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A knowledge economy or an information society in Africa? Thintegration and the mobile phone revolution

Pádraig Carmody Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 24-39 | Published online: 04 Oct 2012

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