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Cyber café industry in Africa

Stephen M. Mutula

Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

The paper provides an overview of the origin of cyber cafe culture and the growth of this industry in Africa. Current status of the cyber café sector is assessed by analysing the Internet infrastructure and penetration, patterns of use of cyber cafés, impact of cyber cafés and the Internet in Africa. The challenges facing the African continent in putting in place infrastructure for Internet growth are assessed. Finally, the paper examines the prospects for the growth of the Internet infrastructure and what governments in Africa should do to take advantage of the current prevailing international development agencies’ support as well as the support of the international community. The paper ends with an exposition of the way forwa

Key Words: cyber cafés • Africa • Internet • regional development • use statistics • telecommunications infrastructure • information technology • electronic commerce • national policies • regional variations

Journal of Information Science, Vol. 29, No. 6, 489-497 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0165551503296006
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