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SA Journal of Information and Communication Print E-mail
Monday, 16 October 2006
LINKWDR's partner in South Africa, the LINK Centre, has published the 6th annual issue of The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication. Issue 6 can be ordered online and previous issues are available for free download.

The latest issue of The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication includes the following articles:

  • The Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries: An Investigation of Gender Specific Agricultural Development - Caroline Pade, Brenda Mallinson and John Lannon.
  • Beware Dongas! An Assessment of the Road Ahead for Under-Serviced Area Telecommunications Operators in South Africa - Fabian van Leijden and Ton Monasso.
  • Geeks, Cowboys and Bureaucrats: Deploying Broadband, the Wireless Way - François Bar and Hernan Galperin.
  • Mobile Cellular Telephone: Fixed-line Substitution in Sub-Saharan Africa - Steve Esselaar and Christoph Stork.
  • Convergence and Emerging Technologies: Issues Faced by the Regulator - Daniel G. Muhoro and Ian G. Kennedy.
  • Creating Connections: Exploring the Intermediary Use of ICTs by Congolese Refugees at Tertiary Educational Institutions in Cape Town - Herman Wasserman and Patrice Kabeya-Mwepui.
  • Book Review - From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age (Heather E. Hudson) - Alfonso Gumucio Dagron.
  • Book Review - The Author Responds… to the Review by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron - Heather E. Hudson.
  • Book Review - The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Jeffrey D. Sachs) - Chanuka Wattegama.
  • Book Review - New Media: Technology and Policy in Developing Countries (edited by N.C. Lesame) - Lucky Madikiza.

Subscribe or consult previous issues of The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication here...