Peculiarities of the digital divide in sub-Saharan Africa

Program

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-138

  Mutula, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244399062     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00330330510595706     Document Type: Article

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