Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa

✍ Scribed by Peter Arthur, Kobena T. Hanson, Korbla P. Puplampu

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 318
• Series: International Political Economy Series
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines how disruptive technologies and innovation underpin the attainment of a broader development agenda in Africa. Contributors show how distinctive forms of technological innovation can impact critical development processes. For example, disruptive technologies can deepen the ongoing democratic and governance waves in Africa, specifically in the area of contested elections. Similarly, innovations in agriculture, the environment and energy promote changes in value chain agriculture, and the use of sensors to manage e-waste and sustainable energy conservation are also transforming established practices. Furthermore, the role of disruptive technologies and innovation in education, health, financial services and the nature of paid work cannot be ignored. Individually and collectively, the authors discuss and highlight the mechanisms and initiatives that can contribute to the realization of the development goals of African countries, especially in a period where disruptive technologies are rapidly changing how things are done. As a result, this book, which represents one of the most recent systematic efforts to bring together dialogue on disruptive technologies in Africa, will be of particular use and benefit to a wide and an eclectic audience.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Transformation in Africa: The Present and Future (Korbla P. Puplampu, Kobena T. Hanson, Peter Arthur)....Pages 3-13
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
Disruptive Technologies, Democracy, Governance and National Elections in Africa: Back to the Future? (Peter Arthur)....Pages 17-38
Agricultural Research and Innovation: Disruptive Technologies and Value-Chain Development in Africa (Korbla P. Puplampu, George O. Essegbey)....Pages 39-61
Scientific Innovations and the Environment: Integrated Smart Sensors, Pollution and E-waste in Africa (Samuel M. Mugo, Korbla P. Puplampu)....Pages 63-84
Disruptive Technologies, Sustainable Energy Generation and Storage as Forms of Green Economy (Benjamin Ofori-Amoah)....Pages 85-113
Front Matter ....Pages 115-115
Disruptive Technologies and the African Health-Care Crisis: A Path to Sustainability (Joseph Oppong)....Pages 117-145
Disruptive Technology and Knowledge Development: African Universities, Human Capital and Educating for Global Citizenship (Korbla P. Puplampu, Samuel M. Mugo)....Pages 147-169
Disruptive Financial Technology (FinTech) and Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso (Euphrasie Kouame, Abbi M. Kedir)....Pages 171-186
Disruptive Technology, Mobile Money, and Financial Mobilization in Africa: M-Pesa as Kenya’s Solution to Global Financial Exclusion? (Nafisa A. Abdulhamid)....Pages 187-202
Front Matter ....Pages 203-203
SMEs, Industrialization and Disruptive Technologies in Africa: Enabling or Constraining? (Peter Arthur)....Pages 205-226
Disruptive Technology, Foreign Direct Investment and Private Sector Development Polices in Africa (Joseph Baricako, Abbi M. Kedir)....Pages 227-253
Perspectives on Disruptive Innovations and Africa’s Services Sector (Kobena T. Hanson, Vanessa T. Tang)....Pages 255-271
Automation of Knowledge Work and Africa’s Transformation Agenda: Threats, Opportunities, and Possibilities (Kobena T. Hanson)....Pages 273-292
Front Matter ....Pages 293-293
Digital Transformation: A Connected and “Disrupted” Africa (Kobena T. Hanson, Timothy M. Shaw, Korbla P. Puplampu, Peter Arthur)....Pages 295-305
Back Matter ....Pages 307-312

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; International Political Economy; Development and Sustainability; African Politics; Science and Technology Studies