Digital Technologies and African Societies by Julien Atchoua,... - 9781786304513

Digital Technologies and African SocietiesChallenges and Opportunities\nAuthor(s): Julien Atchoua, Jean-Jacques Maomra Bogui, Saikou Diallo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781786304513, 978-1786304513\nSynopsis\nThe integration and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in African countries is increasingly observable in various sectors of activity (banking, education, trade, etc.) despite a digital divide still relevant. ICT has become a major sector of the recent growth of a new informal economy in African cities (Chneau-Loquay, 2008). This question has been at the heart of various international meetings. An overall positive and even utopian momentum is generally heard about the contribution of digital technologies to the development of African states. The adoption or appropriation of digital technologies by Africans is presented in many speeches by polita