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May 16, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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AFS 410 - Computers and Technology in Africa
Examines how African countries utilize information technology (IT) with special emphasis on information communication technologies ICTs, development, and increasing market access. A survey of the basic structures of IT will foreground discussions about the applications of IT, ICTs and social media platforms to leverage social capital and mobilize politically. An emphasis is placed on analyzing the relationships among hardware, social media, software (apps, etc.), databases, networks and variations in infrastructure through country case studies. The selection of case studies include IT incubators such as Kenya and countries with less IT infrastructure to compare sub-regional trends and best practices.
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): U3 or U4 status
DEC: H
SBC: STAS
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