The Gap Between Technology Awareness And Adoption In Sub Saharan Africa A Literature Review For The Desira Project

Author : Kazembe, Cynthia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review for the DeSIRA project by Kazembe, Cynthia Pdf

This paper reviews different studies on technology adoption in sub-Saharan Africa to understand the determinants of low adoption of improved technologies, with a special focus on Malawi. This will in turn help explain why there is a gap between awareness and adoption of agriculture technologies. As evidenced from the results of the FGDs conducted in Malawi in 2018, despite the visible benefits of the new technologies, farmers often do not adopt or take a long time to adopt them. This creates a gap between awareness of agriculture technologies and their adoption. The existing literature from sub-Saharan Saharan Africa, demonstrates that adoption, as a decision-making process, is affected by farmers’ access to information, their financial and human capital, incentives and external programs, plus farmers’ attitude to risk.

Author : Jeffrey James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351001908

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Institutions, Technology and Development in Africa by Jeffrey James Pdf

An extensive literature has demonstrated that technologies in sub-Saharan Africa are largely inappropriate: that is, that they are typically capital- and import-intensive rather than labour- and local input-intensive. These technologies have created a pattern of development that is highly unequal, with widespread unemployment and under-employment. In this literature, however, relatively little attention has been paid to the institutions that govern the generation, adoption and use of technology. This book draws on historical analysis and case studies to evaluate how institutions in different countries, including those in Africa itself, generate technologies that vary in their characteristics and suitability for the region. Through these case studies, insight is gained into the characteristics of ‘appropriate’ institutions that might underlie a more balanced pattern of technology and development than currently exists. The findings of the book clearly confirm a major tenet of institutionalist theory: namely, that institutions developed in one set of circumstances are unlikely to be appropriate to conditions in a markedly different set. This book will be of interest to economists, social historians and anyone with an interest in modern African development.

Author : Bellarmine A. Ezumah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030537289

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Critical Perspectives of Educational Technology in Africa by Bellarmine A. Ezumah Pdf

This book is a critical-cultural evaluation of educational technology adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa, including projects such as the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child). It presents efficient ways of improving education delivery among low-income communities through designing and implementing congruent educational technologies that incorporate social and cultural proclivities. Ezumah defines technology with regards to pedagogy, and seeks to debunk the assumption that educational technology consists only of digital and interactive options. Additionally, she argues for a narrative paradigm shift aimed at validating analog technologies as equally capable of providing necessary and desired educational objectives and outcomes for communities who cannot afford the digital alternatives. By comparing African educational systems in precolonial, colonial, and post-colonial times and incorporating the history of technology transfers from the Global North to South, the book highlights cultural imperialism, development theory, neocolonialism, and hegemonic tendencies.

Author : Jieun Choi,Mark A. Dutz,Zainab Usman
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814457

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The Future of Work in Africa by Jieun Choi,Mark A. Dutz,Zainab Usman Pdf

The Future of Work in Africa focuses on the key themes of creating productive jobs and addressing the needs of those left behind. It highlights how global trends, especially the adoption of digital technologies, may change the nature of work in Sub-Saharan Africa by creating new opportunities and challenges. It argues that, contrary to global fears of worker displacement by new technologies, African countries can develop an inclusive future of work, with opportunities for lower-skilled workers. Harnessing these opportunities is, however, contingent on implementing policies and making productive investments in four main areas. These are enabling inclusive digital technologies; building human capital for a young, rapidly growing, and largely low-skilled labor force; increasing the productivity of informal workers and enterprises; and extending social protection coverage to mitigate the risks associated with disruptions to labor markets. This companion report to the World Bank’s World Development Report 2019 concludes with important policy questions that should guide future research, whose findings could lead to more inclusive growth for African nations.

Author : Hippolyte Fofack
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Basic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Technology Trap and Poverty Trap in Sub-saharan Africa by Hippolyte Fofack Pdf

Abstract: Since the industrial revolution, advances in science and technology have continuously accounted for most of the growth and wealth accumulation in leading industrialized economies. In recent years, the contribution of technological progress to growth and welfare improvement has increased even further, especially with the globalization process which has been characterized by exponential growth in exports of manufactured goods. This paper establishes the existence of a technology trap in Sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the widening income and welfare gap between Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of world is largely accounted for by the technology trap responsible for the poverty trap. This result is supported by empirical evidence which suggests that if countries in Sub-Saharan Africa were using the same level of technology enjoyed by industrialized countries income levels in Sub-Saharan Africa would be significantly higher. The result is robust, even after controlling for institutional, macroeconomic instability and volatility factors. Consistent with standard one-sector neoclassical growth models, this suggests that uniform convergence to a worldwide technology frontier may lead to income convergence in the spherical space. Overcoming the technology trap in Sub-Saharan Africa may therefore be essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and evolving toward global convergence in the process of economic development.

