges and in particular focuses on leaf diseases that affect crops. A disease if not well addressed could destroy crops and hence a loss in investment. Using contemporary technology that is affordable and portable, such as mobile devices, this paper develops a framework through which intervention by an expert system on crop diseases could be implemented.

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