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Abstract
Information, Communication, Technology and Services (ICTS) is increasingly being used in various fields that include agriculture, education, medicine, tourism and business. However, due to challenges caused by the digital divide and other factors, the use of ICTS and its contribution to socio-economic development is generally more intense in developed countries than in developing countries, and also more in urban areas than in rural areas. This article gives an overview of ICTS, the extent of its adoption in different fields, factors that hinder ICTS driven socio-economic development in developing countries and rural areas, and various possible ways of maximizing potential benefits that marginalised communities can derive from the limited ICTS that is accessible to them.
 Keywords: ICTS, development, marginalised, rural, networks
Highlights
The term Information and Communication Technology’ (ICT) stands for two slightly different terminologies
The 2-component terminology implies that ICT is about the technology of information and the technology of communication, without covering information as a field on its own and communication as a field on its own
One approach that could mitigate the challenges prevailing in rural areas in terms of utilization of ICTS is to establish Rural Entrepreneurial Networks (RENs) for various fields such as Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Education, Health and Business and Marketing in general
Summary
The term ICT stands for two slightly different terminologies. The first one is ‘Information and Communication Technology’ (ICT), which is made up of two components, namely (i) information technology and (ii) communication technology. Due to the limited access to ICTS, most people in rural areas do not prioritize information, communication and technology because they have little or no income, they budget any meagre income they get for the most important needs like food, shelter, school fees for their children, health care and clothes. Some of the ICTS based tools that help to mitigate poverty are internet, mobile phones, televisions, radio, telephone fax and computers (Yekini et al, 2012), which all need electricity but most rural households do not have access to electricity.
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