This project investigates the diverse transformations wrought by new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in particular mobile phones, in socially marginal populations within Southern Africa, including migrants from Africa north of the Limpopo. The project aims to reveal how, when and why ICTs generate new configurations of marginality. The project will focus on social categories described as ‘mobile margins’ of the population that are both mobile and politically and economically marginal and whose members are engaged in maintaining social networks across localities. The research aims to gather empirical data that will enable the researchers to interrogate stakeholders and users views regarding ICTs. The results will contribute to on-going discussions on migration, marginality and ICTs in South(ern) Africa.
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