This is the first of two articles that examine access to information and communications technology in sub-Saharan Africa. WASHINGTON, D.C.– Fifty-seven percent of the adult population — or more than an estimated 151 million people — have mobile phones across the 17 countries Gallup surveyed in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. The percentage of adults with… Continue reading Mobile Phone Access Varies Widely in Sub-Saharan Africa; South Africa Leads
Tag: africa economy
Hazards of Cell Phone to Your Health
Since the 1980s when mobile phone otherwise known as cell phone, made an in-road into the market and became very popular in developed nations, its spread has been a blessing to all manners of people across gender, race and age. Even at the time, the number of cell phones in the world was a mere… Continue reading Hazards of Cell Phone to Your Health
The State of Ghana’s Economy in 2011 and need for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Last week Thursday, a good friend of mine, Asiedu Acquah, a Ghanaian Harvard student currently undertaking research in London, posted these lines on his facebook wall, “No free access for me to the African historical collections at Oxford University because Ghana, by World Bank rankings, is a middle income country (not poor).” He then congratulated his… Continue reading The State of Ghana’s Economy in 2011 and need for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)