Information technology access: Cybercafé diffusion in sub-Saharan Africa

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Mbarika, Victor W A ^a   Kah, Muhammadou ^b   Samake, Kibily ^c   Sumrall, Jeffrey G ^d  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES;

CLASSROOM LEARNING; CYBERCAFES; ELECTRONIC VOTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34848916062     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2007.906677     Document Type: Article

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