Eli M. Noam is Professor of Finance and Economics and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. His publications include over a dozen books and about 200 articles on domestic and international telecommunications, television, information technology, and regulation.

• Contributors Eli M. Noam: Introduction 1: Andrea L. Kavanaugh: Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia 2: Gehan Rachty: Egypt 3: Abii Tsigie and Girma Feyissa: Ethiopia: Past, Present, and Future 4: Michael Tyler, Janice Hughes, and Helena Renfrew: Kenya: Facing the Challenges of an Open Economy 5: M.L. Luhanga: Tanzania 6: E. Bisimwa Ganywa and Bukasa Tshilombo: The Congo 7: Alphonse Kabayiza: Rwanda 8: Hugues Kond'e: The Ivory Coast (Cdote d'Ivoire) 9: G.O. Ajayi, R.I. Salawu, and T.I. Raji: Nigeria: After a Century of Telecommunications, What Next? 10: Francis K.A. Allotey and Felix K. Akorli: Ghana 11: David Kaplan: Out of South Africa: South Africa's Telecommunications Equipment Industry 12: Robert B. Horwitz: South African Telecommunications: History and Prospects 13: Klaus Dierks: Namibia's Telecommunications: The Link to Africa 14: Mansur M. Nuruddin: Models for the Development of Regional Telecommunications Networks in Africa 15: Heather E. Hudson: New Communications Technologies for Development: Challenges for Africa Index

Telecommunications in Africa is a welcome addition to the very scarce literature on African telecommunications. Both its breadth and quality of content are admirable.

Eli M. Noam is Professor of Finance and Economics and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. His publications include over a dozen books and about 200 articles on domestic and international telecommunications, television, information technology, and regulation.

• Contributors Eli M. Noam: Introduction 1: Andrea L. Kavanaugh: Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia 2: Gehan Rachty: Egypt 3: Abii Tsigie and Girma Feyissa: Ethiopia: Past, Present, and Future 4: Michael Tyler, Janice Hughes, and Helena Renfrew: Kenya: Facing the Challenges of an Open Economy 5: M.L. Luhanga: Tanzania 6: E. Bisimwa Ganywa and Bukasa Tshilombo: The Congo 7: Alphonse Kabayiza: Rwanda 8: Hugues Kond'e: The Ivory Coast (Cdote d'Ivoire) 9: G.O. Ajayi, R.I. Salawu, and T.I. Raji: Nigeria: After a Century of Telecommunications, What Next? 10: Francis K.A. Allotey and Felix K. Akorli: Ghana 11: David Kaplan: Out of South Africa: South Africa's Telecommunications Equipment Industry 12: Robert B. Horwitz: South African Telecommunications: History and Prospects 13: Klaus Dierks: Namibia's Telecommunications: The Link to Africa 14: Mansur M. Nuruddin: Models for the Development of Regional Telecommunications Networks in Africa 15: Heather E. Hudson: New Communications Technologies for Development: Challenges for Africa Index

Telecommunications in Africa is a welcome addition to the very scarce literature on African telecommunications. Both its breadth and quality of content are admirable.

Eli M. Noam is Professor of Finance and Economics and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. His publications include over a dozen books and about 200 articles on domestic and international telecommunications, television, information technology, and regulation.

• Contributors Eli M. Noam: Introduction 1: Andrea L. Kavanaugh: Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia 2: Gehan Rachty: Egypt 3: Abii Tsigie and Girma Feyissa: Ethiopia: Past, Present, and Future 4: Michael Tyler, Janice Hughes, and Helena Renfrew: Kenya: Facing the Challenges of an Open Economy 5: M.L. Luhanga: Tanzania 6: E. Bisimwa Ganywa and Bukasa Tshilombo: The Congo 7: Alphonse Kabayiza: Rwanda 8: Hugues Kond'e: The Ivory Coast (Cdote d'Ivoire) 9: G.O. Ajayi, R.I. Salawu, and T.I. Raji: Nigeria: After a Century of Telecommunications, What Next? 10: Francis K.A. Allotey and Felix K. Akorli: Ghana 11: David Kaplan: Out of South Africa: South Africa's Telecommunications Equipment Industry 12: Robert B. Horwitz: South African Telecommunications: History and Prospects 13: Klaus Dierks: Namibia's Telecommunications: The Link to Africa 14: Mansur M. Nuruddin: Models for the Development of Regional Telecommunications Networks in Africa 15: Heather E. Hudson: New Communications Technologies for Development: Challenges for Africa Index

Telecommunications in Africa is a welcome addition to the very scarce literature on African telecommunications. Both its breadth and quality of content are admirable.