Understanding the potential of Africa's digital revolution
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ICT Research & Innovation Innovation Funding Researchers European Research Council Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies ICT United Kingdomdate: 09/11/2015
Project: Internet Geographies: Changing Connectiv...
acronym: GEONET
See also: CORDIS
Could this growth in access to information and communication technologies (ICT) represent an opportunity for economic development? Many have described this moment of transition as "Africa's century", ERC grantee and Oxford scholar Prof Mark Graham, a leading authority on the topic of technology and development, aims to understand this "digital revolution".
On the 9th November Prof. Graham talked as part of the Kapuscinski Lecture Series. The Kapuscinski Lectures focus on the topic of development and have been held, amongst others, by speakers such as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Angel Gurría. Watch it here