Conceptualizing emerging technologies and ICT adoption: Trends and challenges in Africa-US contexts

WS Udo, NA Ochuba, O Akinrinola… - World Journal of …, 2024 - wjarr.com
This review paper explores the adoption trends, challenges, and opportunities surrounding
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and emerging technologies in the Africa …

Information and communications technologies in the age of globalization: Challenges and opportunities for Africa

FM Edoho - African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to examine the challenges and opportunities for implementing
ICTs in Africa. It identifies potential areas that ICTs can be targeted and implemented for …

Mapping theoretical and practical issues in the relationship between ICTs and Africa's socioeconomic development

L Obijiofor - Telematics and Informatics, 2009 - Elsevier
The relationship between new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and
socioeconomic development has remained largely a subject of academic debate. While …

Growth in ICT uptake in developing countries: new users, new uses, new challenges

C Avgerou, N Hayes… - Journal of Information …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last 15 years, there has been a significant increase in the availability of ICTs in
developing countries. Indicatively, it is estimated that fixed wired broadband internet …

ICT in Africa: Building a better life for all

SR Ponelis, MA Holmner - Information Technology for …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In the 1990s and the early 2000s, development-focused information and communication
technology (ICT) research predominantly concentrated on bridging the digital divide through …

Is ICT the panacea to sub-Saharan Africa's development problems? Rethinking Africa's contentious engagement with the global information society

PAK Kyem - Progress in Development Studies, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The explosion in mobile phone subscription notwithstanding, benefits from ICT deployment
are far from being realized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A clash between the rationality for …

Information and communication technologies in Nigeria: Prospects and challenges for development

PI Akpan-Obong - 2009 - books.google.com
In recent years, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been linked with
socioeconomic development with the assumption that they can be harnessed for economic …

Investigating the key factors influencing ICT adoption in South Africa

M Kyobe - Journal of systems and information technology, 2011 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate and empirically determine the influence
on information and communication technology (ICT) adoption of three important factors (ie …

ICT infrastructure and it's impact on national development: a research direction for Africa

F Bankole Dr, L Mimbi - The African Journal of …, 2017 - digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu
Discussions on Development that encompasses how ICTs can make a difference in climate,
political, health disturbances and business environment require a multidisciplinary approach …

Catalyzing development through ICT adoption

H Kaur, E Lechman, A Marszk - The Developing World Experience, 2017 - Springer
Recently, the world has witnessed unprecedented advancements in terms of speed and
geographical coverage and diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) …