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Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution = Curse or Cure? /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution/ edited by Everisto Benyera.
其他題名:	Curse or Cure? /
其他作者:	Benyera, Everisto.
面頁冊數:	VIII, 158 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Science and Technology Studies. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87524-4
ISBN:	9783030875244

Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution = Curse or Cure? /
Africa and the Fourth Industrial RevolutionCurse or Cure? /[electronic resource] :edited by Everisto Benyera. - 1st ed. 2022. - VIII, 158 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.online resource. - Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,2198-7270. - Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,5.

On the elusiveness of epistemic freedom in Africa and the need to unmask the colonial contract -- Race and Robotics: Black Theology in the Digital Age -- University 4.0: A Conceptual Model For South African Universities And The Fourth Industrial Revolution -- Against the grain: The tragedy of Zimbabwe in the context of 4IR -- Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Turning a Curse into a Resource through the Prism of Human Capital -- Rising to the Occasion: Africa, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Lessons from China -- Survival of African Governments in the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa: A cure which kills the patient.

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.

ISBN: 9783030875244

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-87524-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1140135
Science and Technology Studies.

LC Class. No.: JQ1870-3981

Dewey Class. No.: 320.96

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