New communication technologies in tropical African development

In: Development in practice, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 228-239

Abstract

New communication technologies might accentuate the gap between the rich and the poor, creating a society characterised by an information-rich elite and an information-poor under-class. In an age when information is power, this devastates countries that are facing the problems of poverty, disease, hunger, and political instability. Ultimately, these technologies might also jeopardise the sovereignity, security, human rights, and, consequently, the development of countries in tropical Africa. (DÜI/DSE)