Internet access in Africa: empirical evidence from Kenya and Nigeria

Authors:
Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka;Catherine Nyaki Adeya
Affiliations:
Institute for New Technologies, United Nations University, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands;Institute for New Technologies, United Nations University, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands
Venue:
Telematics and Informatics - Special issue: Telecommunications development in Africa
Year:
2004

Citing 2
Cited 8

Gaps in the worldwide information explosion: how the Internet is affection the worldwide knowledge gap

Telematics and Informatics - Special issue on Internet consumers
Internet access in the European Union and in the United States

Telematics and Informatics - Special issue: Regulating the internet: EU and US perspectives

Implementation of information technology in Africa: understanding and explaining the results of ten years of implementation effort in a Tanzanian organization

Information Technology for Development
Africa and the digital divide

Telematics and Informatics
Mapping theoretical and practical issues in the relationship between ICTs and Africa's socioeconomic development

Telematics and Informatics
The social and communication networks of a grassroots organization in Kibera, Kenya

Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop on Intercultural collaboration
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Analyzing and accelerating web access in a school in peri-urban India

Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web
TCP behavior in sub packet regimes

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMETRICS joint international conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems
TCP behavior in sub packet regimes

ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review - Performance evaluation review

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Using empirical and new field data, this exploratory study investigates the pattern of adoption and constraints to the use of the Intemet in Africa. A cross-country examination using regression shows that Internet use is constrained by structural as well as cost factors. Field data from interviews of over 200 academics in 10 universities in Kenya and Nigeria confirmed much of the aggregate country level findings. Our study found that initial investment cost of end-user equipment limits the ownership of PCs, compelling academics to seek Internet access in cyber cafes and other public places.