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  • Connecting with home, keeping touch: Physical and virtual mobility across stretched families in sub-Saharan Africa. 
    Porter, G.; Hampshire, K.; Abane, A.; Munthali, A.; Robson, E.; Tanle, A.; Owusu, S.; de Lannoy, A.; Bango, A. (Africa, 2018)
    There is a long history of migration among low-income families in sub-Saharan Africa, in which (usually young, often male) members leave home to seek their fortune in what are perceived to be more favourable locations. ...
  • Mobile phones and education in sub-saharan Africa: from youth practice to public policy 
    Porter, G.; Hampshire, K.; Milner, J.; Munthali, A.; Robson, E.; De Lannoy, A.; Bango, A.; Gunguluza, N.; Mashiri, M.; Tanle, A.; Abane, A. M. (Journal of International Development, 2016)
    Young people’s use of mobile phones is expanding exponentially across Africa. Its transformative potential is exciting, but findings presented in this paper indicate how the downside of mobile phone use in African schools ...
  • Youth Livelihoods in the Cell phone Era: Perspectives from Urban Africa. 
    Porter, G.; Hampshire, K.; de Lannoy, A.; Bongo, A.; Munthali, A.; Robson, E.; Tanle, A.; Abane, A. M.; Owusu, S. (Journal of International Development, 2018)
    Issues surrounding youth employment and unemployment are central to the next development decade. Understanding how youth use mobile phones as a means of communicating and exchanging information about employment and livelihoods ...

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