The future of Africa is now! The critical role of capacity development, Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie A. Léautier African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe Email: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100008 Abstract: African countries experienced severe macroeconomic shocks in the 1980s, which put them on a reform path that has generated resilience visible in their ability to recover and even grow from the fiscal and economic crises of 2008-2009. Critical to the […]
Subverting, disenchanting and rationalizing STI systems for revealing modernity in Africa, Dr. Jacques Hamel
Dr. Jacques L. Hamel United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email: jachamel@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000014 Abstract: The paper provides a speculative reflection on the power of modern science, technology and innovation systems (STI) for revealing some distinctive style of modernity in Africa. The modernization of these systems, as the backbones of any mode […]
Sustainable knowledge for sustainable development: challenges and opportunities for African development, Prof. Abdelkader Djeflat
Prof. Abdelkader Djeflat Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq 59650 France Email: abdelkader.djeflat@univ-lille1.fr DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000009 Abstract: Sustainable development is becoming increasingly a major concern for African Countries. They need a relatively high rate of growth of GDP to solve the many problems of poverty and underdevelopment […]