Author : Hippolyte Fofack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1290702624

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Technology Trap and Poverty Trap in Sub-Saharan Africa by Hippolyte Fofack Pdf

Since the industrial revolution, advances in science and technology have continuously accounted for most of the growth and wealth accumulation in leading industrialized economies. In recent years, the contribution of technological progress to growth and welfare improvement has increased even further, especially with the globalization process which has been characterized by exponential growth in exports of manufactured goods. This paper establishes the existence of a technology trap in Sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the widening income and welfare gap between Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of world is largely accounted for by the technology trap responsible for the poverty trap. This result is supported by empirical evidence which suggests that if countries in Sub-Saharan Africa were using the same level of technology enjoyed by industrialized countries income levels in Sub-Saharan Africa would be significantly higher. The result is robust, even after controlling for institutional, macroeconomic instability and volatility factors. Consistent with standard one-sector neoclassical growth models, this suggests that uniform convergence to a worldwide technology frontier may lead to income convergence in the spherical space. Overcoming the technology trap in Sub-Saharan Africa may therefore be essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and evolving toward global convergence in the process of economic development.

Author : Mr.Rodolfo Maino,Mr.Alexander Massara,Hector Perez Saiz,Preya Sharma,Mr.Amadou N Sy
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484399453

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FinTech in Sub-Saharan African Countries by Mr.Rodolfo Maino,Mr.Alexander Massara,Hector Perez Saiz,Preya Sharma,Mr.Amadou N Sy Pdf

FinTech is a major force shaping the structure of the financial industry in sub-Saharan Africa. New technologies are being developed and implemented in sub-Saharan Africa with the potential to change the competitive landscape in the financial industry. While it raises concerns on the emergence of vulnerabilities, FinTech challenges traditional structures and creates efficiency gains by opening up the financial services value chain. Today, FinTech is emerging as a technological enabler in the region, improving financial inclusion and serving as a catalyst for the emergence of innovations in other sectors, such as agriculture and infrastructure.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0850927420

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Popularisation of Science and Technology Education by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

Through country case studies centred around Sub-Saharan Africa; this book provides critical insights into why science and technology should be popularised; what and whose science and technology systems should be introduced and promoted; and how science and technology should be implemented and practised.

Author : Jieun Choi,Mark Andrew Dutz,Zainab Usman
Publisher : Africa Development Forum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464814449

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The Future of Work in Africa by Jieun Choi,Mark Andrew Dutz,Zainab Usman Pdf

This companion report to the World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work addresses the key themes of creating productive jobs and addressing the needs of those left behind. It builds on and contextualizes some of WDR 2019's main messages to key specificities of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. It focuses on how global trends especially the adoption of digital technologies (DTs) may change the nature of work in SSA by creating new opportunities and challenges. The report is structured around three main issues that will shape the future of work in Africa, namely the human capital needs of a young and rapidly growing largely low-skilled labor force, the prevalence of informal workers and enterprises and the social protection policies to mitigate risks resulting from disruptions to labor markets. The report highlights important unanswered policy questions where new research, supplemented by new data, could yield learnings with high policy payoffs in the SSA context.

Author : Alice S. Etim,James S. Etim
Publisher : Information Science Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Information technology
ISBN : 1668453479

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Adoption and Use of Technology Tools and Services by Economically Disadvantaged Communities by Alice S. Etim,James S. Etim Pdf

"There has been significant growth in the adoption and use of mobile technology and other forms of information & communication technology (ICT) tools and services in many economically disadvantaged and underserved groups. The book documents constraints to ICT access/adoption; innovative research in ICT that includes ICT access, adoption, diffusion, use and impact for service delivery to many sectors in different countries particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa"--

Author : James T. Murphy,Pádraig Carmody
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118751336

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Africa's Information Revolution by James T. Murphy,Pádraig Carmody Pdf

Africa’s Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authors James T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody! Africa’s Information Revolution presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa’s prospects for m- and e-development Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continent’s recent economic growth spurt Combines perspectives from economic and development geography and science and technology studies to demonstrate the power of integrated conceptual-theoretical frameworks Include maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight the concepts, field research settings, and key findings

Author : Gail Kostinko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Computer networks
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073449956

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Profiles of Electronic Networking Initiatives in Africa by Gail Kostinko Pdf

Author : J. L. Enos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134799442

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In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa by J. L. Enos Pdf

This is a study of the impact of the economic crisis and subsequent adjustment policies in the African economies on the scientific and technological capabilities in those countries. It includes studies of Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

Author : Piet Buys
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub- Saharan Africa by Piet Buys Pdf

Author : Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781668499672

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Examining the Rapid Advance of Digital Technology in Africa by Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu Pdf

There are essential questions surrounding Africa's digitalization journey, including whether or not the continent can truly serve as the last frontier for socio-economic transformation through digital innovation. An examination of countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, and Rwanda, which are actively pursuing digitalization, may provide some answers. To evaluate the potential implications, both real and potential, that arise from this focused pursuit, a critical analysis is necessary. Scrutiny of digital infrastructure by companies like Huawei, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and the advent of quantum computing will open new pathways to understanding and establishing promising approaches to the advancement of this region. Examining the Rapid Advance of Digital Technology in Africa offers a comprehensive exploration of the transformative power of digitalization in Africa and its implications for the continent's socio-economic development. It engages with the field of science and technology studies, linking it with socio-economic impacts and transformation, to track, analyze, understand, and critique Africa's contributions to digitalization. The chapters cover a wide range of themes, including ICTs and the business environment, education, healthcare, creative industries, media, culture, tourism, agriculture, ecology, artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency revolution, algorithmic governance, the quantum age, and urbanization. This book is a must-read for researchers, scholars, investors, and policymakers who are interested in Africa's digital transformation, as it offers valuable insights into the latest empirical and theoretical aspects shaping the continent's ongoing digitalization.