Description
In a world that is essentially digitizing, some have argued that the idea of the knowledge society holds the greatest promise for Africa’s rapid socio-economic transformation.
Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa aims to catalyze thinking and provide relevant information on the complex ways in which the information age is shaping Africa and the implications that this will have for the continent and the world. This premier reference volume will provide policy analysts, policymakers, academics, and researchers with fresh insights into the key empirical and theoretical matters framing Africa's ongoing digitization.
Reviews and Testimonials
Political scientists and economists look at the impact of the knowledge society on Africa through the lenses of theoretical considerations, policy and Africa's knowledge society, prescriptions for building Africa's knowledge society, and benchmarks. Their topics include the opposite of a knowledge society, whether communications technology makes African politics more competitive, 10 fundamental pillars for creating a knowledge society for economic and social growth in Africa, knowledge sharing between local government and rural remote communities in Tanzania, and case studies of Korea's and Kenya's mobile banking sector.
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Author's/Editor's Biography
Lloyd Amoah (Ed.)
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah
lectures at the Department of Political Science and is founding Director of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. He was the former acting Director of the Centre for European Studies, University of Ghana. Legon. He is a fellow of the African Studies Centre (ASC) and the International Institute of Asian Studies (where he did his postdoctoral work) both in Leiden, the Netherlands. Lloyd is a member of the Ghana Studies Association, World Economics Association, Association for Heterodox Economics,the African Urban Planning Research Network, and the Cambridge Social Ontology Group; he is the founder and coordinator of the Africa Digitalization Studies Network. His research focuses on public policy formation theory, administrative theory, political theory, strategy in government, Africa-Asia-China relations, public administration and philosophy, e-governance and ICT policy in developing countries, techno-politics and the political economy of architecture and space in developing polities. He has published several journal articles and book chapters. His recently published books include
(2020) and
(2021). He is the co-editor of two forthcoming books,
(2024) and
(2024).