DIGITAL STABILITY: THE POTENTIAL OF TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN UPCOMING GENERATIONS IN WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES (NIGERIA AND GHANA)

The unprecedented advancement in technology in the twenty-first century has witnessed one of the key elements of development. The Internet and Android mobile phones are products of this innovation. People's daily lives and social interactions have changed significantly as a result of the use of these newly designed devices. Additionally, technology has had an impact on social institutions like the economy, politics, education, technology, health, and family life through several adjustments that have occurred in each of these social institutions. The primary focus of this paper is the interaction between multiple concepts, including automation and employment, financial technology's potential, technological and economic obstacles to digitization, the political implications of digitization, the risk of digital authoritarianism, and the geopolitics of digitization. The phenomenon was explained by the use of social evolutionary theory and technical theory of social transformation. Therefore, this study examined how much technology has been incorporated into the lives of people in West and North Africa through the usage of mobile phones and the Internet, as well as the notable changes or modifications to the ways in which technology can empower the countries of West Africa's future generations. The study also demonstrates how the digital economy may turn out to be a crucial component of the West's answer to the problem of youth unemployment. The paper also demonstrates that the digital economy could become one of the key solutions to the youth unemployment crisis in the West and North Africa, owing to the significant roles that these technologies play in people's daily lives and the benefits that people gain from using them. The regional governments have taken action to foster an atmosphere that is conducive to the success of technology entrepreneurs. It is advised that in order to stop China from spreading its internet governance model throughout the area, Europeans assist in building digital infrastructure. The digitization push in West and North Africa should also get financial, regulatory, and capacity-building help from the European Union.