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Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa

Rethinking Theories, Institutions, and Policies

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Editors:
  1. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

    1. Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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  2. Mammo Muchie

    1. Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

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  • Presents a regional approach to investigating the link between innovation, regional integration and development in Africa
  • Brings together scholars from across several African nations to form a comprehensive viewpoint
  • Combines theory with practical applications on innovation and regional integration in Africa

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Reframing the Debates on Innovation and Regional Integration in Africa

    • Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
    Pages 1-11

  3. Theories and Concepts of Innovation and Regional Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Networked System of Innovation for African Integrated, Smart and Green Development

      • Mammo Muchie
      Pages 15-28

    3. Innovation and Regional Integration in Africa: Exploring Theory and Praxis for Socio-Economic Development

      • Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
      Pages 29-41

    4. Innovating the Political Economy of Pan Africanism: Imagination and Renaissance

      • Abu Girma Moges, Mammo Muchie
      Pages 43-59

    5. Innovating Policy and Systems of Innovation for Regional Integration

      • Christopher C. Nshimbi
      Pages 61-79

    6. Transnational Simultaneity: An Emerging African Perspective of Cross-Border Lifestyle

      • Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran
      Pages 81-91

    7. Knowledge Valorisation for Inclusive Innovation and Integrated African Development

      • Saidi Trust
      Pages 93-103

  4. Regional Institutions and Innovation in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Regional Integration Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities in Africa: A Case of the Tripartite Free Trade Area

      • Moorosi Leshoele
      Pages 107-120

    3. The Regionalism-Innovation Nexus: The ECOWAS Experience

      • Adeoye O. Akinola
      Pages 121-135

    4. Institutional Capacity and Regional Integration: Reflections on the Composition and Powers of the ECOWAS Parliament

      • Ikenna Mike Alumona, Stephen Nnaemeka Azom
      Pages 137-155

    5. Innovation and Economic Development in West Africa: The Challenges of Implementing ECOPOST in Nigeria

      • Adetola Odubajo
      Pages 157-170

    6. The Role of Cloud-Based mHealth Disease Surveillance System in Regional Integration: A Case of the Ebola Crisis in ECOWAS

      • Lang Loum, Dikeledi A. Mokoena
      Pages 171-190

    7. Higher Education, R&D, and Challenges in National Innovation System Building of Angola

      • Eurico Josué Ngunga
      Pages 191-210

  5. Sectoral Innovation and Integrated Development in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Regional Integration and Knowledge Flows: Effect on Manufacturing Productivity in Southern Africa

      • Alexis Habiyaremye
      Pages 213-224

    3. Regionalism and Failure of the African Manufacturing Sector: Technology Transfer Policies as a Missing Link

      • Deus Costantine Shirati
      Pages 225-235

    4. Intra-African Trade and Innovation in the Agricultural sector

      • Foluso Akinsola, Motunrayo Akinsola
      Pages 237-250
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About this book

This edited volume discusses the role of innovation and regional integration in economic development in Africa. Over the past five decades, post-colonial  African countries have struggled to break loose from the trap of poverty and underdevelopment through the adoption of various development strategies at regional, national, and continental levels. However, the results of both national and regional efforts at advancing development on the continent have been mixed. Although the importance of agglomeration and fusion of institutions have long been recognized as possible  path to achieving economic development in Africa, the  approach to regionalism  has been unduly focused on market integration, while neglecting other dimensions such as social policy, mobility of labor, educational policy, biotechnology, regional legislation, manufacturing, innovation, and science and technology. This volume investigates the link between innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa, arguing that the immediate and long term development of Africa lies not just in the structural transformation of its economies but in the advancement of scientific and innovation capacities.

The book is divided into four parts. Part I addresses the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of innovation and regional integration in Africa. Part II presents case studies which examine how regional economic institutions are fostering innovation in Africa. Part III of the book deals with sectoral issues on innovation and integrated development in Africa. Part IV sets the future research on innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa. Combining theoretical analysis and a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, this volume is appropriate for researchers and students interested in economic development, political economy, African studies, international relations, agricultural science, and geography, as well as policymakers in regional economic communities and the African Union.     

Editors and Affiliations

  • Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

  • Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

    Mammo Muchie

About the editors

 Samel Olotuntoba recieved his PhD Degree in Political Science with specialisation in International Political Economy from University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has a Masters Degree (Cum Laude) in Political Science from the same University and a Bachelows (Honours) Degree in Political Science from University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Dr. Oloruntoba was also a  Visiting Scholar at Brown and Northwestern Universities in the United States of America. Before his appointment as a Senior Lecturer 2014, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute at University of South Africa.

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