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Transformative Online Education & Social Equality: The Prospects for E-Governance and Democracy in Africa
Abstract
This chapter seeks to examine the impact of e-governance to demonstrate the challenges facing transformative online education in promoting social equality in Africa, while also taking cognizance of the effect of prevailing socio-political and economic factors affecting the access to, the provision of and distribution of new technology and its effectiveness as a tool for promoting the latter (social equality) on the continent. However e-governance as a means of promoting greater participation through the internet and online facilities has become an important part of the new medium because it allows people to interact more with their government and provides transparency in governance. This chapter will therefore focus on the prospects for e-governance and democracy while noting that Africa lags behind in the institutionalization of online governance infrastructures and compounded by corruption, ineffective policy implementation and lack of effective online education programs. This chapter will examine the potential for growth in e-participation and e-democracy. It will illustrate how these challenges inhibit the prospects for effective transformative online education as a means to promoting social equality but a process that must be enhanced in order to sustain and consolidate democratic governance on the continent.
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