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Author-Name: Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji 
Author-Email: oyeyinka@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Author-Name: Lal, Kaushalesh
Author-Email: lal@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: The Internet Diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-country Analysis
Abstract: In this paper, we employ the notions of digital inequality and digital divide to
	 describe two levels of access to Information and Communications Technologies
	 (ICTs). On the one hand there is the inequality of access to the cluster of
	 technology measured by Internet use intensity and on the other are the confluence
	 of skills and other resources that differentiate countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
	 Using cross-country data, we test hypotheses developed from a review of the
	 literature from which we draw preliminary conclusions on the nature and pattern of
	 digital access in the region. The variables are analyzed through a simultaneous
	 equation system because the high correlations ruled out the use of a single
	 econometric model. The paper confirms the vital importance of telecommunications
	 infrastructure - represented by the high correlation of telephone density - with
	 Internet use, no matter the per capita income level of a country
Keywords: Internet, technology diffussion, telecommunications, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2003
Number: 5
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2003-5.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 125 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200305