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Into or Out of the Digital Divide? Dieter Neuvians MD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Harare - Zimbabwe An African Perspective Part I: The Digital Divide
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‘Digital Divide’ definition by OECD (1998): The gap between individuals, households, businesses and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard both to their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICT) and to their use of the Internet for a wide variety of activities.
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World Telephone Density Main lines per 1,000 population *
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Telephone Density in African countries (Main lines per 100 inhabitants) Main lines per 100 inhabitants Urban main lines Rural main lines
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“In reply to your letter to our mail order section regarding the Burke garden hoe, please visit our World Wide Web home page.home page
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Internet in Africa 1996 2000 Internet Hosts WorldWide Rest of World Africa Total
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Average costs: (1998) US$ 58 / month US$ 704 / year *
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Source: OECD
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The Digital Divide is a consequence of existing social and economic inequalities: Country Per capita GNP (US$) Per capita health expenditure (US$) Doctors per 1,000 population Telephone lines per 100 pop. Africa660 Sub-s. Africa320 Ethiopia11040.030.28 Zimbabwe720420.161.7 South Africa32101580.6110.7 UK20,8701,0391.454.2 USA29,0002,7632.3864.4
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