Africa's Information Revolution: Technical Regimes and Production Networks in South Africa and Tanzania
In: RGS-IBG Book Series
In: RGS-IBG Book Ser.
Africa's Information Revolutionpresents anin-depth examination of the development and economic geographiesaccompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-SaharanAfrica.Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICTdiffusion in Africa of its kindConfronts current information and communication technologiesfor development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largelyoptimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects form- and e-developmentFeatures comparative research based on more than 200 interviewswith firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzaniaand South AfricaRaises key insights regarding the structural challenges facingAfrica even in the context of the continent's recent economicgrowth spurtCombines perspectives from economic and development geographyand science and technology studies to demonstrate the power ofintegrated conceptual-theoretical frameworksInclude maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight theconcepts, field research settings, and key findings James T. Murphyis Associate Professor at ClarkUniversity's Graduate School of Geography. He isco-author of Key Concepts in Economic Geography(2011). Pádraig Carmodyis Associate Professor in Geographyat Trinity College Dublin, where he co-directs the TCD-UCD Mastersin Development Practice and Research Fellow in the Department ofGeography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at theUniversity of Johannesburg. His books include The New Scramblefor Africa(2011) and The Rise of the BRICS in Africa(2013).