1. From desk(lap)top computers to tablets and
smartphones: How are journalists
responding to the mobile revolution?
A view from Africa
Harry Dugmore
April 2012
13. “The African Internet has the highest data
packet loss and the worst throughput figures of
any region in the world. Moreover, the
continent is about 18 years behind Europe in
terms of performance and the situation is
improving more slowly than other parts of the
world, meaning the continent’s connectivity
could be as much as 70 times worse than the
developed world in a decade.”
Roger Cottrell of the Slac National Accelerator Laboratory in US, September
2011
27. Mobile and Journalism:
rapidly co-evolving in Africa
NEW(ER) ROLES FOR JOURNALISTS
•CONNECTING AND COLLABORATING
•CREATING COMMUNITY
•CURATING and COHERING
•ALERTING and ATTRACTING
Research ICT Africa Cape Town 2011 Fair Mobile Dynamic changes Fair mobile prices q2 to q4 2011
Research ICT Africa does some of the best research on mobile and ICT in Africa. See http://www.researchictafrica.net/home.php
This graphic is taken from the excellent recent study Mobile media services
at Sub-Saharan African newspapers A guide to implementing mobile news and mobile business
Produced by WAN-INFRA
the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) and
the African Media Initiative (AMI)
This graphic is taken from the excellent recent study Mobile media services
at Sub-Saharan African newspapers A guide to implementing mobile news and mobile business
Produced by WAN-INFRA
the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) and
the African Media Initiative (AMI)
This graphic is taken from the excellent recent study Mobile media services
at Sub-Saharan African newspapers A guide to implementing mobile news and mobile business
Produced by WAN-INFRA
the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) and
the African Media Initiative (AMI)
Grocott’s Mail is the oldest independent newspaper in South Africa, and is owned by the Rhodes University Journalism School where I teach.
Afrographique produces wonderful infographics on many topics. See
http://afrographique.tumblr.com/post/4533385659/infographic-showing-african-broadband-download
Africa is still burdened with the highest cost and worst cost-to-earnings ratio for Internet connectivity.
From Alison Broadband for Africa:
Deploying broadband on an Unprecedented Scale Dr. Alison Gillwald
Executive Director : Research ICT Africa Adjunct Professor: University of Cape Town
Graduate School of Business
Management of Infrastructure Reform & Regulation
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS ANNUAL CONFERENCE Johannesburg 4-5 October 2011