TY - BOOK ID - 142821100 TI - Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania AU - Murphy, James T. AU - Carmody, Pádraig PY - 2015 SN - 1118751280 1118751329 1118751302 1118751310 PB - Chichester, [England] : Wiley Blackwell, DB - UniCat KW - Information technology KW - Economic aspects KW - South Africa KW - Tanzania KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142821100 AB - Africa's Information Revolution presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry ER -