Information and knowledge dependency

A couple of interesting readings I’ve been going over that illustrate the “information age” version of dependency theory:
Globalisation, ICTs, and the New Imperialism: Perspectives on Africa in the Global Electronic Village. Yunusa Z. Ya’u.
A continental Association of African Internet Service Provider Associations. Richard Bell.
These two articles discuss the difficulties of implementing ICTs in developing countries, specifically in Africa, due to the policies of international organisations and multinational Telecoms. Bell’s article is not exactly new, but relevant nonetheless.
Reading these makes me want to take a better look at the famously doomed MacBride Report. Indeed, some people already are.