期刊全称 | Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | 期刊简称 | Curse or Cure? | 影响因子2023 | Everisto Benyera | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Examines the epistemological, political, and socioeconomic consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Africa.Presents various case studies on epistemic freedom, theology, race.Highlights the | 学科分类 | Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book examines the epistemological, political, and socio-economic consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for Africa. Presenting various case studies on epistemic freedom, theology, race and robotics, tertiary education, political and economic transformation, human capital, and governance, it debates whether the 4IR will be part of the solution to the African problem, namely that of coloniality in its various forms. Solving the African problem using the 4IR requires ethical, just and epistemologically independent leadership. However, the lack of ICT infrastructure militates against Africa’s endeavours to make the 4IR a problem-solving moment. To its credit, Africa possesses some of the major capital needed (human, mineral, and social), and it constitutes a huge market comprising a young population eager to participate in the 4IR as problem-solvers and not as a problem to be solved—as equal citizens and not as the marginalized other.. | Pindex | Book 2022 |
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