Africa’s Information Revolution

<p><b><i><i>Africa’s Information Revolution </i></i>was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences – congratulations to the authors James T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody!</b></p> <p><i>Africa’s Information Revolution</i> presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p> <ul> <li>Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind</li> <li>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</li> <li>Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa</li> <li>Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continent’s recent economic growth spurt</li> <li>Combines perspectives from economic and development geography and science and technology studies to demonstrate the power of integrated conceptual-theoretical frameworks</li> <li>Include maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight the concepts, field research settings, and key findings</li> </ul>