International: Africa

Africa

• J. Riley Allen , Rural Access to ICTs in Southern Africa, TPRC 9/13/03
• Kenny, C. 2000. “Expanding Internet Access to the Rural Poor in Africa.” Journal of Information Technology for Development 9 (2000) 25-31.
• Africa Internet Forum. 1999. Internet Economic Toolkit for African Policymakers. World Bank, Washington, DC.

• Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web, NYT 7/24/2007
• At least eleven African countries now have Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), ITU 7/18/2007
• Africa's Internet Gap Getting Wider, eWeek 2/6/2007
• PanAfrica: Internet Connections Growing Fastest in Africa, AllAfrica 4/28/2006
• Africa calls for tech tax to fill digital divide, Register 3/15/2005
• African Leaders Back Tech Tax to Help Poor Nations, eweek 3/15/2005
• Africans meet in Ghana in February on UN information summit, UNDP 1/14/2005
• New Africa ICT Group Seeks to Forge Partnership, UNDP 12/14/2004
• Internet, Mobile Phones Taking Off in Africa -UN, Reuters 10/1/02
• Rise in dial-up subscribers in Africa, NUA 8/14/02

Cote D'lvoire

Year Regulator Established: 1995 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: Yes. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Eygpt

• Grad Student Uses Twitter To Get Released From Egyptian Prison, Techdirt 4/17/2008
• Egypt - Call for release of blogger held since 6 April protests - 19.05.2008, rsf 5/22/2008
• Egyptian Blogger Appeals Prison Sentence, Wash Post 3/1/2007
• Egyptians Flock to New Net Plan, Wired 6/26/02

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia plans to expand Web access, CNN 4/5/2005

Ghana

Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Kenya

• Year Regulator Established: 1999 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)
• Kenyan Internet Exchange
• Kenyan Internet Service / Information Providers
• Kenya Internet connectivity

Liberia

• Government controls stifling Internet revolution in Liberia, Nando 6/25/01

Malawi

Year Regulator Established: 1998 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Formal. | ISP Price Regulation: Yes. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

Morocco

• YouTube site 'blocked' in Morocco, BBC 5/30/2007

Year Regulator Established: 1998 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: n/a. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)