Status Reports

Yearly assessments of Africa’s ICT progress:

  1. “Impact of  the Internet in Africa,” Dalberg, Global Development Advisors, 2013. {Dalberg}
  2. “The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa,” eTransform Africa, 2012. {World Bank}
  3. “ICTs for Agriculture in Africa,” eTransform Africa, 2012. {World Bank}
  4. “Freedom on the Net 2012,” Freedom House, Sept 24, 2012. {Freedom House}
  5. “UbuntuNet’s connectivity, peering, transit, and all that,” Duncan Martin, UbuntuNet Alliance, AfPIF 3, August 2012. {ISOC}
  6. “Euro-­IX Update,” Bijal Sanghani, AfPIF 3, August 2012. {ISOC}
  7. D. L. Johnson, E. M. Belding, and G. van Stam, “Network Traffic Locality in a Rural African Village,” ICTD’12, Atlanta, GA, March 2012. {UCSB}
  8. “The Arab Digital Vanguard: How a Decade of Blogging Contributed to a Year of Revolution,” Jillian C. York, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2012. {Jillian C. York}
  9. “Coworking et économie numérique en Afrique,” AfricanObserver, Feb 3, 2012. {AfricanObserver}
  10. “Which African country is best to do a tech startup? A Decision Framework,” Mbwana Alliy, Jan 18, 2012. {Afrinnovator}
  11. “ICT Competitiveness in Africa,” eTransformAfrica, 2012. {World Bank}
  12. “Understanding the geography and structure of the internet in East Africa,” Laura Mann, Dec 9, 2011. {lauramann.blogspot.com}
  13. “State of fiber infrastructure in Africa,” Eric M.K. Osiakwan, GhanaConnect, 2011. {EuroAfrica-ICT}
  14. “Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight Africa, Fixed Access, Fall 2011,” Sandvine, 2011. {Sandvine}
  15. “ICT access and usage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Digital poverty analysis at individual level,” Alhadji Ly, M., Research ICT Africa, Oct 27, 2011. {Research ICT Africa}
  16. “The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011,” World Economic Forum, 2011. {WEF}
  17. “Freedom on the Net 2011,” Freedom House, 2011. {Freedom House}
  18. “The Cloud and Africa – Indicators for Growth of Cloud Computing,” Alex Laverty, 2011. {The African File}
  19. “Africa connectivity update,” WIOCC / Hamilton Research, May 3, 2011. {WIOCC}
  20. D. L. Johnson, V. Pejovic, E. M. Belding, and G. van Stam, “Traffic Characterization and Internet Usage in Rural Africa,” WWW’11, Hyderabad, India, March 2011. {UCSB}
  21. “Global Information Society Watch 2010″, GISWatch, 2010. {GIS Watch}
  22. “Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa,” IMF, October 2010. {IMF}
  23. “Telecoms Operator Profiles: Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa, Aug 20, 2010. {4G Africa Forum}
  24. “Gender Assessment of ICT Access and Usage in Africa,” Volume One 2010 Policy Paper 5, Alison Gillwald, Anne Milek & Christoph Stork. {lirneasia.net}
  25. “Africa ICT Trends and Countries to Watch in 2010,” Feb 5, 2010. {Africa Business Source}
  26. “The Future Is Here – Unevenly Distributed”, Sept 9, 2009. {blogs.uct.ac.za}
  27. “2009: The Year of African Broadband”, Solomon Sydelle, Apr 13, 2009. {Nigerian Curiosity}
  28. “Internet in the Middle East and North Africa,” Helmi Noman, OpenNet, 2009. {OpenNet}
  29. “Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Rebekah Heacock, OpenNet, 2009. {OpenNet}
  30. “The Challenge of Developing ICTs in Africa,” Choike.org, 2009. {choike.org}
  31. “Global Information Society Watch 2009″, GISWatch, 2009. {http://www.giswatch.org/en/2009}
  32. “ICT Africa 2008,” NEPAD Council, 2008. {NEPAD}
  33. “Challenges and prospects of ICT markets in East Africa and the Indian Ocean,” nov@tech, 2008. {share4dev.info}
  34. “The Case for “Open Access” Communications Infrastructure in Africa: The SAT-3/WASC cable,” Association for Progressive Communications, May 2008. {APC}
  35. “Global Information Society Watch 2008″, Abiodun Jagun, 2008. {GIS Watch via APC}
  36. “Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum 2007,” CTO, 2007. {CTO}
  37. “Africa: Bandwidth Reports”, AfricaFocus Bulletin, Dec 7, 2006. {AfricaFocus}
  38. “Cape Town to Cairo: Connecting Africa,” IDRC, 2006. {share4dev.info}
  39. “The Gender Digital Divide in Francophone Africa,” IDRC, 2005. {APC}
  40. “How people use the Internet today in Africa,” Jean-Michel Cornu, Apr 2005. {UNESCO}
  41. “ICT in Africa: A Status Report,” Mike Jensen, 2003. {share4dev.info}
  42. “Internet Access in Africa: An Empirical Exploration,” Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and Catherine Nyaki Adeya, May 2002. {intech.unu.edu}
  43. “The great African Internet robbery,” BBC, Apr 15, 2002. {BBC}
  44. “Cyberspace Across Sub-Saharan Africa”, Victor W. A. Mbarika, Mike Jensen, Peter N. Meso, 2002. {vmbarika.com}
  45. “The costs of internet access in developing countries,” Claire Milne, Antelope Consulting, Nov 2001. {share4dev.info}
  46. “Internet Penetration and Infrastructure,” eBusinessForum, Sept 2001. {eBusinessForum}
  47. “African Chapters and Their Role in Internet Development in African Countries,” Tarek Kamel and  Terry Weigler, Apr 2001. {ISOC}
  48. “Facing the Digital Divide: Ensuring Access to Digital Information in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Justin Chisenga, 2001. {share4dev.info}
  49. “African Internet Status”, Mike Jensen, Sept 2000. {UPenn}
  50. “Net Gains: African Women Take Stock of Information and Communication Technologies,” APC – Africa – Women and FEMNET, June 2000. {APC}
  51. “AfricaLink Reports,” USAID, 1999. {USAID}
  52. “The African Internet – A Connectivity Status Report”, Mike Jensen, 1999. {Comnet-IT}
  53. “Africa Telecom 98,” ITU, May 1998. {ITU}
  54. “Africa Rising,” John Perry Barlow, WIRED, Jan 1998. {WIRED}
  55. “Internet Connectivity for Africa: The Status of the Internet and Related Developments,” Mike Jensen, Sept 1997. {ISOC}
  56. “African Telecommunication Infrastructures for Information Access,” Muriuki Mureithi, Summit Strategies, July 1997. (Web Archive) {ifla.inist.fr}
  57. “African Connectivity, Problems, Solutions and Actions: Some Recommendations from Inet’96,” Lishan Adam, UNECA/PADIS, 1996. {africa.upenn.edu}
  58. “Africa on the line?” Lishan Adam, PADIS, April 1996. {FAO}
  59. “Internet in Africa,” Michiel Hegener, Vrij Nederland, March 1996. {africa.upenn.edu}
  60. “Africa, Join the Internet by 1997,” UNECA, Feb 12, 1996. {africa.upenn.edu}
  61. “Symposium on African Telematics – Ethiopia, 3-7 April 1995,” PADIS, Apr 1995. {africa.upenn.edu}