Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub11
Technology Diffusion and Economic Progress in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Technology Diffusion and Economic Progress in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Evans S. C. Osabuohien, Uchenna R. Efobi
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466601345|ISBN10: 1466601345|EISBN13: 9781466601352
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0134-5.ch024
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Osabuohien, Evans S. C., and Uchenna R. Efobi. "Technology Diffusion and Economic Progress in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities." Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications, edited by Ndubuisi Ekekwe and Nazrul Islam, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 425-440. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0134-5.ch024

APA

Osabuohien, E. S. & Efobi, U. R. (2012). Technology Diffusion and Economic Progress in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities. In N. Ekekwe & N. Islam (Eds.), Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications (pp. 425-440). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0134-5.ch024

Chicago

Osabuohien, Evans S. C., and Uchenna R. Efobi. "Technology Diffusion and Economic Progress in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities." In Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications, edited by Ndubuisi Ekekwe and Nazrul Islam, 425-440. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0134-5.ch024

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Application of appropriate technology has been noted as one of the distinguishing factors in growth disparities across countries. Thus, this study investigates the role of technological diffusion in economic progress in Africa. This was achieved using descriptive and empirical analyses based on imitator-innovator theoretical framework. The study established that the sub-regions in Africa with higher values in technological diffusion indicators experienced higher economic progress, which is a good indication of a significant positive relationship between economic progress and technological diffusion. Thus, the study concludes that if Africa must make contribution to the global knowledge economy and move on the path of economic progress, the issue of technological diffusion through adequate investment on R&D, functional education, among others, needs to be addressed with all serious efforts.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.