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  • 4 - Drivers of and Challenges to the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa

  • Landry Signé, Stanford University, California
  • Book:
    Africa's Fourth Industrial Revolution
    Published online:
    08 June 2023
    Print publication:
    22 June 2023, pp 49-57

  • Summary

    Chapter 4 provides an overview of demand-side and supply-side drivers using literature and the Global Innovation Index indicators to explain a country’s ability to prepare for innovation. Supply-side drivers look at factors such as R&D development, the skills of a workforce, and the environment to foster innovative thinking and services. Demand drivers are the primary sources of innovative activity that can range depending on the country; some examples are entrepreneurs, governments, firms, or academia. After reviewing both drivers, the challenges and risks of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa are addressed. The chapter concludes with seven disadvantages and risks and explains how key opportunities will be discussed in the next chapter.