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Les déterminants de l'adoption de la téléphonie mobile au Burkina Faso

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  • Pam Zahonogo

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This paper uses data from national household survey conducted in Burkina Faso in 2007 to analyse mobile adoption using Probit model. This paper shows that urban and rural areas differ in their level of mobile adoption. Education, income, social network and age of individual significantly enhance mobile adoption mobile telephony adoption. But living in rural area is a disadvantage for adopting mobile telephony by individuals. In Burkina Faso, there is no difference between men and women to adopt mobile telephony. The study provides tools to identify policy intervention to improve ICT take up. Key policy interventions would be regulatory measure to decrease access and usage costs, rural electrification and policies to increase ICT skills of pupils and teachers.

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  • Pam Zahonogo, 2011. "Les déterminants de l'adoption de la téléphonie mobile au Burkina Faso," Mondes en développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 121-132.
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    1. Mvele, Sigismond Hervey & Mengue, Larissa Ango & Ekome Ekane, Guy Christol, 2019. "Multiple subscriptions to mobile networks and consumer satisfaction," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 375-381.

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