Title: The mobile phone 'revolution' in Africa : rhetoric or reality? : briefing

Authors: Etzo, Sebastiana and Collender, Guy

Place: Oxford

Publisher: Oxford university press

Year: 2010

Journal: African affairs

Volume: Vol. 109, Issue 437

PAGE: 659--668

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, economic development, health services, africa

Abstract: The article casts a critical look at the so-called 'mobile phone revolution' in Africa. While the mobile phone is almost ubiquitous and Africa is the hub for mobile innovation and entrepreneurship, there are still various limitations and information gaps that need to be bridged.

URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40928368.pdf

Document type: E-article