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Now and Then: Internet Use in Research in sub-Saharan Africa

Adekunle Okunoye, Helena Karsten, Now and Then: Internet Use in Research in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Information and CommunicationTechnologies and Development: New Opportunities and Challenges, 584-597, 2002.

Abstract:

Internet is increasingly being used to support the work of the research scientists in sub-Saharan Africa and it is changing the ways in which research is being carried out. This article discusses some of the activities before and after connectivity to the Internet in six research organisations in sub-Saharan Africa. We explored Internet use in literature access, communication, collaboration and coordination. The benefits are seen to be improved access to current literature and reduction in searching time and cost, faster communication, ease of collaboration and improved coordination. However, Internet is not fully deployed, due to problems in basic infrastructures, partially insufficient IT expertise, and inadequate funding. Based on this study, we recommend cooperation among research organisations and exploration of cheaper sustainable alternatives in addressing the problems

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@INPROCEEDINGS{pOkKa02b,
  title = {Now and Then: Internet Use in Research in sub-Saharan Africa},
  booktitle = {Information and CommunicationTechnologies and Development: New Opportunities and Challenges},
  author = {Okunoye, Adekunle and Karsten, Helena},
  pages = {584-597},
  year = {2002},
  keywords = {Internet, information technology infrastructure, },
}

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