The African Information Society: rhetoric and practice
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communicatio
- Vol. 24 (1) , 76-84
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02500169808537847
Abstract
In the last few years Africa has seen an enormous activity in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) related conferences and initiatives on behalf of international and donor institutions. These initiatives became increasingly coloured by the rhetoric of an emerging global information society and the need for an African answer to these developments. With regard to this information society two documents hold particular relevance: the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's, (ECA's) Africa's Information Society Initiative (AISI): An Action Framework to Build Africa's Information and Communication Infrastructure and the ITUs African Green Paper. This article sets out to question these policies and implementation initiatives, and their rhetoric and practice.Keywords
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