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• the definitive one-volume guide to ALL sub-Saharan countries, providing invaluable economic and directory data, plus analysis of latest available statistics • thoroughly revised and updated analytical essays written by leading experts on key issues, including China’s Expansion into Africa, Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara and Health and Medical Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa • a detailed political map of contemporary Africa and a chronological list of the dates of independence of all African countries.
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Fully Updated Country Surveys Africa South of the Sahara 2011 features individual chapters on each country which incorporate: • introductory surveys, containing detailed essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economic landscape of each country • painstakingly revised statistical surveys of key economic and socio-political indicators, covering health and welfare, area and population through to forestry and mining output • a full directory of contact and organization names, physical/email addresses and telephone numbers within areas such as government, diplomatic representation, the media and much more • a useful bibliography, providing a wide range of sources for further research. October 2010 | 279x211 | 1,584pp | Hb: 978-1-85743-564-1 | £465.00
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… that the number of mobile phone subscribers in Kenya increased rapidly between 1999 and October 2006, from 24,000 to 7.3 million?
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• contact names, numbers and other detailed information on organizations and research institutes active in the region • details of major commodities • select bibliographies of books and periodicals.
Communications Media for Rwanda 2006 2007 2008 Telephones (‘000 main lines in use) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.6 . . . . . . . . 23.1 . . . . . . . . . 16.8 Mobile cellular telephones (‘000 subscribers) . . . . . 314.2 . . . . . . . 635.1 . . . . . . . 1,322.6 Internet users (‘000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.0 . . . . . . . 200.0 . . . . . . . . 300.0 Broadband subscribers (‘000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 . . . . . . . . . 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . 4.2
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