The African Mobile Story

Knud Erik Skouby, Williams Idongesit

Preface; Introduction; 1. Some Policy Considerations In The Light Of Mobile Broadband Development in Africa; 2. The Impact of Liberalization on the Mobile Telephony Market in Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya; 3. Telecommunications in Africa - Regulation, Technologies, and Markets; 4. The Prepaid Mobile Market in Africa; 5. Mobile Devices Vulnerabilities: Challenges To Mobile Development In Africa; 6. Achieving Scale And Sustainability In M-health Solutions For HIV/Aids In Africa; 7. Mobile ICT And Education Delivery; 8. Dissemination Of Climatic Information And Market Driven Extension Services To Small Farmers In Africa Using Mobile Technology: The Case Of Esoko Ghana Commodity Index In Ghana; 9. Harnessing ICT for Local Government Administration In Africa: A Look At The Push-ICT Theory Approach In Nigeria; 10. Using Mobile Phones for Environmental Protection in Africa: The Equatorial Africa Deposition Network Case Study; 11. Sustainable Energy Generation for ICT Development in Sub-Saharan Africa; 12. The Role of Mobile Telephony to the Deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems; Bibliography; Acronyms; List of Contributors.