Conceptualizing and Researching the Adoption of ICT and the Impact on Socioeconomic Development

Conceptualizing development in information and communication technology for development (ICT4D)

“…Note 1. The Journal of Information Technology for Development has published various work that illustrate the importance of this issue -see for instance Roztocki and Weistroffer (2016), Andersson and Grönlund (2012), Byrne, Nicholson, and Salem (2011), Bada and Madon (2006), Silva and Westrup (2009), Zheng (2009), and Qureshi (2013. …”

Openness, ICT and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa

“…Examining the importance of ICT in openness for entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) fundamentally builds on four trends in the literature, notably, the: evolving potential of ICT; relevance of openness in 21 st century economic prosperity 2 ; role of entrepreneurship in addressing employment concerns in the post-2015 development agenda and gaps in the entrepreneurship literature (Qureshi et al, 2009;Brixiova et al, 2015;Asongu, 2015;Kuada, 2009Kuada, , 2015Asongu et al, 2016;Roztocki & Weistroffer, 2016;Asongu & Le Roux, 2017;Amavilah et al, 2017;Asongu & Biekpe, 2017).…”

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) as the Driver for Africa’s Transformation

“…As observed by Roztocki and Weistroffer (2016) ICT including high-speed computing, Internet, mobile telephony, geographic positioning systems, and Wi-Fi are major enablers of these business activities and services. Edoun (2016) was able to explain the impact of ICT on public and private enterprises in Africa.…”