Disruptive Technologies in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Mobile Telecommunications Services
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2022-09
Authors
Grzybowski, Lukasz
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The last decade around the world has been marked by digital transformation of the
economies and societies. In most developed countries, almost every single household
got fast broadband Internet connection, while mobile operators have been covering
the globe with LTE networks, which offer high-speed Internet connections on mobile
devices. These investments in telecommunications infrastructure and increasing
number of people with fast Internet connections on fixed or mobile networks resulted
in explosion of innovative Internet services, which impacted the functioning of almost
every single traditional industry including the media, retail, and transportation. The
impact of digital markets on individuals, households, and small business is gaining
a momentum with the emergence and rapid growth of online social platforms, peer to-peer lending, crowd-funding services, and many other online platforms.