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The Rise of Telcos and Africa's Knowledge Society: What Have Telchambs Got to Do With It?

The Rise of Telcos and Africa's Knowledge Society: What Have Telchambs Got to Do With It?
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Author(s): Lloyd G. Adu Amoah (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 22
Source title: Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lloyd G. Adu Amoah (University of Ghana, Ghana)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5844-8.ch007

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Abstract

The growing penetration of mobile telephony in Africa reflects arguably the continent's increasing embeddedness into the concourses of the rapidly evolving global high technology environment. The mobile telephony sphere in Africa therefore holds the greatest potential for connecting people, government, business, and the third sector in the ways contemplated by the idea of societies in which knowledge creation, manipulation, storage, and transmission is central for growth and development. It should be clear then that the sophistication of mobile telephony policy takes on a peculiar salience for Africa's high technological leap in the coming decades. This chapter argues that the recent emergence of telecommunication chambers in African countries must be seen as a key loop in crafting mobile telephony policies that respond deftly to current developmental challenges and positions Africa for the future. Focusing on existing African telchambs, the chapter surveys their emergence, analyzes the empirics of their interface with policymakers, and provides directions for the future.

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