Abstract :
Summary form only given. To the eyes of the urban beholder, pervasive / ubiquitous computing seems to be achieved. However, not so in the eyes of the rural person. Apart from mobile phones, not much computing seems to go on in rural areas of Africa. This paper, postulating from a definition of Internet, puts the case for the need of African drive and further exploration of both theoretical and practical concepts in and around the pervasive computing paradigm and pinpoints unique, rural angles which play a role in reshaping the landscape of African societies.
