Abstract
This article critically examined the ways that technological underdevelopment had contributed to the deepening crises of Africa's technological backwardness. Adopting a holistic and historical approach, it tried to show how technological underdevelopment and the dearth of technologically driven approaches to addressing developmental questions had adversely affected the continent.
The article opines that beyond the technological is the fundamental understanding that the problem which Africa is facing is not just a technical one, but involves also a polical dimension which must not be ignored. It sought to explicate the question of whose technology for what, and in whose interest? It maintained that the historical trajectory and forces behind Africa's technological crisis, the necessity to transcend this, and the nature of the global regime for the management of science and technology are basically political issues.
The article fundamentally explored the full ramifications of the technology-development nexus, and how this had impacted Africa's development project. It concluded its analysis on the note that the technological dimension of Africa's developmental crisis is critical to any serious attempt at resolving the continent's problems.
Recommended Citation
Agbu, Osita
(2003)
"The Technological Dimension of Africa's Crsis of Development: An Agenda for the 21st Century,"
Journal of African Policy Studies: Vol. 9:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/joaps/vol9/iss1/2