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OPINION | Playing leapfrog: How far can technology help Africa bypass its developmental backlogs?

Andrew Brookes
Peter Fabricius examines three areas where Africa could take advantage of other technological innovations to leapfrog its deficits in other areas.
The fortuitous arrival of cellphone technology in the mid-1990s helped Africa leapfrog a vast deficit in telecommunications. In 2000, there were only 14 fixed telephone lines for every 1 000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa – compared to 150/1 000 globally.
Even South Asia – the least developed region after Sub-Saharan Africa – had double its percentage of fixed telephone lines.
Now Africa s gap with the rest of the world in mobile telephone subscriptions is much narrower than it was in fixed-line technology. Africa s mobile phone access rate is about 65 to 70 percent, counting both those who own cellphones and those who have access to one. ....

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The stars are aligning for African manufacturing to take off. But can African leaders seize the moment?

Africa’s failure to industrialise has undoubtedly been the greatest obstacle to its economic development. Despite countless plans over the decades to boost manufacturing, the continent’s economies still predominantly comprise subsistence agriculture, extractives and informal urban services. Could that be about to change at last? In his new book Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution, Jakkie Cilliers argues that changes in global economic circumstances may just enable Africa’s belated entry into the industrial age. But is the continent’s political leadership capable of seizing the moment? ....

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How a strong economy here at home is going to make us that much more able abroad to achieve our foreign policy objectives. i think that is his strength. and anytime he strays from that core message of getting our act together here at home and firing our engines of growth, i mean, let s face it. we have some huge opportunities around the corner here domestically, both through tax reform and through energy independence, some sort of articulated vision on how we use shale gas going forward. this is going to be a growth revolution in this country that i don t think people fully comprehend in terms of what it s going to do for us in allowing us to get back on our feet economically. once that is locked in, we re in a much different position in terms of the leverage we have abroad. and that s one of the challenges today when you sit down at any negotiating table. we lack that leverage. governor, mark halperin here. nice to see you. we don t have a lot of time. i m asking you to do something ....

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