Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji
Author-Email: oyeyinka@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Author-Name: Adeya, Catherine Nyaki
Author-Email: adeya@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Internet Access in Africa: An Empirical Exploration
Abstract: Using empirical and new field data, this exploratory study investigates the
	 pattern of adoption of constraints to the use of the Internet in Africa. Cross
	 country exercise using regression shows that Internet use is constrained by
	 structural as well as cost-related factors. Field data from interviews of over two
	 hundred academics in ten 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.
Keywords: Internet access, Africa, Adoption, Universities 
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2002
Number: 2002-05
File-URL: https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2002-5.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 294 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200205