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Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52992 Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa Gelderblom, Helene u14277663@tuks.co.za Manara, Henry Tinashe UCTD Rural Development ICT4D Digital Inclusion ICT Projects Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2015. The purpose of this research was to investigate if the provision mobile technologies to micro-entrepreneurs can lead to the development of new business models that will support the sustainability of the businesses they develop. A case study was undertaken focusing on 14 micro-entrepreneurs that were participants in the Mosaic 2B ICT for development research study. Mosaic 2B was a European research project aimed at developing and testing a framework that used cloud-based applications and low-cost internet delivery mechanisms to provide entertainment media to disadvantaged communities. The entrepreneurs were provided with technology referred to as the Cinema-in-a-backpack that they could use to download and screen movies in their communities in order to raise an income for themselves. The Cinema-in-a-backpack project was implemented in the Nkangala district in Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Mixed methods were used to collect data from these MEs over a period of 6 months. The data was analysed to identify the business models they implemented and to determine how sustainable these models are. Positive factors and obstacles were identified and a model was created to indicate how these could influence the proposed business models in terms of their sustainability. es2026 Informatics MCom Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2016-06-09T12:59:44Z 2016-06-09T12:59:44Z 2016-04-06 2015 Dissertation Manara, HT 2015, Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa, MCom Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52992> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52992 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Rural Development ICT4D Digital Inclusion ICT Projects Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa |
| title | Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa |
| title_full | Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa |
| title_short | Factors affecting sustainability of ICT4D projects : a case study of mobile cinemas in rural South Africa |
| title_sort | factors affecting sustainability of ict4d projects a case study of mobile cinemas in rural south africa |
| topic | UCTD Rural Development ICT4D Digital Inclusion ICT Projects Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52992 |