...Hicham Ouakil; Houda Lechheb; Meriem El Arfaoui; Zakaria Salhi Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between artificial intelligence ( AI ) readiness and public governance in Africa, examining how digital preparedness influences governance quality and infrastructure development...

... for improving the program are provided, alongside the recommendation to also include the cultural dimension into the conceptualisation of digital sustainability. Africa Estonia 2030 Agenda EGDI Digital sustainability e-residency Stefano Calzati can be contacted at: stefano.calzati@taltech.ee...

...Olaniyi Evans Purpose The increased adoption of internet-enabled phones in Africa has caused much speculation and optimism concerning its effects on financial inclusion. Policymakers, the media and various studies have all flaunted the potentials of internet and mobile phones for financial...

...Mona Farid Badran Purpose The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of laws and regulations that govern the cross-border flow of data on the economies of five selected African countries, namely, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius. Moreover, this study addresses the state...

... underlying database of licences and launches relating to LTE in Africa has been compiled. There is also a review of the international operators that are playing a significant role in LTE provision. A number of individual country case studies are considered. Issues of corruption are addressed. Findings...

...Luciano Morganti and Karen Donders; Christoph Stork; Enrico Calandro; Ranmalee Gamage Purpose – This paper aims to provide an answer as to whether fibre to the home and other types of fixed internet access still have a role to play in Africa beyond a few urban elites, as well as what business...

... a better understanding of informal businesses and their use of and access to ICTs. It adds to the literature on the informal sector in which Africa's poor find their livelihood and from which base the formal economy operates. The size and scope of informal economic activity is dependent upon...

... the 11 African countries surveyed by Research ICT Africa in 2011/2012. Mobile internet requires fewer ICT skills, less financial resources and does not rely on electricity at home, compared to computers or laptops. Other findings highlight the unevenness of internet take-up across and within countries...

...Alison Gillwald; Enrico Calandro; Mpho Moyo Purpose This paper seeks to identify policy and regulatory bottlenecks that need to be overcome in order to stimulate private sector investment in backbone networks in selected African countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa...

... (1980) , Saunders (1981) , Lichtenberg (1995) , and Greenstein and Spiller (1996) , and the recent investigations by Madden and Savage (1998) , Dutta (2001) , Shiu and Lam (2008) and Chakraborty and Nandi (2009) . The evidence from developing countries, particularly in Africa, also shows...

... of an efficient operator. Design/methodology/approach The cases of Namibia, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Botswana are investigated and the impact of cost‐based termination rates on subscriber numbers, investment and profits of dominant operators is analysed. Findings In Kenya...

...Alison Gillwald; Alison Gillwald; Muriuki Mureithi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the conditions that enabled the end of roaming charges in East Africa in 2006, achieving in weeks what European regulators had struggled with for nearly a decade. To do so it aims to explore...

...Alison Gillwald; Christoph Stork Purpose This paper aims to examine whether mobiles are replacing the use of public access telephones (mobile or fixed) in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses data from nationally representative household surveys from 17 African...

... and households and yet access to ICTs and usage of them remains highly inequitable. This paper aims to identify areas of inequality in access to ICTs between men and women in Africa. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the Research ICT Africa (RIA) household and individual ICT survey conducted...

...Alison Gillwald; Christoph Stork Purpose This paper seeks to contribute to the debate about the regulation of termination rates in the context of Africa. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on analysis of secondary data and a case study of a regulatory...

...Alison Gillwald; Tobias Schonwetter; Caroline Ncube Purpose This paper's main purpose is to deepen the general understanding regarding copyright exceptions and limitations as an important balancing tool of copyright law, particularly for developing countries in Africa. It seeks to address...

.... This is then linked to the recent restructuring activity in Africa. Findings After something of a lull during the mid‐2000s, M&A activity has once again become frenetic over the past two years. It is too early to be certain of the eventual structure of the African mobile telecommunications sector...