A First Look at Mobile Internet Use in Township Communities in South Africa

Phokeer, Amreesh; Densmore, Melissa; Johnson, David L.; Feamster, Nick

doi:10.1145/3001913.3001926

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“…Whereas we quantify the delay impact these decisions have, we also observe cases in which using European or American upstream providers actually results in better performance than using African upstream networks. Such observations best highlight the immediate challenges in the region, and help explain the difficulty in accessing and deploying services on a continent-wide basis (as exemplified by several studies [17], [20]). Our findings offer insight into how these problems can be addressed ( §VII).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…To complement the raw delay measurements, we also launched a parallel traceroute campaign using the same setup. At 00:00, 06:00, 12:00, and 18:00 local time, we launched traceroutes from up to 20 Network coverage by country Africa. This campaign covered 49 countries, and consisted of 31.5k traceroute measurements from 207 distinct networks.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Deep Diving into Africa's Inter-Country Latencies

Formoso¹,

Chavula

Phokeer

et al. 2018

IEEE INFOCOM 2018 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications

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The Internet in Africa is evolving rapidly, yet remains significantly behind other regions in terms of performance and ubiquity of access. This clearly has negative consequences for the residents of Africa, but also has implications for organisations designing future networked technologies that might see deployment in the region. This paper presents a measurement campaign methodology to explore the current state of the African Internet. Using vantage points across the continent, we perform the first large-scale mapping of inter-country delays in Africa. Our analysis reveals a number of clusters, where countries have built up low delay interconnectivity, dispelling the myth that intra-communications in Africa are universally poor. Unfortunately, this does not extend to the remainder of the continent, which typically suffers from excessively high delays, often exceeding 300ms. We find that in many cases it is faster to reach European or North American networks that those in other regions of Africa. By mapping the internetwork topology, we identify a number of shortcomings in the infrastructure, most notably an excessive reliance on intercontinental transit providers.

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confidence: 81%

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Deep Diving into Africa's Inter-Country Latencies

Formoso¹,

Chavula

Phokeer

et al. 2018

IEEE INFOCOM 2018 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications

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“…Telepsychology requires access to suitable telecommunication devices and data. However, it is widely acknowledged that mobile data costs in South Africa are relatively high (Phokeer, Johnson, & Feamster, 2016) and continues to be more expensive than most African as well as European countries (Picodi, 2019). Mobile data costs and connectivity were a notable barrier highlighted across the research findings.…”

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Telepsychology and the COVID-19 pandemic: the experiences of psychologists in South Africa

Goldschmidt

Langa

Masilela

et al. 2021

South African Journal of Psychology

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The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn renewed attention to telepsychology. This study reports on the experiences of psychologists in response to the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic pertaining to the provision, application, and accessibility of telepsychology services in the South African context. The findings highlight the direct and indirect implications of the pandemic and its impact on both practitioners and clients. The core themes comprise an increase in mental health care needs, challenges pertaining to therapeutic modalities in response to crises, as well as contextual considerations. The latter include barriers to telepsychology, such as the costs of data, as well as limitations to confidentiality and privacy.

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“…The combination of oral, visual [63,64], art-based [85] and traditional dance [66] can help explain the risk of complications and help women distinguish between warning signs and normal changes of pregnancy and encourage them to speak up and seek help. Considering the lack of connectivity in the Highlands, this will require the establishment of community wireless networks [118,122,123] to enable interaction and content sharing within the community [117]. Collective interventions should promote empathic care [70] and social support [115] encouraging participation of partners [114], caregivers, and the community, helping preserve [58,110] the indigenous knowledge, traditions, and language that are unique to Kichwa communities.…”

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Indigenous Women Managing Pregnancy Complications in Rural Ecuador

Verdezoto

Carpio-Arias²,

Carpio-Arias

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society

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Previous research has explored the potential use of digital health to support maternal health in the Global South highlighting the importance of understanding the socio-cultural context to inform system design. However, the experiences of indigenous women managing pregnancy complications in Latin America remain underexplored in HCI. We present a qualitative study with 25 indigenous pregnant women in an Ecuadorian rural community looking at their experiences during complications, their antenatal care visits and their access and use of technologies. Our findings highlight key barriers that hinder the use of antenatal care services and influence women's experiences managing complications. Based on the findings, we present opportunities for digital health centered on indigenous women to enhance antenatal care in rural Ecuador.

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A First Look at Mobile Internet Use in Township Communities in South Africa

Cited by 27 publications

References 11 publications

Deep Diving into Africa's Inter-Country Latencies

Deep Diving into Africa's Inter-Country Latencies

Telepsychology and the COVID-19 pandemic: the experiences of psychologists in South Africa

Indigenous Women Managing Pregnancy Complications in Rural Ecuador

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