Transforming Africa

• Utgivningsdatum: 2026-05-04
• Mått: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
• Vikt: 436 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 304
• Förlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• ISBN: 9781836627937

• Kulturvetenskap
• Affärsutveckling
• Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik

Olugbenga Adesida is a development policy and foresight specialist, and co-Founder and Director of the Africa Innovation Summit and Bonako (Cabo Verde).Geci Karuri-Sebina is an Associate Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and the ICESCO Chair for the Study of Innovation and Futures in Africa.João Resende-Santos is an Associate Professor of International Studies at Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

This book is a much-needed intervention that finally moves Africa's innovation debate beyond rhetoric. It offers a grounded yet bold agenda that challenges the continent to confront hard truths: our innovation deficit is not a matter of missing strategies — we've had plenty — but of systemic inertia, weak implementation, and fragmented ecosystems. What sets this volume apart is its clear rejection of techno-fixes and donor-led models in favour of a more holistic, indigenous, and context-sensitive innovation paradigm. The contributions highlight the need for innovation not just in laboratories but across our governance systems, educational models, food systems, and development finance. It insists, rightly, that innovation is a societal project — and that the arts, informal sectors, and local knowledge are just as vital as advanced tech. This is a rare example of scholarship that is analytically rigorous, policy-relevant, and unafraid to ask difficult questions. I hope it finds its way into the hands of those willing to drive Africa's transformation with the urgency and imagination it demands.

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