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The Informationalization of Poverty in Africa? Mobile Phones and Economic Structure
September 13, 2012 Editor 0
Many claims are made about the transformational developmental impacts of new ICTs, particularly mobile phones, on Africa. However, such claims neglect other structural dynamics and the contradictory impacts of mobile phones, which can reduce, but also sometimes increase, poverty.
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