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This chapter explores the creative industries in Africa from a digital perspective. This ranges from digital advertising, design, fashion, film and music production to digital publishing and photography. There have been quite a range of innovative…

There are rising calls for the adoption of responsible management practices in virtually every economic sector of both developed and developing economies. Among others, efforts to promote responsible management have been championed by governments,…

Corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming the ideal and approved mode
of sustaining good relations between corporate bodies and their surrounding
communities. The building of a strong relationship is essential for the simple reason…

Information is useful for enhancing the success of export firms operating on the advantaged and
disadvantaged end of the global digital divide; in developed and developing economy contexts. As part of
a larger e-readiness survey of Ghana’s…

Purpose – This paper, grounded on social capital and social networking theory, examines how postgraduate
students in Ghana cultivate and utilise social resources towards career development.
Design/methodology/approach – Following a qualitative…

This chapter provides case illustrations at the sub-regional creative hubs from East to West, and North to South Africa. Starting off with a broad overview of creative hubs – notably African Tech Hubs, and how they have been at the forefront of…

This chapter aims to provide an understanding of the factors that serve as catalysts for social media adoption by public sector firms in Africa. Using the Technology Organisation Environment (TOE) framework, this chapter explains how social media…

[Abstract] The research seeks to gain qualitative insights into channel structure and conflict management
of leading multinational companies operating in Ghana. A case-study approach was adopted for this study.
Data was gathered and analyzed…

Social media has been described as having the potential to enhance the delivery of e-government services. The chapter relies on examples of social media use in providing e-government services in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Rwanda and…

universities are growing more quickly than the government’s capacity to fnance
these institutions (Iruonagbe et al., 2015; Olaleye et al., 2020).
Beyond the university itself, there are challenges with internet penetration
and power supply. As…