Pan-African Futurism: Ghana and the Paradox of Technology for Development

Since the beginning of the 21st century and especially after the 2007 launch of Safaricom’s mobile money-transfer platform, M-PESA, in Kenya, African governments, international organisations, and t...

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The Journal of Development Studies
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2026-08-13
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2026.2714678
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Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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Pan-African Futurism: Ghana and the Paradox of Technology for Development

Kanyinsola Obayan Arigi
The Journal of Development Studies
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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Pan-African Futurism: Ghana and the Paradox of Technology for Development

Kanyinsola Obayan Arigi
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Since the beginning of the 21st century and especially after the 2007 launch of Safaricom’s mobile money-transfer platform, M-PESA, in Kenya, African governments, international organisations, and t...

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