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How Tech Hubs are Helping to Drive Economic Growth in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorFirestone, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T17:36:54Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T17:36:54Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractDigital technologies have spread rapidly. Digital dividends—the broader development benefits from using these technologies—have not. Digital technologies to benefit everyone everywhere requires improving the “analog” complements to digital investments—by strengthening regulations that ensure competition among businesses, by adapting workers’ skills to the demands of the new economy, and by ensuring that institutions are accountable. Inclusion, efficiency, innovation are the main mechanisms for the internet to promote development. How can these mechanisms be leveraged to promote Africa’s development? The paper tracks some 117 Tech Hubs across Africa, many of which have been created in the last few years. The paper looks at the patterns of origin by which Tech Hubs are created, why they have a high failure rate, and what makes for success.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/23645
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23645
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWDR 2016 Background Paper;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectICT
dc.subjecttech hubs
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectinnovation
dc.subjectdigital investment
dc.subjectinternet skills
dc.subjectindustry-academic collaboration
dc.titleHow Tech Hubs are Helping to Drive Economic Growth in Africaen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleHow Tech Hubs are Helping to Drive Economic Growth in Africa
okr.date.disclosure2014-01-14
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/23645
okr.identifier.report102957
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Digital Divide
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Poverty Reduction & ICT
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
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