Smart city technology: a potential solution to Africa's growing population and rapid urbanization?

AJ Echendu, PCC Okafor - Development Studies Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Africa is rapidly urbanizing and its population is growing exponentially. The United Nations
has predicted Africa will have the fastest global population growth, with over half of its …

Authoritarian smart city: A research agenda

A Akbari - Surveillance and society, 2022 - research.utwente.nl
Despite the prevalence of smart city discourse across many disciplines, governance
systems, and policy-making bodies, its conceptual foundations are based either on semi …

The role of education in modulating the effect of ICT on governance in Africa

MAK Wirajing, TN Nchofoung - Education and Information Technologies, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the role of education in modulating the effect of ICT on governance in
53 African countries between 2002 and 2020. The Two-Step System Generalized Method of …

Investigating K-12 computing education in four African countries (Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda)

E Tshukudu, S Sentance… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Motivation. As K-12 computing education becomes more established throughout the world,
there is an increasing focus on accessibility for all, whether in a particular country or setting …

Digitalization, education and skills development in the Global South: an assessment of the debate with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

M Langthaler, H Bazafkan - 2020 - econstor.eu
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified discussions about the digital revolution.
Digitalization of ever-more sectors of society appears to be the only possible answer to the …

Toward quality education: Contributions of EdTech to the achievement of the fourth United Nations sustainable development goal

ACF Costa, AM de Brito Silva, M Espuny… - Sustainable …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quality Education (QE) is the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) established by
the United Nations, which seeks to ensure quality, inclusive, and equitable education for all …

Ethnographies of electricity scarcity: Mobile phone charging spaces and the recrafting of energy poverty in Africa

PG Munro, A Schiffer - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we explore the practices and spaces of mobile phone charging in The Gambia
and Sierra Leone through the lens of 'electricity scarcity'as a means to conceptualise …

Review of AI in education: transforming learning environments in Africa

ON Chisom, CC Unachukwu, B Osawaru - International Journal of Applied …, 2023 - fepbl.com
This study analyses artificial intelligence (AI's) impact on education in Africa, focusing on
personalized learning, technology integration, and challenges in educational development …

Energy bricolage in Northern Uganda: rethinking energy geographies in Sub-Saharan Africa

PG Munro, A Bartlett - Energy Research & Social Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose the idea of 'energy bricolage'as a way of rethinking how people in
Sub-Saharan Africa realise their energy needs on a daily basis. In doing so, we directly …

African energy poverty: a moving target

PG Munro, S Samarakoon… - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Historically,'energy poverty'in Sub-Saharan Africa has been understood in relatively static
terms and its solutions largely understood as a modernist state-led project of expanding …