Information Knowledge And Technology For Development In Africa

Author : Dennis N. Ocholla
Publisher : AOSIS
ISBN 13 : 1776341848
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information knowledge and technology for Development in Africa written by Dennis N. Ocholla and published by AOSIS. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information, knowledge, and technology occupy significant space in the information and knowledge society and ongoing debates on development such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda 2030 and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Disruptive technologies and cyber-physical systems, obscuring the lines between the physical, digital and biological, escalated by the COVID-19 pandemic, present a ‘new normal’ that profoundly affects the nature and magnitude of responses required to sustain and benefit from the new developments. Africa, known for its late adoption of new technologies and innovations, is leapfrogging development stages in several enviable ways. This book, Information knowledge and technology for development in Africa’, written by eminent African scholars, comprises chapters that satisfactorily address information access, artificial intelligence, information ethics, e-learning, library and information science education (LISE) in the 4IR, data literacy and e-scholarship, and knowledge management, which are increasingly essential for information access, services, and LISE in Africa. We expect the book to support research, teaching and learning in African higher education and worldwide for comparative scholarship.

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ISBN 13 : 9781776341832
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Download or read book Information Knowledge and Technology for Development in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030918214X
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-06-14 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research; (2) identify and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on international research; and (3) review the existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting the public domain and open access to scientific and technical data and information on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

Author : Dennis Ocholla
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783031590528
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information, Knowledge, and Technology for Teaching and Research in Africa written by Dennis Ocholla and published by Springer. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on data and knowledge management for teaching and research in Africa. The importance of the information and knowledge society in current times is recognized and adopts a meta-analysis to demonstrate that modernization theory could be applied to economic development and rapid transformation of ISWEs in South Africa. The book argues that modernity and the information and knowledge society present the shift and transition from the traditional way of doing things through information and communication technologies (ICTs), which could bring about developing, progressing, and advancing developing communities, particularly Informal Sector Women Entrepreneurs (ISWEs). The book also has further shows how the modernization theory could be applied to the plight of ISWEs to assist them in leapfrogging from their situation and enjoying global business platforms. Various techniques and strategies for collaborative engagements among academics towards strengthening scholarly ties within institutions, and across borders, especially in Africa, are presented. This is a valuable source for understanding the contemporary issues in information and knowledge management/sharing and collaboration among university academics for undergraduates and postgraduate students in the library and information science profession. Tacit knowledge is also presented as an asset that boosts innovation and generates competitive advantage for organizations in all walks of life. Global research data management (RDM) literature is emphasized in higher education institutions (HIEs) and their libraries. The status of RDM services, as well as the competency requirements of employees responsible for providing RDM services and researchers, are addressed in the examined literature.

Author : Calestous Juma
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1844072185
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation written by Calestous Juma and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes approaches for effectively applying science, technology, and innovation to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Outlines core areas for policy action, including a focus on platform or generic technologies, defining infrastructure services as foundations for technology, placing universities at the centre of local development and improving science education, spurring entrepreneurial activities, improving the policy environment and focusing on areas of under-funded research for development.

Author : Douglas Zhihua Zeng
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821373072
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge, Technology, and Cluster-based Growth in Africa written by Douglas Zhihua Zeng and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is on the move, demonstrating in recent years a significant potential for economic growth. Although the region still faces many challenges, it is also generating pockets of economic vitality in the form of enterprise clusters that are contributing to national, regional, and local productivity. Through case examples from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book provides an understanding of how these dynamic enterprise clusters were formed and have evolved, and how knowledge, human capital, and technology have contributed to their success.

Author : Ramata Molo Thioune
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 1552500063
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa: The experience with community telecenters written by Ramata Molo Thioune and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : P. T. H. Unwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521712361
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development written by P. T. H. Unwin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: communities." --Book Jacket.

Author : Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351154060
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning to Compete in African Industry written by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the institutional roots of the persistent differences in economic performance of firms, industries and countries in Africa. It draws attention to the role of institutions in supporting technical change and shows how technological progress is central to competitiveness in a global context. The role of initial conditions such as levels of literacy and natural endowment, the structure of industry and resource endowment are also emphasized. With its focus on how institutions shape systems of innovation this book makes a unique contribution to the debate about African development.

Author : Dennis Ocholla
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031602676
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information, Knowledge, and Technology for Teaching and Research in Africa written by Dennis Ocholla and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: