Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa

Edited by Ethné Swartz, Caren B. Scheepers, Adam Lindgreen, Shumaila Yousafzai and Marianne Matthee

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781800370388
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Technology leapfrogging in Sub-Saharan Africa: jumping the management capabilities gap , pp 17-32

David Teece, Kieran Brown and Phil Alves

Ch 2 Following the money: leapfrogging through and with entrepreneurial growth companies in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa , pp 33-54

Ethné Swartz, Christopher Denecke and Caren Brenda Scheepers

Ch 3 Technological leapfrogging in Africa: critical success factors to drive inclusive growth , pp 55-70

Marianne Matthee and Caren Brenda Scheepers

Ch 4 Advancing technological hub collaborations to promote transnational African communities , pp 71-88

Michelle Montague-Mfuni, Frances Fabian and Caren Brenda Scheepers

Ch 5 Digital technology and innovation in Africa: leapfrogging in finance , pp 89-111

Njuguna Ndung'u and Alex Oguso

Ch 6 Financial leapfrogging and innovative financing in sub-Saharan Africa: gender-lens investments for gender equality , pp 112-135

Michele Ruiters and Motshedisi Mathibe

Ch 7 Two kinds of time: the Chinese–Kenyan infrastructure disconnect , pp 136-154

Arielle S. Emmett

Ch 8 Ongoing technological innovation in the home: a blessing or a curse? , pp 155-170

Alet C. Erasmus

Ch 9 Can digital technologies help Africa to leapfrog its massive education gap? , pp 171-183

Ali Parry and Wilma Viviers

Ch 10 Digital leadership skills that South African leaders require for successful digital transformation , pp 184-206

Asmitha Tiekam and Hugh Myres

Ch 11 Legal leapfrogging? Legal system and rule of law effects on cross-listing to bond by emerging-market firms , pp 207-244

Joel Malen, Paul M. Vaaler and Ivy Zhang

Ch 12 How intellectual property regimes and innovative infrastructure promote growth of Africa's technological market , pp 245-267

Ashley Elizabeth Sperbeck

Ch 13 Africa's post-pandemic economic recovery: catch up, dont give up , pp 268-288

Lyal White, Liezl Rees and Nikitta Hahn

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