Creating the African information and knowledge society

African Development Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 239-254

  Adesida, Olugbenga ^a,b  

^a African Futures Project

^b NONE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031820410     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.1998.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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