Comments on: Paper: Mobile Phone Access and Usage in Africa

By: links for 2010-02-18 | netzprotokolle

links for 2010-02-18 | netzprotokolle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:04:45 +0000

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Sun, 03 May 2009 23:36:53 +0000

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By: henno

henno — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:21:25 +0000

Why are phones so expensive in Ethiopa?

By: Martin Konzett

Martin Konzett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:39:57 +0000

Check out the video interview with Alex Comninos from Research ICT Africa at MobileActive08 …

http://ict4d.at/2009/02/16/how-to-get-the-unbanked-banked/

By: Don

Don — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:56:01 +0000

Wondering about the dimension of language and localization of interfaces. I think there may be a conflation of factors under “income and education” including the ability to use the only available language available (where at least in theory – and increasingly in practice – other language interfaces could be provided). The situation is complicated a bit by sociolinguistic attitudes (Europhone languages in Africa tend to have higher status) and educational factors (many states do little or nothing to educate citizens in their first languages). Nevertheless, a thorough study of mobile phone access and usage in Africa (one of the most multilingual world regions) would have to address the issues of interface language.

By: zulusafari

zulusafari — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:30:06 +0000

Any idea what the actual Senegal number is supposed to be for ‘expected cost’? I bet if US was on there it would be $0 b/c we’re wrapped up in contracts that give us ‘free’ phones to start out.

Interesting how the ‘willingness’ to pay vs. ‘expect’ to pay numbers are not consistent at all. In Cote d’Ivoire, it’s almost the same number, whereas in Ethiopia what they are willing to pay vs what they expect to pay is over 10x as much.