Description
A robust manufacturing sector is a necessity and a sufficient condition for any country’s human and economic development as it creates employment and alleviates poverty. During this Fourth Industrial Revolution era, there is an urgent need in Africa to optimally utilize the existing resources to support manufacturing or else risk allowing the continent to fall behind in the industrial economy. Innovative strategies are needed that can unlock Africa’s manufacturing potential by exploring key areas that may help Africa mature and launch modernized economies that will benefit the developed world’s industrial economy.
The Handbook of Research on Nurturing Industrial Economy for Africa’s Development examines various innovations necessary for Africa’s economic development including drivers of the manufacturing economy such as education, agriculture, human capital, science and technological innovations, language, politics, and business environments. The book explores strategies to increase Africa’s economic diversity, complexity, productivity, and ultimately competitiveness, and for the continent to realize its manufacturing/industrial potential. Further, chapters focus on African countries’ industrial economies in the African context and facilitating the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This book is a valuable reference tool for government officials, economists, industrialists, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the industrial economic development of Africa.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Frederick Nafukho (Ed.)
Fredrick Muyia Nafukho is a Professor of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. Dr. Nafukho earned his Ph.D. in Leadership and Human Resource Development from Louisiana State University, M.Ed. in Economics of Education and B. Ed in Business Studies and Economics from Kenyatta University, Kenya. He attended Harvard's Management Development Program (MDP) offered by Harvard Institutes for Higher Education. Dr. Nafukho has received numerous awards in recognition of his scholarship including: the Fulbright Scholarship in 1996, 2019 Academy of Human Resource Development Outstanding Scholar Award, the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship in 2016, Outstanding Paper, Academy of Human Resource Development, Asian Chapter in 2019, Distinguished International Scholar Award, Louisiana State University in 1997, Arkansas Business Teacher Educator of the Year Award in 2004, Cutting Edge Award for the Outstanding Papers, Academy of Human Resource Development in 2005, and Outstanding New Faculty Award, College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University in 2008. Dr. Nafukho's research focuses on educational policy analysis within international and comparative education, investment in human capital development, emotional intelligence and leadership development, organizational development and change, transfer of learning, organizational learning and e-learning. He has authored, co-authored/edited over 100 books, book chapters, and refereed journal articles. He has served as a consultant with the UNDP, WHO and UNESCO and as a lead consultant for 15 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries on a Four Sector Open and Distance Learning (ODEL) Research Project. Dr. Nafukho has received numerous grant funding to support his research and graduate students.
Alexander Boniface Makulilo (Ed.)
Alexander Makulilo is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic, Research and Consultancy at the University of Dodoma. Prof. Makulilo earned his Ph.D in Political Science (Summa cum Laude) from the Leipzig University, Germany. He also studied M.A and B.A in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Prof. Makulilo further earned Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) from the Open University of Tanzania. He holds a Diploma in the Management of Higher Education from the Galilee International Management Institute in Israeli. Between 2015 and 2019 he served as the Head of Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar es Salaam as well as the Principal of the College of Social Sciences - University of Dar es Salaam. Prof. Makulilo is the Chief Editor of “the African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs” published by the Brill. His main research areas include governance, democracy, gender, comparative politics, development, human rights, constitutionalism, peace and security. Prof. Makulilo has researched and published widely in the areas of his specialisation. He is a member of several professional associations including the International Political Science Association (IPSA), the International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) and the German African Network of Alumni and Alumnae.