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- Title
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Techno-Colonialism, and the Sub-Saharan Africa Response.
- Authors
UGAR, Edmund Terem
- Abstract
Techno-colonialism, which I argue here to specifically mean the transfer of technology and its values and norms from one locale to another, has become a serious concern with the advancement of socially disruptive technologies1 of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), like artificial intelligence and robots. While the transfer of technology from one locale, especially economically advanced countries, to developing countries comes with economic benefits for both regions, it is important to understand that technologies are not value-neutral; they come with the values, cultures, and worldviews of their designers. However, despite the nonvalue-neutrality of the technologies of the 4IR, they are still relevant for sub-Saharan Africa's development. Thus, using a phenomenological approach, especially the sub-Saharan African experiences of past histories of colonialism, I prescribe cautionary measures that sub-Saharan Africans ought to take in approaching the current industrial revolution and its technologies.
- Subjects
SUB-Saharan Africa; INDUSTRY 4.0; DEVELOPING countries; DEVELOPED countries; SUB-Saharan Africans; TECHNOLOGY transfer; ARTIFICIAL intelligence
- Publication
Filosofia Theoretica: African Journal of Philosophy, Culture & Religions, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
2276-8386
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/ft.v12i1.3