Transforming Recent Gains in the Digital Divide into Digital Opportunities: Africa and the Boom in Mobile Phone Subscription

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Kyem, Peter A Kwaku ^a   LeMaire, Peter Kweku ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Digital divide; Information Communication Technology; Mobile Phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 85164520190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00189.x     Document Type: Article

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