countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied … played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …

The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … the best of our knowledge, that the productivity of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa has been studied in this way. …

We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … failed in Africa. …

Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract … needed in Africa's rural areas. …

or process and carry out an empirical analysis with a focus on Africa using firm-level data from the World Bank … and foster innovation. The probability of innovation as a result of short-term mobility is 0.4 higher in Africa overall … - especially in East Africa - vis-à-vis the rest of the world, and strongest in the case of innovation in products and services …

In this paper, we study the crowdsourcing of innovation in Africa through a data science contest on an intermediated …. Contestants were surveyed on their motivations to take part and their perceptions about AI in Africa. In total, 614 contestants … deploying AI? What are the obstacles they perceive to the greater diffusion of AI in Africa? We conclude that crowdsourcing of …

Africa's quest to achieving improved health status and meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets cannot be … citizens in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa, at least in the long run. Whilst there is evidence of more private and public …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through … paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize. I then explore the opportunities and threats the 4IR pose for … Africa. Threats include job-losses and the re-shoring of manufacturing to advanced economies. Among the opportunities are …