Africa's Information Revolution

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<p><b><i><i>Africas Information Revolution</i></i>was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authors James T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody!</b></p><p><i>Africas Information Revolution</i> presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p><ul><li>Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind</li><li>Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africas prospects for m- and e-development</li><li>Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa</li><li>Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continents recent economic growth spurt</li><li>Combines perspectives from economic and development geography and science and technology studies to demonstrate the power of integrated conceptual-theoretical frameworks</li><li>Include maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight the concepts, field research settings, and key findings</li></ul>

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<p><b>James T. Murphy</b> is Associate Professor at Clark Universitys Graduate School of Geography.  He is co-author of<i>Key Concepts in Economic Geography</i> (2011).</p><p><b>Pádraig Carmody</b> is Associate Professor in Geography at Trinity College Dublin, where he co-directs the TCD-UCD Masters in Development Practice and Research Fellow in the Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at the University of Johannesburg. His books include<i>The New Scramble for Africa</i> (2011) and<i>The Rise of the BRICS in Africa</i> (2013).</p>

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