Public policy and technological transformations in Africa : nurturing policy entrepreneurship, policy tools and citizen participation / Gedion Onyango, editor.
Onyango, Gedion.
2023
HC800.Z9
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Public policy and technological transformations in Africa : nurturing policy entrepreneurship, policy tools and citizen participation / Gedion Onyango, editor.
ISBN
9783031187049 (electronic bk.)
3031187040 (electronic bk.)
3031187032
9783031187032
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18704-9
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
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English
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1 online resource
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10.1007/978-3-031-18704-9 doi
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HC800.Z9
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.9607
Summary
This is a hands-on volume that develops insightful analysis and frameworks for understanding the roles of various electronic and digital products in Africas transformation. -Eric E. Otenyo, Professor, Northern Arizona University, United States In light of technologically driven revolutions that are already taking place in Africa, this book is an important source of policy insights. -Artwell Nhemachena, Research Fellow, University of South Africa, South Africa Through empirically grounded analysis, authors provide an uncommon window into how African states are leveraging 4IR technologies. -E. Remi Aiyede, Professor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria This book is highly recommended for anyone who wants to know what is at stake, what has recently been done in Africa, and how to proceed from here. -Nitesh Bharosa, Academic Director, Digicampus, the Netherlands This book examines the links between public policy and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technological developments in Africa. It broadly assesses three key areas policy entrepreneurship, policy tools and citizen participation in order to better understand the interfaces between public policy and technological transformations in African countries. The book presents incisive case studies on topics including AI policies, mobile money, e-budgeting, digital economy, digital agriculture and digital ethical dilemmas in order to illuminate technological proliferation in African policy systems. Its analysis considers the broader contexts of African state politics and governance. It will appeal to students, instructors, researchers and practitioners interested in governance and digital transformations in developing countries. Gedion Onyango is a Researcher at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
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Intro
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Crafting Policy Technologies (PolicyTechs): An Introduction to Policy Digitalisation Pathways in Africa
Introduction
Leveraging 4IR Technologies into PolicyTechs-Integrating FinTechs, CivicTecs and GovTechs
How We Approach Public Policy and Technological Development Interfaces
References
Part I: Technologies as Public Policy Tools and Venues of Public Action
Chapter 2: State Entrepreneurship in Africa: Realising Digital Transformation for Policy Effectiveness in Selected Countries

Introduction
Understanding State Entrepreneurship in Africa
The Shifting State Strategies in Promoting Technological Development
The State's Technological Infrastructure Investments in Kenya
The State's Technological Infrastructure Investments in South Africa
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation: Re-imagining Evaluation Approaches and Practice in Africa
Introduction
4IR, Innovations, and the Quest for Technological Leapfrog
Disruptive Innovations and Africa's Evaluation Marketplace
Mobile Telephony

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data
Drones/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Geo-satellite Imagery
Threats, Opportunities, and Possibilities
Conclusion and Way Forward
References
Chapter 4: Digital Technologies, Data Commons and Rights in Africa: The Case of DigitalTransport4Africa
Introduction
The Rise of New Data and Digital Technologies: Digital Principles for Development and Rights
The Technological and Data Revolution in the Transport Sector in the African Context
The Case of DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A)
Approach
Learn
Create

Ewarren Mobility, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
AddisMap, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
GoMetro, Stellenbosch, South Africa
KhartouMap, Khartoum, Sudan
Share
DigitalTransport4Africa's Governance Structure
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Biometric Turn and the Quest of Public Interest. Assessing the National Identification Policy in Cameroon
Introduction
Approaching Digitisation: Public Policy and Security in Cameroon
Digital ID in Cameroon: Regulatory and Institutional Governance in Historical Perspective

Securing Cameroonian ID: Technological Choices and Strategical Battles
Modernity and Security Governance: ID Trends and Issues
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Digital Participatory Budgeting and Policymaking in Botswana
Introduction
Participation in the Budgetary Process
Digital Participatory Budgeting (e-Participatory budgeting)
The Case of Public Budgeting in Botswana
The Legal-Institutional Framework
Digital Participatory Budgeting (e-Participatory budgeting) in Botswana
Conclusion
References

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