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Africa's Information Revolution presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa.* Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind* Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development* Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa* Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continent's recent economic growth spurt* Combines perspectives from economic and development geography and science and technology studies to demonstrate the power of integrated conceptual-theoretical frameworks* Include maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight the concepts, field research settings, and key findings

Africa's Information Revolution: Technical Regimes and Production Networks in South Africa and Tanzania

Series Editors' Preface viiiAcknowledgements ixAbbreviations xiIntroduction xiii1 ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg) 12 ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts 253 ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework 474 ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania 735 ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks 1136 Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs 1477 Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg) 1768 Conclusion 200References 215Index 243