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Linking Africa : The Future Is Digital
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- Summary
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Africa has the fastest-growing cell phone market in the world, fueling the continent's IT boom and making Nokia and Google sit up and take notice. This program examines East Africa's burgeoning and...
Africa has the fastest-growing cell phone market in the world, fueling the continent's IT boom and making Nokia and Google sit up and take notice. This program examines East Africa's burgeoning and innovative use of information technology in small businesses, health care, education, and social activism. Viewers meet the software developers and digital pioneers who are increasing Africa's connectivity with programs such as One Laptop Per Child-an initiative that brings hope to an area ravaged by civil strife. The video also looks at the mixed feelings of uneasy governments who see the Internet as both potential spark for an Arab Spring-style uprising and a lucrative way to bring their countries into the 21st century.
Details
- Creator
- German United Distributors
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn796459351
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films media Group on April 26, 2012.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Closed-captioned.
- Mobile Money (3:06) -- Inconvenient Banking Practices (2:03) -- Mobile Money in Kenya (1:03) -- Africa's Lead in Mobile Phone Market (2:42) -- Rwanda: High-Tech State (2:31) -- Broadband for the Masses (2:08) -- Rwanda's Strategy for IT Success (2:52) -- IT and AIDS Prevention (4:45) -- Who Gains and Who Loses (3:32) -- Computer Distribution (3:24) -- Open Source Software (2:28) -- One Laptop Per Child Initiative (3:57) -- African War Survivors (3:28) -- IT in Border Villages (4:17) -- IT University (4:03) -- SMSMedia: Digital Pioneer (1:58) -- Nairobi: Blogger Hub (3:13) -- Credits: Linking Africa: The Future Is Digital (0:20)