KIT-Logo Christopher Coenen, Ulrich Riehm

Development Through Electronic Networks
Information and Communication Technologies in Africa

Berlin: Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB), 2009
Series: Technology Assessment Studies Series, No 1, 272 pages
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Contents

The Committee's Preface 5
Foreword 11
Summary 13
I Introduction 31
II Do Information and Communication Technologies promote Development? 37
    1 ICT Use and Economic Growth 37
        1.1 Developed Countries 38
        1.2 Developing Countries 39
    2 Inequality and Social Development 40
    3 ICT and the UN Millennium Development Goals 42
    4 Focusing the Use of ICT on the Millennium Development Goals 46
        4.1 ICT's Contribution to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals 47
        4.2 Criticism of ICT Use for the Millennium Development Goals 50
    5 Conclusion 53
III The starting Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa 57
    1 Historical Premises and General Socio-Economic Preconditions 57
    2 ICT Use: Framework Conditions and Applications 62
        2.1 Telecommunications Reform and ICT Policy 62
        2.2 ICT Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa 65
        2.3 ICT Use in Sub-Saharan Africa 72
    3 Conclusion 81
IV Democracy, good Governance and civil Society 83
    1 Starting Situation 84
        1.1 Key Concepts and Central Issues 84
        1.2 Starting Situation in Africa 88
    2 State Action 95
        2.1 E-Government: Potential and Successes 95
        2.2 E-Participation and E-Parliaments 104
        2.3 ICT and Local Governance 110
        2.4 Overall Assessment 113
    3 Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere 115
        3.1 Starting Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa 115
        3.2 Civil Society Actors 121
        3.3 Political Public Sphere 134
        3.4 Overall Assessment of the Role of the Internet 147
V ICT Use in Industry 151
    1 Industry and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa 151
    2 Current ICT Use in Industry 155
        2.1 ICT Use in Informal and Formal Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises 156
        2.2 E-Business and E-Commerce in the Formal Sector 160
        2.3 Opening Up New Markets, Finding New Customers 162
    3 E-Money and M-Banking: Innovative Mobile-Based Applications 163
    4 Conclusion 167
VI Education, Research and technological Development 169
    1 Knowledge Societies and the Brain Drain 171
    2 Education for Children and Young People 172
        2.1 Starting Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa 172
        2.2 ICTs in Schools and Continuing Education for Teachers 174
        2.3 »100 Dollar Laptops« 182
    3 Universities, Research and Technology 188
        3.1 Starting Situation in Africa 188
        3.2 Political Activities within Africa 189
        3.3 Universities, Research and Internet Use 192
        3.4 ICT Development 201
    4 Internet, ICT and Basic Requirements 203
VII ICT in the Partnership between Africa and German Development Co-Operation 209
    1 German Positions and Activities 209
        1.1 ICT: A Challenge for German Development Co-operation 210
        1.2 German Engagement 214
    2 Possible Courses of Action in the African Context 218
        2.1 Basic Prerequisites for ICT Use to Promote Development 220
        2.2 Good Governance, Democracy and Strengthening of Civil Society 221
        2.3 The Perception of Africa in Germany and the Role of the Diaspora 234
        2.4 Education, Science and ICT Skills 237
        2.5 An Overview of the Possible Courses of Action in the African Context 244
    3 ICT Strategies in German Development Co-operation: Proposals for Discussion 245
VIII Bibliography 249
    1 Commissioned Expert Reports 249
    2 Other Sources 249
Annex 267
    1 List of Tables 267
    2 List of Figures 267
    3 List of Abbreviations 268

 

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