Information knowledge and technology for Development in Africa
Author(s)
Kalusopa, Trywell
Bwalya, Kelvin J.
Kwanya, Tom
Britz, Johannes
Ngoepe, Mpho
Ocholla, Dennis N.
Onyancha, Omwoyo B.
Too, Jackson
Shongwe, Mzwandile M.
Contributor(s)
Ocholla, Dennis N. (editor)
Evans, Neil D. (editor)
Britz, Johannes (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Information, knowledge, and technology occupy significant space in the information and knowledge society and ongoing debates on development such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda 2030 and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Disruptive technologies and cyber-physical systems, obscuring the lines between the physical, digital and biological, escalated by the COVID-19 pandemic, present a ‘new normal’ that profoundly affects the nature and magnitude of responses required to sustain and benefit from the new developments. Africa, known for late adoption of new technologies and innovations, is leapfrogging development stages in several enviable ways. This book, Information knowledge and technology for development in Africa’, written by eminent African scholars, comprises chapters that satisfactorily address information access, artificial intelligence, information ethics, e-learning, library and information science education (LISE) in the 4IR, data literacy and e-scholarship, and knowledge management, which are increasingly essential for information access, services, and LISE in Africa. We expect the book to support research, teaching and learning in African higher education and worldwide for comparative scholarship.
Keywords
4IR; ethics; bibliometrics; informatics; development; industrial revolution; knowledgeDOI
10.4102/aosis.2021.BK262ISBN
9781776341849, 9781776341825, 9781776341832, 9781776341849Publisher
AOSISPublisher website
https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/obPublication date and place
Durbanville, 2021Classification
Computing and Information Technology
Information technology: general topics