Ensuring Sustainable Internet Access for Development in Africa: Insights from mHealth Innovations
Adesina Iluyemi · Digitala vetenskapliga arkivet (Diva) (Karlstad University) · 2008
In arguing that ICT4D, from its present state of 1 .0 to an emerging and future 2.0 one, Richard Heeks, called for atten tion to be shifted to three areas, namely: low-cost devices, telecommunications, and energy. These areas are touched upon here and argued as important for p roviding sustainable internet access in Africa based on empirical insigh ts from mHealth innovations from Africa and other developing countr ies. These mHealth cases have shown that wireless/mobile ICTs, mobile/nomadic devices, and fibre- optics-wireless convergence are technologies to be employed for broadband internet access now and in the nearest future in Af rica.