Guma, P.K. orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-5664 (2022) Nairobi’s rise as a digital platform hub. Current History, 121 (835). pp. 184-189. ISSN 0011-3530
Abstract
The Kenyan capital of Nairobi has become a host of thriving industries and innovations based on the production, consumption, and domestication of digital payments platforms such as M-Pesa. Adapting these mobile phone–based applications to its informal economies and urban culture, Nairobi has developed into a seedbed for information technology advances and constellations of new services. These platforms have played an especially prominent role in filling infrastructure gaps in the provision of water and electricity. The author argues that these processes should provoke us to extend our outlooks and dialogues toward such modes of smart urbanism and trajectories of technological development that may exceed the modernity of Western models.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Published as Prince K. Guma, Nairobi’s Rise as a Digital Platform Hub, Current History (2022) 121 (835): 184–189. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2022.121.835.184. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the Regents of the University of California for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center. |
Keywords: | Digital platforms; smart urbanism; African cities; M-Pesa; infrastructure; Nairobi |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Research Institutes Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2023 12:54 |
Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2023 19:58 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1525/curh.2022.121.835.184 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205853 |