LEADER 05401nam 22006615 450 001 9910404156803321 005 20230810170407.0 010 $a3-030-40647-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-40647-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011273758 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6213717 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-40647-9 035 $a(PPN)259462594 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011273758 100 $a20200529d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDisruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa /$fedited by Peter Arthur, Kobena T. Hanson, Korbla P. Puplampu 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (318 pages) 225 1 $aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2491 311 $a3-030-40646-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Transformation in Africa: The Present and Future -- 2. Disruptive Technologies, Democracy, Governance, and National Elections in Africa: Back to the Future? -- 3. Agricultural Research and Innovation: Disruptive Technologies and Value Chain Development in Africa -- 4. Disruptive Technologies and Scientific Innovations: Integrated Smart Sensors, Pollution and E-waste in Africa -- 5. Disruptive Technologies, Sustainable Energy Generation and Storage as Forms of Green Economy -- 6. Disruptive Technologies and the African Health Care Crisis: A Path to Sustainability -- 7. Disruptive Technology and Knowledge Development: African Universities, Human Capital and Educating for Global Citizenship -- 8. Disruptive Financial Technology (FinTech) and Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso -- 9. Disruptive Technology, Mobile Money and Financial Mobilization in Africa: M-Pesa as Kenya?s Solution to Global Financial Exclusion? -- 10. SMEs, Industrialization and Disruptive Technologies in Africa: Enabling or Constraining? -- 11. Disruptive Technology, Foreign Direct Investment and Private Sector Development Policies in Africa -- 12. Perspectives on Disruptive Innovations and Africa?s Services Sector -- 13. Automation of Knowledge Work and Africa?s Transformation Agenda: Threats, Opportunities and Possibilities -- 14. Digital Transformation: A Connected and ?Disrupted? Africa. . 330 $aThis book examines how disruptive technologies and innovation underpin the attainment of a broader development agenda in Africa. Contributors show how distinctive forms of technological innovation can impact critical development processes. For example, disruptive technologies can deepen the ongoing democratic and governance waves in Africa, specifically in the area of contested elections. Similarly, innovations in agriculture, the environment and energy promote changes in value chain agriculture, and the use of sensors to manage e-waste and sustainable energy conservation are also transforming established practices. Furthermore, the role of disruptive technologies and innovation in education, health, financial services and the nature of paid work cannot be ignored. Individually and collectively, the authors discuss and highlight the mechanisms and initiatives that can contribute to the realization of the development goals of African countries, especially in a period where disruptive technologies are rapidly changing how things are done. As a result, this book, which represents one of the most recent systematic efforts to bring together dialogue on disruptive technologies in Africa, will be of particular use and benefit to a wide and an eclectic audience. Peter Arthur is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Kobena T. Hanson is Principal Evaluation Capacity Development Officer at the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Côte d?Ivoire. Korbla P. Puplampu teaches in the Department of Sociology at Grant MacEwan University, Canada. 410 0$aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2491 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 606 $aInternational Political Economy? 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aAfrican Politics 606 $aScience and Technology Studies 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 615 14$aInternational Political Economy?. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aScience and Technology Studies. 676 $a338.064 676 $a338.9 702 $aArthur$b Peter$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aHanson$b Kobena T$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aPuplampu$b Korbla P$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910404156803321 996 $aDisruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa$92517291 997 $aUNINA