Contextual reflections on innovations in an interconnected world: theoretical lenses and practical considerations in ICT4D

The communicative power of knowledge visualizations in mobilizing information and communication technology research

“…The study of ICTs for development and the on-going innovations support active participation by all sectors of society (Bailey & Osei-Bryson, 2018). The term ICT4D can refer to various concepts; Bon (2019) identified the following three streams: (i) policy and the subsequent efforts by the international community and national governments to make the advantages of modern ICTs available to the unconnected, underserved and resource-constrained communities or regions of the world; (ii) the academic disciplines or sub-disciplines that study the effects and impact of ICTs on developing societies and contexts; (iii) to the practice of designing, building and engineering ICT systems and applications in programs and projects in a development context by multi-disciplinary teams including professionals in ICT, science and engineering.…”