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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION. Framing the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the context of Africa -- A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE NOTION OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS AND 'THE ABSENCE' OF AFRICA -- POSITIONING THE 4IR WITHIN A DEVELOPING CONTEXT -- SUMMARY OF THE BOOK CHAPTERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section One - Emerging Technologies and Inclusive Innovation -- ONE. A new digital deal rather than a Fourth Industrial Revolution policy? -- INTRODUCTION -- POLICY AND GOVERNANCE RESEARCH PROBLEM -- NATIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION: DEMAND VALUATIONOF SPECTRUM AS A PUBLIC GOOD -- GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS: INTERNET AND DATA AS GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS -- LOCAL GOVERNANCE: SMART TOWNSHIPS -- SMART TOWNSHIPS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TWO. From science, technology and innovation to Fourth Industrial Revolution strategies in Africa: The case for indigenous knowledge systems -- INTRODUCTION -- STI POLICY LANDSCAPE IN AFRICA - A FORETASTE OF EMERGENT 4IR STRATEGY -- MEASURING STI READINESS IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA AND KENYA -- BEYOND STI: SOUTH AFRICA'S 4IR STRATEGY -- SOUTH AFRICA'S PROGRAMME ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS (IKS) -- IKS MISSING IN THE 4IR STRATEGY -- INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS: SCOPE AND SCALE -- TK/IK: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BIOPIRACY, ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING -- SAMPLES OF SECTORAL SITES WHERE 4IR TECHNOLOGIES INTERFACE WITH IKS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THREE. When algorithms meet humanity -- INTRODUCTION -- ALGORITHMS: APPROACHES AND PARADIGMS -- SOCIOTECHNICAL FRAMEWORK -- ESCAPING HUMAN FALLIBILITY: ALGORITHMIC GENIUS -- UNDECLARED ARBITERS OF HUMAN DECISION-MAKING AND CONFIDANTES.
ALIGNING SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS -- REFERENCES -- FOUR. Why African natural language processing now? A view from South Africa #AfricaNLP -- INTRODUCTION -- MACHINES UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE: FROM AI TO TEXT -- WHERE IS THE DATA? -- PAST EXPERIENCE WITH SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGE PROCESSING -- CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL LANGUAGES -- HOW WE MOVE FORWARD: EXPANDING AFRICAN NLP -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Section Two - Human Capability Formation -- FIVE. Education and skills development in the South African Fourth Industrial Revolution: Confronting the dynamics of human capabilities, technological change and structural inequality -- INTRODUCTION -- FRAMING EDUCATION POLICY IN THE ERA OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- PREPARING HUMANS FOR A FUTURE OF DECENT WORK -- THE 4IR AND SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SIX. The impact of adopting 4IR-related technologies on employment and skills: The case of automotive and mining equipment manufacturers in South Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- THE 4IR AND ENTERPRISE HETEROGENEITY -- METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION -- ADOPTION OF 4IR TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS -- FINAL REFLECTIONS AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- SEVEN. Impact of current technologies on jobs and employment: Insights from mining and banking in South Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPACT OF ROBOTS ON EMPLOYMENT -- SETTING THE SCENE - SOUTH AFRICA -- TECHNOLOGY IN BANKING AND MINING -- CONCLUSION: THE ROLE OF INSIGHTS IN SHAPING POLICY DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- EIGHT. The impact of new technologies on labour relations and market structures in the economy: The case of Uber -- INTRODUCTION -- SOUTH AFRICA AND THE 4IR -- SHARING OR TAKING ECONOMY?.
UBER'S ORIGINS AND ITS FORAY INTO SOUTH AFRICA -- THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, MARKET DISRUPTION AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS -- LABOUR RELATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY -- PRICING AND COMPETITIVENESS -- CONCLUSION: LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section Three - Application of Advanced Technologies in Sectoral Developments -- NINE. The potential of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to transform healthcare: The question of access for the marginalised -- INTRODUCTION -- HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS: GLOBAL TRENDS -- 4IR IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH SECTOR -- THE CASE OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS -- ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE -- CURRENT ADVANCES IN 4IR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH SECTOR -- WAY FORWARD: A MULTI-LAYERED, SYNDEMICS APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TEN. The potential benefits andrisks of technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in addressing environmental transgression in South Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- A JUST TRANSITION INTO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY USING THE 4IR AS A CATALYST -- FRESHWATER QUANTITY, QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH -- LAND SYSTEM CHANGE -- MINING -- CARBON EMISSION AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS -- HAVE WE LEARNT ENVIRONMENTAL LESSONS FROM PREVIOUS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS? -- POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ELEVEN. Inclusive energy transitions: An analysis of the potential for a digital revolution in South Africa's electricity system -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND LITERATURE: SOUTH AFRICA'S ELECTRICITY REFORM -- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA -- GENERATION -- TRANSMISSION -- SYSTEM SIDE FLEXIBILITY -- DISTRIBUTION -- GRID-SIDE FLEXIBILITY -- CONSUMPTION/PROSUMERS -- DEMAND-SIDE FLEXIBILITY.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TWELVE. Intellectual property and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies -- INTRODUCTION -- IP AND THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF 4IR TECHNOLOGIES -- IP'S PROBABLE IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 4IR TECHNOLOGIES -- FURTHER AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OF 4IR TECHNOLOGIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONCLUSION. Final reflections: Towards an inclusive and sustainable Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa -- EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGIES TO PREVENT EXACERBATION OF EXISTING INEQUALITIES -- THE NEED FOR INCLUSIVE, ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION -- GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION OF 4IR TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT IN SOCIETY -- SKILLS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY REQUIRED FOR THE 4IR -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Back cover.
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Africa and the world : navigating shifting geopolitics / / edited by Francis Kornegay Jnr & Philani Mthembu
