ID4A ideas 1/10: Digital Technologies for Digital and Financial Inclusion
ID4A is a student-led Cape Town-based symposium – for postgrad ICT4D Researchers.
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Join Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) peers from the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Stellenbosch University at the #ID4A2019 for research collaboration and feedback.
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1/10: Examples of ICT4D research that could contribute to socio-economic change in the African continent in terms of Digital Technologies for Digital and Financial Inclusion.
Image Courtesy: Anca Dumitru
The Future of Work: Threat or Blessing in Disguise for Knowledge Workers?
Work is changing like never before. According to International Labour Organization (ILO), technology advances are one of the key drivers of what people do and how they do it, besides globalization, climate change, and growing inequality. The Internet and digital technology are mediating work in entirely new ways, being disruptive, yet giving people the option to earn their living with meaning and direction (Dumitru, 2017).
So, what kind of future will that be? What does this mean for knowledge workers? Will technological unemployment become their reality or will they simply work smarter?
Developing a comparative framework of ICT4D initiatives in the global South
The field of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) brings together various disciplines to address human development challenges with the aid of information technologies. This relies on the multidisciplinary interaction and collaboration of different stakeholders (Hussain and Brown, 2018).
Do you have similar research?
Important ID4A Dates
Full Paper Submission deadline: 18 March 2019
Notification to Authors: 03 May 2019
Reference
Dumitru, A. (2017, May). The Future of Work: Threat or Blessing in Disguise for Knowledge Workers?. 2019 Nordic Business Report Retrieved by https://www.nbforum.com/nbreport/future-of-work-threat-or-blessing-in-disguise-for-knowledge-workers/
Hussain, F., & Brown, S. (2018). Developing a comparative framework of ICT4D initiatives in the global South: A critical realist approach. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 84(6), e12055.
