Does foreign ownership enhance technological innovation amongst manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Adu-Danso ◽  
Emmanuel Abbey
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

African election fraud will persist despite innovation

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Deployment ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
International Donors ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Election Fraud

Significance International donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are promoting greater use of technology in elections across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Electoral technology deployment is already more widespread in the region than anywhere else. Impacts Reliance on connective electoral technology will increase cybersecurity risks. Donors will support technological solutions but increasingly push for cheap and simple hardware and software. Electoral manipulation and voter harassment ahead of voting will prove more difficult to address through technological innovation.

Geographical Orientation of Export in Manufacturing Sector in Sub-Sahara Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-351
Author(s):  
Didier Yelognisse Alia
Keyword(s):  
Choice Model ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Multinomial Choice ◽  
Export Decision ◽  
Export Destination

This paper analyses firm’s decision to export and the geographical orientation of manufacturing firms in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It uses a dataset collected by Rankin, Söderbom, and Teal (2006) on manufacturing firms in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania Nigeria and South Africa over the period 1991–2004. The paper develops a multinomial choice model of export destination in which profit maximizing firms choose between selling only on domestic market, export only to another African country, and export only outside Africa or export to both destinations. The model is estimated using a multinomial logistic regression. The paper finds evidence of a positive effect of firm size and firm efficiency on export decision and its geographical orientation, especially for the decision to export outside Africa. There is also significant industry, country and time effects in explaining export orientation. Unlike many previous studies, this paper finds that foreign ownership does not substantially determine firm decision to export. Using non-parametric regression, the paper finds that there is a lot of heterogeneity in the relation between the explanatory variables and the propensity to export or to export to various geographical destinations.

Is ICT the panacea to sub-Saharan Africa’s development problems? Rethinking Africa’s contentious engagement with the global information society

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 231-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Kwaku Kyem
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Global Information Society ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ssa Countries

The explosion in mobile phone subscription notwithstanding, benefits from ICT deployment are far from being realized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A clash between the rationality for development and local systems of reasoning, and the failure to cultivate behaviours that support technological innovation provide little hope for sustained information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in the region. The article discusses failures in technological innovation and then explores ways that SSA countries can manage ICT deployment to stimulate sustained adoption.

scholarly journals Influence of Human Resource Processes on the Performance of Selected Manufacturing SMEs in Nairobi City County, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor K. Kering ◽  
James M. Kilika ◽  
Jane W. Njuguna
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Significance Levels ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Geographical Scope

Manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa are not optimally managed which substantially lowers their productivity. The informal approach to human resource management is attributable to poor management practices with a consequent effect on performance. Due to these challenges, this study sought to examine the effect of human resource processes on the performance of manufacturing SMEs in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study was explanatory and was based on 136 manufacturing SMEs which was drawn using proportionate stratified sampling. Data collection was achieved through the use of a self–administered questionnaire which was subjected to an inter-consistency test using the Cronbach's coefficient, α ≥ 0.70, which indicated that the research instrument was reliable. Descriptive and inferential statistics (at 0.05 significance levels) was used for the analysis of data. Diagnostic tests were conducted before regression analysis with the data was presented in tabular format. The results show that human resource processes cumulatively explain 23% of the variations in firm performance, therefore, the study concludes that the human resource processes have a positive influence on firm performance. The study recommends that manufacturing firms should seek to entrench an HR philosophy with commensurate improvements in the HR practises. The study limitations include a relatively small sample and geographical scope.

scholarly journals Influence of Operational Processes on the Performance of Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence from SMEs in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor K. Kering ◽  
James M. Kilika ◽  
Jane W. Njuguna
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
A Value ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies ◽  
Operational Processes

Manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa are facing both internal and external pressures from intense global competition, turbulent markets, and the increasing sophistication of manufacturing technologies which influences its performance. This increasing rate of change in the sector is compelling firms to pay attention to the operational processes. Due to this reason, the study sought to determine the effect of operational processes on the performance of manufacturing SMEs in, Kenya. The study adopted an explanatory design had a sample size of 136 firms which was drawn using proportionate stratified sampling. Primary data collection involved the use self–administered questionnaires and instrument validation was achieved through the development of constructs from previous studies, scale development, instrument pre-testing and validation. The instrument was subjected to inter-consistency test using the Cronbach's coefficient with a value ≥ 0.70 affirming that the research instrument was reliable. The results show that operational processes cumulatively explain 37% of the variations in firm performance, therefore, the study concluded that the operational processes have a significant and positive effect on firm performance. The study recommends that the management of these firms should attempt to improve on the strategy processes and contents based on models that have been applied successfully in other contextual areas.

Socioeconomic development in Africa

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
Osei Boeh-Ocansey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Socioeconomic System ◽  
Sub Saharan

Higher education plays a decisive role in technological innovation and the growth of industry in Africa. This article explores means of enhancing industry, higher education and government interrelationships to achieve improvements in the socioeconomic system and cites the food industry in sub-Saharan Africa as a case study to discuss links between industrial development, higher education and other contemporary issues.

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