Download or read book The gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub Saharan Africa A literature review for the DeSIRA project written by Kazembe, Cynthia and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Spatial Analysis of Technology Adoption in Sub Saharan Africa written by Uwe Deichmann and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Perspectives of Educational Technology in Africa written by Bellarmine A. Ezumah and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Technology Trap and Poverty Trap in Sub saharan Africa written by Hippolyte Fofack and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Linking Socio Economic Factors with Technology Adoption in Three Emerging Economies of Sub Saharan Africa written by Adegoke Oke and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extant literature on technology adoption and diffusion has generally focused on understanding the adoption and diffusion patterns of new technologies in developed countries (Irwin & Paul, 2003). However, there is a need to understand the influence of economic status on the adoption of technology in less developed countries. Our overall objective is to investigate the antecedents of communications technology adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, based on a representative sample of individual respondents from Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, we investigate the influence of economic status, which we define as the ability to meet the physiological or basic needs for food and shelter, on technology adoption. We identify positive attitudes, which we define as individuals' optimistic feelings how their standard of life is improving, as a process through which economic status influences the decision to adopt technology. Additionally, because infrastructure development affects individuals' quality of life and thus their feelings about how their standard of life is improving, we posit that the influence of economic status on both positive attitudes and technology adoption will be contingent upon perceptions about the extent of current infrastructure development. This study will also shed light on pertinent factors that global firms willing to tap into LDC markets will find invaluable in evaluating market opportunities for transferring and introducing innovative technologies into such markets.
Download or read book Popularisation of Science and Technology Education written by Commonwealth Secretariat and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Designing Technology Adoption Frameworks for Marginalized Rural Communities A Case Study of Small Scale Farmers in South Africa Using Design Science Research written by Agyei Fosu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2024 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (School of Information Technology), language: English, abstract: In this book, the author demonstrates how Design Science Research (DSR) approach can be used to design a tailor-made technology adoption assessment framework to gauge small-scale farmers found in developing nations' marginalised rural communities' adoption of ICT. The book presents a practical approach to illustrate the implementation process by using small-scale farmers found in the deeply isolated rural areas of Amathole District Municipality (ADM) of South Africa as a case study. The electronic environment (e-environment) created by the digital age continues to see the adoption of various technologies like Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by individuals, nations, and organisations to facilitate development, effectiveness, efficiency, enhance productivity and business opportunities. Technology adoption assessment emerged alongside the rapid adoption of technology in the digital age as a tool to evaluate the factors or determinants that influence and contribute to technology adoption. In the case of developing nations rural societies, because of the socio-economic dynamics of the marginalised rural communities, the design of the assessment tools to gauge technology adoption should capture factors such as suitability, relevance of the technology as well as local context and capacity, social implications, and availability of resources to address the unique challenges faced by the region. This makes the design of technology adoption assessment tools to gauge adoption of technology among marginalised communities in developing countries to follow a tailor-made approach.
