historically,developing nations were concerned with providibg basic infrastructure such as water supply electricity,and roads.but today ict is essential infrastructure toi.take kenya for example.a few years ago only a small fraction of the population were within reach of a wireless network. today cell phone usage exceeds 70 persent there are more cell phone users than adults in kenya people who had no access to banking services now use their cell phones to pay bills and send money to their families.