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Impacts of the knowledge society on economic and social growth in Africa / Lloyd G. Adu Amoah, editor

Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu, 1973- [Herausgeberin/-geber]

IGI Global [Verlag]

Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA) : IGI Global, 2014

Online-Ressource(PDFs (336 pages).)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references. - Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers

Erscheint auch als: Impacts of the knowledge society on economic and social growth in Africa / Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu

1-4666-5844-4 ; 978-1-4666-5847-9 ; 978-1-4666-5845-5 ( : electronic); 978-1-4666-5844-8

1-4666-5844-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 986503613 (aus SWB)     

Also available in print.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.4018/978-1-4666-5844-8

Rechteinformation und Access Status: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

QG 700      Ähnliche Literatur

HC800.Z9

303.48/33096

*Afrika ; Informationstechnik ; Wirtschaft      Zum Register

*Afrika ; Informationsgesellschaft      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Africa ; Knowledge economy -- Africa ; Information society -- Africa ; Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Africa ; Information society -- Africa ; Knowledge economy -- Africa

Africa's tourism sector and ICTs ; Anti-trust laws and telecommunications in Africa ; Global and regional intellectual property rights ; ICTs and African politics ; Knowledge society from the African perspective ; Political-economy of analog-digital transition ; Public policy formation and ICTs ; Robotics education ; Technology strategy and indigenous knowledge ; Telecommunications chambers in Africa

"This book aims to catalyze thinking and provide relevant information on the complex ways in which the information age is shaping Africa and the implications that this will have for the continent and the world"--Provided by publisher.

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