Cyberspace across the Sahara : computing in North Africa

Spanning 7.2 million square kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and encompassing the Great Saharan Desert and Nile River Valley, North Africa embraces Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. Charting the development of information technology (IT) is as...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM 1995-12, Vol.38 (12), p.23-28
Main Authors: DANOWITZ, A. K, NASSEF, Y, GOODMAN, S. E
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Communications
Communications networks
Computer industry
Computer networks
Computer science
control theory
systems
Connectivity
Cultural change
Economic statistics
Exact sciences and technology
Information systems. Data bases
Information technology
Infrastructure
International relations
Internet
LDCs
Learning and adaptive systems
Manycountries
Memory organisation. Data processing
Office automation, teleprocessing
Per capita
Population
Software
Statistical data
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Summary:Spanning 7.2 million square kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and encompassing the Great Saharan Desert and Nile River Valley, North Africa embraces Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. Charting the development of information technology (IT) is as challenging as traversing the souks, the labyrinthine ancient marketplaces.
ISSN:0001-0782
1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/219663.219674