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African Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Change, Policies, and Approaches
This book investigates how women in Africa are being impacted by the fourth industrial revolution, which describes the twenty-first century proliferation of mobile internet, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The move towards digitalization brings fundamental changes in the way people work, live and generally relate to each other. However, in many areas of Africa, women face digital inclusion challenges, and their lack of access to the internet limits their social, political and economic participation in globalisation. This book considers the different policy approaches taken in African countries, and their preparedness for enabling women’s participation in the fourth industrial revolution, across a range of sectors. Discussing key topics such as artificial intelligence, technological adaptation, drones, entrepreneurship, education and financial inclusion, the book identifies positive policy approaches to ensure equitable progress towards the fourth industrial revolution at all structural levels.
Making a powerful case for the benefits of inclusive digital innovation, this book will be of interest to researchers of women and technology in Africa.
Chapter 1. Women and the 4IR in Africa
Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo and Bhaso Ndzendze
Chapter 2. IR for, not against, African Women
Mpho Nyamathe and Mancha J. Sekgololo
Chapter 3. The Role of Women in the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
Adeyinka Patrick Adewumi, Tahir Adekunle Ijaiya and Ibukunoluwa Zainab Oluotanmi
Chapter 4. Technological Adaptation and Sociopolitical Behavior of Women in Africa
Jeremiah Oluwadara Omotayo
Chapter 5. Africa’s Economy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Assessment of Gender in Financial Inclusion
Kemi Funlayo Akeju
Chapter 6. Women’s Inequality in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Response from Botswana and South Africa
Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo
Chapter 7. Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Perspectives, Opportunities, and Implications for Nigeria and South Africa
Dare Leke Idowu
Chapter 8. The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Impact on Zimbabwe Women
Valerie Rumbidzai Jeche
Chapter 9. Digital Gender Inclusion and Women's Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Omosefe Oyekanmi
Chapter 10. An Exploration of the Indispensability and Challenges of Digitalization through the Lens of Women in the Maritime Domain
Adeola Oluwatoyin Osundiran
Chapter 11. Covid-19 and the Digital Transformation in Nigeria’s Higher Education System: Gendered Discourses
Moses Metumara Duruji, Edidiong Samuel Akpabio and Efehi Raymond Okoro
Chapter 12. Smartphone-Mediated Co-Presence Amid Covid-19: A Case Study of African Migrant Women in Johannesburg, South Africa
Celine Meyers
Chapter 13. Gender Equity, Good Governance, and Leadership in the 4IR in Eastern Cape Schools
Mpumelelo Ndlovu and Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura
Chapter 14. Using Digital Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
Zainab Monisola Olaitan
Chapter 15. Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms and the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: The Case of Malian Women
Blessing Mbalaka, James Maisiri and Ugar Edmund Teren
Chapter 16. Fourth Industrial Revolution and Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives in Africa
Victor Ogunele Obaba, Omosefe Oyekanmi and Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo
Chapter 17. A Digital Divide: Assessing the Developmental Status for Women in Rural Areas in the Advent of the 4IR in South Africa
Nomzamo Gondwe
Chapter 18. Drones, Artificial intelligence (AI), the Chibok Girls and the Future of Counterterrorism in Nigeria
Sven Botha
Biography
Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Head Unit of Pan-African Women studies at the Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bhaso Ndzendze is an Associate Professor, Vice Dean of Internalisation, and Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Ndzendze is also Head of the 4IR and Digital Policy Research Unit and Co-Chair of the Internationalisation Task Team at the University of Johannesburg.
