Balancing Act: Mozambique focus

As one of Africa’s poorest countries, Mozambique’s efforts to close the digital divide face the "what comes first, the chicken or the egg?" question. Without content to drive usage, the internet remains largely the tool of the wealthier urban elite ... without content that is useful to the poor majority ... the user base is likely to grow very slowly. But for these people to be able to use content it needs to be free or at a price they can afford. Use at free or low price by people with little or no disposable income does not produce a business model that generates money that can finance content. Artur Manhica looks at the dilemma of Mozambique’s content providers and the wider issues they raise.