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Technological revolution, sustainability, and development in Africa: Overview, emerging issues, and challenges

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  • Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah

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The paper examines the silent technological revolution in sub‐Saharan Africa focusing on emerging issues and challenges. In view of the centrality of technology diffusion in fostering local innovations and economic development in developing countries, it is surprising that our understanding of the challenges and opportunities in scaling‐up technologies remains limited. This paper capitalises on the ongoing silent technological revolution in sub‐Saharan Africa to present an overview of how new technologies have been adopted and utilised to achieve sustainability. The study identified a host of factors such as weak regulatory enforcement systems, lack of financial credit availability, and limited banking services, which have created conditions for technological innovations such as mobile phone‐based banking, mPedigree, “cardiopad,” and M‐PEPEA to emerge. The public policy implications and directions for future research are identified and examined.

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  • Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, 2019. "Technological revolution, sustainability, and development in Africa: Overview, emerging issues, and challenges," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(5), pages 910-922, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:27:y:2019:i:5:p:910-922
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.1950
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