Download or read book Microcomputers In African Development written by Suzanne Grant Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on recent research in the Sudan, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Tanzania, the contributing authors analyze broad patterns of social and political change brought about by the rapidly increasingly use of microcomputer technology in Africa.
Download or read book The Computer and Africa written by David Ruxton Fraser Taylor and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1977 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on computer and EDP applications in Africa - discusses feasibility of establishing an integrated electronic network of public administration information, use of computers in university research, demography, psychology, mapping and humanities, management information systems and forecasting, etc. Bibliography pp. 309 to 332, diagrams, flow charts and maps.
Download or read book Terminal Signs written by Bennetta Jules-Rosette and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Technology's impact on social change in two African settings is the subject of this study. The preparation of this book involved field research over a four-year period in Kenya and Ivory Coast. A longitudinal study has permitted [the author] to trace the enormous changes that have taken place in the availability of microcomputers in both settings and the growth of firms and educational institutions dedicated to computer use."--Pref.
Download or read book African Development Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computing in Research and Development in Africa written by Abdoulaye Gamatié and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the trends, challenges and solutions in computing use for scientific research and development within different domains in Africa, such as health, agriculture, environment, economy, energy, education and engineering. The benefits expected are discussed by a number of recognized, domain-specific experts, with a common theme being computing as solution enabler. This book is the first document providing such a representative up-to-date view on this topic at the continent level.
Download or read book Microcomputers And Their Applications For Developing Countries written by William J. Lawless Jnr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microcomputers are an increasingly important tool in all aspects of development as the need to handle and assimilate vast quantities of information becomes ever more critical for both the international development community and the developing countries. In addition, the microcomputer represents the first significant technological advance that a dev
Download or read book Information Technology Ethics Cultural Perspectives written by Hongladarom, Soraj and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the first publication that takes a genuinely global approach to the diverse ethical issues evoked by Information and Communication Technologies and their possible resolutions. Readers will gain a greater appreciation for the problems and possibilities of genuinely global information ethics, which are urgently needed as information and communication technologies continue their exponential growth"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Technoethics written by Luppicini, Rocci and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-08-31 with total page 1082 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book traces the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of technoethics by exploring its conceptual development, important issues, and key areas of current research. Compiling 50 authoritative articles from leading researchers on the ethical dimensions of new technologies"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Profiles of Electronic Networking Initiatives in Africa written by Gail Kostinko and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning with Information Systems written by Simon Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Learning with Information Systems the author takes the developing world as the context and through a series of case studies develops a commonly used systems analysis methodology. He demonstrates how this methodology can evolve and adapt as new ideas become prominent. Issues of sustainability of information systems, participation in systems design and user ownership of systems are all examined. This book does not attempt to be prescriptive for all contexts nor does it focus on any particular technology. It addresses the essential questions and promises practical approaches which will help in the avoidance of the worst forms of disaster associated with the planning of information systems for developing countries.
Download or read book Policy Issues In Microcomputer Applications For Developing Countries written by National Academy of Sciences and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of microcomputer applications in industrialized countries is predicated on an existing base that includes the ready availability of affordable hardware and software, trained personnel, capable maintenance, efficient communication systems, and a benign environment; applications are selected and facilitated by a wide range of underlying ex
Download or read book Information Technology and Social Justice written by Rooksby, Emma and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). As the debate continues and becomes more sophisticated, more and more aspects of the distribution of ICTs are singled out as relevant to characterizations of the digital divide and of its moral status. The best way to articulate the digital divide is to relate it to other aspects of social and distributive justice, using a mixture of pre-existing theories within moral and political philosophy. These theories are complemented with contributions from sociology, communication studies, information systems, and a range of other disciplines. Information Technology and Social Justice presents conceptual frameworks for understanding and tackling digital divides. It includes information on access and skills, access and motivation, and other various levels of access. It also presents a detailed analysis of the benefits and value of access to ICTs.
Download or read book Disconnected written by William Wresch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Information Age, information is power. Who produces all that information, how does it move around, who uses it, to what ends, and under what constraints? Who gets that power? And what happens to the people who have no access to it? Disconnected begins with a striking vignette of two men: One is the thriving manager of a company selling personal computers and computer services. The other is just one among thousands of starving laborers. He has no way to find the information that might help him find a job, he cannot afford newspapers, rarely sees television, cannot understand the dialect of local radio broadcasts, will probably never touch a computer. These two men happen to live in Windhoek, Namibia, but this is not a story about Africa--it is a story that could be repeated almost anywhere in the world, even next door. With vivid anecdotes and data, William Wresch contrasts the opportunities of the information-rich with the limited prospects of the information-poor. Surveying the range of information--personal, public, organizational, commercial---that has become the currency of exchange in today's world, he shows how each represents a form of power. He analyzes the barriers that keep people information-poor: geography, tyranny, illiteracy, psychological blinders, "noise," crime. Technology alone, he demonstrates, is not the answer. Even the technology-rich do not always get access to important information--or recognize its value. Wresch spells out the grim consequences of information inequity for individuals and society. Yet he ends with reasons for optimism and stories of people who are working to pull down the impediments to the flow of information.
Download or read book The Journal of Developing Areas written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computer Programming to Insure Project Accountability in Africa written by Abdul Karim Bangura and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind to offer a series of computer programming models for the practical purpose of insuring project accountability in African countries. Despite its practicality, the book is also theoretically well-grounded. By doing so, it seeks to extend the epistemological boundaries of both Computer Science and Economics. It is, therefore, useful for students and teachers in those disciplines, and for policy-makers and practitioners in the field of economic development
Download or read book Microcomputers And Their Applications For Developing Countries written by and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1986-10-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computerization, microcomputers, technological change, developing countries - information processing, technology transfer, information system, telecommunications cost, sectoral applications in agriculture, health service, energy and local government, case study of Sri Lanka. Bibliography, flow charts, graphs, glossary, illustration, maps, statistical table, tables.
Download or read book Microcomputers In Public Policy written by Stephen R. Ruth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a series of perspectives on the use of automation in the formulation and execution of public policy initiatives in developing nations. It focuses on the use of the most pervasive new automation technology in the developed world—the microcomputer.
