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Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa

Digital Transformation and Opportunity for the Next Growth Continent

Offering invaluable insights into technologically-driven change in Africa, this incisive book envisions myriad positive economic changes brought about by new technologies and innovations. Rooted in original research from contributors who have worked and taught in Africa, it encapsulates developments and breakthroughs throughout the continent.

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Front Matter
Introduction to Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa
Chapter 1 Technology leapfrogging in Sub-Saharan Africa: jumping the management capabilities gap
Chapter 2 Following the money: leapfrogging through and with entrepreneurial growth companies in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
Chapter 3 Technological leapfrogging in Africa: critical success factors to drive inclusive growth
Chapter 4 Advancing technological hub collaborations to promote transnational African communities
Chapter 5 Digital technology and innovation in Africa: leapfrogging in finance
Chapter 6 Financial leapfrogging and innovative financing in sub-Saharan Africa: gender-lens investments for gender equality
Chapter 7 Two kinds of time: the Chinese–Kenyan infrastructure disconnect
Chapter 8 Ongoing technological innovation in the home: a blessing or a curse?
Chapter 9 Can digital technologies help Africa to leapfrog its massive education gap?
Chapter 10 Digital leadership skills that South African leaders require for successful digital transformation
Chapter 11 Legal leapfrogging? Legal system and rule of law effects on cross-listing to bond by emerging-market firms
Chapter 12 How intellectual property regimes and innovative infrastructure promote growth of Africa's technological market
Chapter 13 Africa's post-pandemic economic recovery: catch up, dont give up
Back Matter
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
17 Oct 2023
Print ISBN:
9781800370388
eISBN:
9781800370395
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370395
Page Count:
320
Collections:
Business 2023
Copyright:
Copyright Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
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