Robotics Education in Africa: Africa Compete

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Author(s): Marwa Soudi (Ideas Gym Science Center, Egypt)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 16
Source title: Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lloyd G. Adu Amoah (University of Ghana, Ghana)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5844-8.ch012

Keywords: Business & Management / Economics & Economic Theory / Information Science Reference / Socio-Economic Development

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The world is approaching a third industrial revolution. This is forcefully reflected in the phenomenal advancement in the robotics field. In order for Africa to compete in this new era, a change in education policies must take place in the African educational system. In this chapter, African initiatives in science, technology, and innovation are presented as initial core projects. International initiatives as well Egypt's experiences in the robotics field are presented for benchmarking for interested African countries. The focus of the chapter is how to build a knowledge-based society supporting educational ecosystem.

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