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Informal Youth Employment in the Mobile Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa
London: GSMA (2021), 48 pp.
Pooling Aid Sector Demand for Digital Public Goods: Lessons from Sizing Mobile Channel Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa
Digital Impact Alliance (dial); Altai Consulting (2019), 38 pp.
"We started by performing fieldwork in five countries, covering the four main SSA regions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. We then conducted 116 interviews across 78 organizations, covering the overall ecosystem: mobile network operators (MNOs), aggreg
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The Mobile Economy 2018
London: GSMA (2018), 56 pp.
"Having surpassed 5 billion people connected to mobile services in 2017, the global mobile industry will reach further milestones over the next eight years. The number of unique mobile subscribers will reach 5.9 billion by 2025, equivalent to 71% of the world’s population. Growth will be driven by
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Pavement Internet: Mobile Media Economies and Ecologies in South Africa
In: The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media
Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 450-461
The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media
New York; London: Routledge, paperback ed. (2017), xxiii, 558 pp.
"The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media seeks to be the definitive publication for scholars and students interested in comprehending all the various aspects of mobile media. This collection, which gathers together original articles by a global roster of contributors from a variety of disciplines, s
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Ericsson Mobility Report
Ericsson (2016), 31 pp.
"In this Ericsson Mobility Report, we continue to describe the evolution towards the Networked Society. Between 2015 and 2021, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to increase at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 percent, making up close to 16 billion of the total forecast 28 billion
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The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2014
London: GSMA (2014), 68 pp.
"Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been the fastest growing region over the last five years, in terms of both unique subscribers and connections. By June 2014, there were 329 million unique subscribers, equivalent to a penetration rate of 38%. Consumers, governments and businesses across SSA are rapidly
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The Mobile Economy Arab States
London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.
"Mobile has scaled dramatically over recent years in the Arab States. The region’s mobile industry is one of the fastest growing globally, with over half of the population having subscribed to a mobile service at the end of 2013. This figure is forecast to reach almost 60% of the population by 202
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The Mobile Economy Asia Pacific
London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.
"Asia Pacific is the world’s largest mobile region but also one of the most diverse regions in terms of the levels of both economic and mobile market development. Asia Pacific dominates the global mobile industry in terms of both unique subscribers and connections, having seen significant growth o
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The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan: Six Years Later, 2006-2012
Internews; USAID (2012), 57 pp.
"This report presents a comprehensive and multidimensional overview of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector in Afghanistan, covering developments and intersections across the areas of Internet and telecom infrastructure; policy, services, accessibility and affordability; key
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Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xviii, 221 pp.
"Analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, including the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices through “apps” (applications) and other ways. Summarizing current thinking and seeking to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones to improve livelihoods, the repo
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The Mobile Media Reader
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), vi, 198 pp.
Mobile Africa Report 2011: Regional Hubs of Excellence and Innovation
MobileMonday (2011), 67 pp.
Sudan and South Sudan: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide
infoasaid (2011), 92 pp.
The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in East Africa
Top Insights
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2010), 100 pp.
"This report gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa. It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well as key opportunities and potential for upscaling mobile applications. The report draws on secondary data and statistics, as well
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Mobiles for Development
UNICEF; Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO); Gamos (2010), 116 pp.
"There are increasing numbers of mobile-based projects, and donors such as the World Bank infoDev and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation continue to invest in mobiles for development (M4D). A scan of projects in the 14 focus countries for this study indicated that the most common sectors for inve
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Mobile Communications in Zambia: A Demand Side Analysis Based on the AudienceScapes Survey, Including Insights on Mobile Money Use
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 54 pp.
"Youth and young adults (15-29) are often assumed to be leaders in mobile phone use, but this is not entirely the case in Zambia. While those 15 to 29 make up the largest segment of overall mobile phone users, they do not show the highest rate of weekly (regular) users that is taken by those 30 to 4
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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul
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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Mit ITK aus der Krise
Berlin: Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM) Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft; Auswärtiges Amt (2009), 267 pp.
"In Ihren Händen halten Sie die zweite Auflage unserer Publikation „Auslandsmärkte als Chance“. Als wir vor gut zwei Jahren die erste Ausgabe veröffentlichten, florierte die Weltwirtschaft und mit ihr die IT- und Telekommunikationsmärkte. Wer hätte damals gedacht, dass wir im Jahr 2009 die
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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Die deutsche ITK-Wirtschaft
Berlin: Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM) Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft; Auswärtiges Amt (2006), 498 pp.
