[PDF] Information Technology In Africa eBook

Author : Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781592211128

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Having grappled with the question of modernisation for a long time, Africa now faces an issue that, with an increasingly knowledge-based global economy, has only become more urgent in this new millennium. This volume examines Africa's scientific and technological literacy, production and consumption, focusing in detail on the constraints and challenges, opportunities and developments, and the strategies required to promote the advancement of IT and biotechnology in Africa, to help advance our understanding of science and technology developments in Africa.

Author : Julien Atchoua
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1786304511

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The integration and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in African countries is increasingly observable in various sectors of activity (banking, education, trade, etc.) despite a digital divide still relevant. ICT has become a major sector of the recent growth of a new informal economy in African cities (Chéneau-Loquay, 2008). This question has been at the heart of various international meetings. An overall positive and even utopian momentum is generally heard about the contribution of digital technologies to the development of African states. The adoption or appropriation of digital technologies by Africans is presented in many speeches by politicians or institutions involved in the field of cooperation and international development as an important issue for the development of this continent. These different considerations give rise to reflections on the following themes. - Social Media and Public Space in Africa - Challenges of the digital economy in Africa - ICT and modernization of higher education in Africa

Author : Fisseha Mekuria
Publisher : Springer
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3030266303

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa, ICT4DA 2019, held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in May 2019. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers address the impact of ICT in fostering economic development in Africa. In detail they cover the following topics: artificial intelligence and data science; wireless and mobile computing; and Natural Language Processing.

Author : Vivien Foster
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821384546

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Africa's ICT Infrastructure reviews how the investment in the sector has been financed and how the structure of the market has changed since the liberalization process started. It looks at the role of both private and public institutions as sources of financing for the sector and charts the emergence of investors from developing countries in leading the expansion of the sector across the region. --

Author : Ramata Molo Thioune
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1552500063

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Volume 3 documents the processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. A range of project, administrative, and cultural settings are explored as are a wide variety of technical solutions. The results, observations, and conclusions presented in this book will be useful for policy- and decision-makers in education and ICTs. The book will also be useful for teachers, researchers, and development practitioners and professionals with interests or active programs in the area of "ICT for development." Information technology professionals looking to service the potential education market will also find this book valuable.

Author : James T. Murphy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1118751329

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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

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Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 20,40 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN :

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This overview reviews existing national and international policies with regard to the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enhance teaching and learning within institutions of tertiary education. Common areas of strength and of weakness with regard to educational technology readiness in the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) countries are explored. The challenges to the deployment of ICT in tertiary education within the PHEA countries are eoulined. Finally lessons learned and possibilities for collaboration are highlighted.

Author : Florence Ebam Etta
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1552502198

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Raises questions about information and communication technologies (ICT) and their implementation in four East African countries, with particular focus on Kenya. Covers the respective roles of the public and private sectors, the applications of ICT in government, education, and in various economic sectors. Concludes with recommendations for responsible policy making.

Author : Warigia M. Bowman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3031221621

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This book uses comparative case study methodology and extensive field work to examine and compare outcomes of four East African nations (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda) that implemented formal Information and Communications Technology policies in the 1990s. Based on extensive fieldwork, the book assesses the emergence of a new policy and technological arena from the turn of the millennium to the present. In addition to tracing the implementation and reception of these policies, Bowman considers to what extent the politics of infrastructure in four connected but distinct African nations have resulted in global participation and equitable distribution and access of infrastructure to all citizens, as well as the impact a recent history of war or peace have on the technological outcomes in these communities. The book provides us with invaluable new data on how policy and politics function in emerging democracies, and illuminates long-overlooked opportunities and conditions necessary for the distribution of new and potentially beneficial technologies in other developing countries.