African Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Change, Policies, and Approaches

Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo, Bhaso Ndzendze

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040194003
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Information Technology
• Index: Social Sciences

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 globalization. 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.By diiscussing 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Women and the 4IR in Africa
• 2 4IR For, Not Against, African Women
• 3 Role of Women in the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
• 4 Technological Adaptation and Sociopolitical Behavior of Women in Africa
• 5 Africa’s Economy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Assessment of Gender in Financial Inclusion
• 6 Women Inequality in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Botswana and South Africa’s Response
• 7 Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Perspectives, Opportunities, and Implications for Nigeria and South Africa
• 8 The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Impact on Zimbabwean Women
• 9 Digital Gender Inclusion and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia and Nigeria
• 10 An Exploration of the Indispensability and Challenges of Digitalization through the Lenses of Women in the Maritime Domain
• 11 COVID-19 and Digital Transformation in Nigeria’s Higher Education System: Gendered Discourses
• 12 Smartphone-Mediated Co-presence Amid Covid-19: A Case Study of African Migrant Women in Johannesburg, South Africa
• 13 Gender Equity, Good Governance, and Leadership in the 4IR in Eastern Cape Schools
• 14 Using Digital Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
• 15 Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms and the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: The Case of Malian Women
• 16 Fourth Industrial Revolution and Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives in Africa
• 17 A Digital Divide: Assessing the Developmental Status for Women in Rural Areas in the Advent of the 4IR in South Africa
• 18 Drones, Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Chibok Girls and the Future of Counter-terrorism in Nigeria
• Index