info: Volume 15 Issue 5

Application of the Rohman-Stork price basket to unlock the complexities of cellular price in Indonesia

Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman, Christoph Stork

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the complexity of prepaid mobile pricing in Indonesia and suggest tools that allow consumers to make informed decisions.…

Estimating internet users: an evidence-based alternative in the absence of survey data

Roshanthi Lucas Gunaratne, Rohan Samarajiva

There are significant shortcomings in the current method of estimating the indicator “Proportion of internet users” by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in countries…

Internet going mobile: internet access and use in 11 African countries

Christoph Stork, Enrico Calandro, Alison Gillwald

– The purpose of this paper is to analyse internet access and use trends in 11 African countries based on household and individual ICT survey data.

ICT access and usage among informal businesses in Africa

Mariama Deen-Swarray, Mpho Moyo, Christoph Stork

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which informal businesses employ information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their daily activities and the…

Mobilising upland Filipino youth to serve as infomediaries

Jaime A. Manalo IV

The purpose of this paper is to operationalise infomediaries in an agricultural context, specifically upland rice farming. Infomediaries are people who facilitate access to…

Useful and easy-to-use interactive voice for emergency data exchange

Nuwan Waidyanatha, Kasun Perera, Manoj Silva, Brenda Burrell, Tichafara Sigauke

Telephone calls are the predominant telecommunication mode in Sri Lanka. Consequently, leveraging voice-based applications for disaster communication would be acceptable and…

Towards an e-waste management framework in Kenya

Jecton Anyango Tocho, Timothy Mwololo Waema

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of e-waste management practices in Kenya and selected countries. It develops an ideal regulatory framework for e-waste…

ICT policy and poverty reduction in Africa

Kathleen Diga, Fortune Nwaiwu, Paul Plantinga

The purpose of this paper is to understand how policymakers in different African countries negotiate the complex relationship between information and communication technologies…

Centrist television in the democratic South Africa: policymakers fail to answer the regional/local question, 1990-2011

Chris Armstrong

The purpose of this paper is to explore the disconnect between policy intent and policy implementation in relation to regional/local (sub-national) TV deliverables in South Africa…

Connecting Africa and Asia: ICT policy research and practice for the global south

Alison Gillwald