Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

The Internet in Africa: A Perspective from a Practitioner


Listen Later

Andile Ngcaba discusses the ability to address the challenge of the growth of Internet in Africa from multiple perspectives. Much has been written about the development of communications, and particularly the Internet in Africa. The existing thinking and narrative has attempted to explain the reasons it lags many other regions of the World, and focused on technical and economic inhibitors. Notwithstanding this base of knowledge and literature, Andile Ngcaba would like to tackle this issue from the perspective of a practitioner. In doing so, his focus will be on the ability to address the challenge of the growth of Internet in Africa from multiple perspectives. These perspectives include: Internet Governance; Access to orbital slots and space based electromagnetic frequency spectrum; Investments; Language diversity; and Institutional structures.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and SeminarsBy Oxford University

  • 3.5
  • 3.5
  • 3.5
  • 3.5
  • 3.5

3.5

4 ratings


More shows like Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

View all
John Locke Lectures in Philosophy by Oxford University

John Locke Lectures in Philosophy

33 Listeners

General Philosophy by Oxford University

General Philosophy

68 Listeners

Quantum Mechanics by Oxford University

Quantum Mechanics

20 Listeners

Archaeology by Oxford University

Archaeology

17 Listeners

Anthropology by Oxford University

Anthropology

73 Listeners

Philosophy for Beginners by Oxford University

Philosophy for Beginners

322 Listeners

Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Approaching Shakespeare

324 Listeners

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures by Oxford University

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures

75 Listeners

The Secrets of Mathematics by Oxford University

The Secrets of Mathematics

41 Listeners

Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma by Oxford University

Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

56 Listeners