Public Policy and Technological Transformations in Africa - Nurturing Policy Entrepreneurship, Policy Tools and Citizen Participation

This book examines the links between public policy and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technological developments in Africa. It broadly assesses three key areas - policy entrepreneurship, policy tools and citizen participation - in order to better understand the interfaces between public policy and technological transformations in African countries. The book presents incisive case studies on topics including AI policies, mobile money, e-budgeting, digital economy, digital agriculture and digital ethical dilemmas in order to illuminate technological proliferation in African policy systems. Its analysis considers the broader contexts of African state politics and governance. It will appeal to students, instructors, researchers and practitioners interested in governance and digital transformations in developing countries.

Gedion Onyango is a Researcher at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.