Internet and Africa: from the Gap to Digital Hope. Networks and Communication Freedom
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África, Internet, brecha digital, banda ancha, medios de comunicación, alfabetización digital, e-gobiernoAbstract
With a critical and comparative perspective, the article outlines the digital universe reality in Africa, taking into account regional differences. Descriptively, we are interested in issues such as Internet access situation, policies and existing regulatory infrastructure, the digital economy, the impact of new media, e-government initiatives and digital citizen participation, together with some aspects of the cultural colonization that may occur as a result of the universalization of a clearly westernized Internet.
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