Download or read book Technology Policy and Practice in Africa written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1995 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology Policy and Practice in Africa
Download or read book Technology Trap and Poverty Trap in Sub Saharan Africa written by Hippolyte Fofack and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Examining the Rapid Advance of Digital Technology in Africa written by Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Digital Africa written by Tania Begazo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All African countries need better and more jobs for their growing populations. Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs shows that broader use of productivity-enhancing digital technologies by enterprises and households is imperative to generate such jobs, including for lower-skilled people. At the same time, broader use can support not only countries’ short-term objective of postpandemic economic recovery but also their vision of economic transformation with more inclusive growth. These outcomes are not automatic, however. Mobile internet availability has increased throughout the continent in recent years, but Africa’s uptake gap is the highest in the world. Areas with at least 3G mobile internet service now cover 84 percent of country populations averaged across Sub-Saharan Africa, but only 22 percent use such services. The average African business lags in the use of smartphones and computers, as well as more sophisticated digital technologies that catalyze further productivity gains. Two issues explain the usage gap: the affordability of these new technologies and the willingness to use them. For the 40 percent of Africans below the extreme poverty line, mobile data plans alone would cost one-third of their incomes—in addition to the price of access devices, apps, and electricity. Data plans for small and medium businesses are also more expensive than in other regions. Moreover, shortcomings in the quality of internet services—and in the supply of attractive, skill-appropriate apps that promote entrepreneurship and raise earnings—dampen people’s willingness to use them. For those countries already using these technologies, the development payoffs are significant. New empirical studies for this report add to the rapidly growing evidence that mobile internet availability directly raises enterprise productivity, increases jobs, and reduces poverty across Africa. To realize these and other benefits more widely, Africa’s countries must implement complementary and mutually reinforcing policies to strengthen both consumers’ ability to pay and willingness to use digital technologies. These interventions must prioritize productive use to generate large numbers of inclusive jobs in a region poised to benefit from a massive, youthful workforce—one projected to become the world’s largest by the end of this century.
Download or read book Pursuing Technology Policy Research in Sub Saharan Africa written by M. H. Khalil-Timamy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Africa s Technology Futures written by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology has critical impacts on the future of nations and regions around the globe, and it can be especially important in developing countries by enabling increased efficiencies and rapid development. This paper uses a scenario planning approach to explore two questions about Sub-Saharan Africa: 1) Can this region be effective at creating, owning, developing, and harnessing homegrown technology, and 2) can it successfully adapt non-African technologies into innovation cycles? The situation today is discussed as a baseline, and the risks of assuming that Africa will take the same trajectory to technological sophistication as the West are noted. Three feasible technology futures are presented and discussed: "Use, don't own"; "Pockets of innovation"; and "Leapfrogging."
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Technology Adoption Social Policy and Global Integration written by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour and published by Business Science Reference. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book analyzes the latest innovations and research on technology adoption, social policy and global integration. It explores topics such as labor market, unemployment, corporate governance, organizational agility, and supply chain governance"--
Download or read book Technology Adoption and Social Issues written by Information Resources Management Association and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As society continues to experience increases in technological innovations, various industries must rapidly adapt and learn to incorporate these advances. While there are benefits to implementing these technologies, the sociological aspects still need to be considered. Technology Adoption and Social Issues: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source for the latest academic material on the various effects of technology adoption, implementation, and acceptance. Highlighting a range of topics, such as educational technology, globalization, and social structure, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for academicians, professionals, and researchers who are interested in the latest insights into technology adoption.
Download or read book Towards a National Information Ecology Framework for E Commerce Adoption in Sub Saharan Africa written by Nixon Muganda Ochara and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a serious issue stemming from the low adoption of e-Commerce in developing countries, so this study was conducted in order to determine contributing factors as evidenced by prior studies. The specific focus was to identify the impact of government policy, legal environment, socio-cultural framework, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Internet diffusion and technology transfer on the national adoption of e-Commerce in developing countries of southern Africa. This study was motivated by the fact that developing countries are lagging behind in national adoption of e-Commerce. Secondary data was collected mainly from the World Bank and Global Information Technology Report (GITR) websites. Other sources included the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Internet World Statistics and Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA). The study concluded that socio-cultural factors have the most influence on e-Commerce adoption. Technology transfer, Internet diffusion and government policy showed a very small impact while legal environment showed no effect. Technology transfer and Internet diffusion provided some level of mediation which improved the significance level of other variables. The results enabled us to confirm that the information and computer literacy problem can only be addressed by enhancing various organizing forms in order to improve e-Commerce diffusion. The mediating role of the organizing forms is critical in galvanizing local community participation, for instance in capturing and accumulating cultural knowledge as a basis of developing relevant content for enhancing community participation in e-Commerce.
Download or read book Using ICT to Increase the Effectiveness of Community Based Non formal Education for Rural People in Sub Saharan Africa written by David Pye and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
