African academics are being left behind in the rush to research how communication technologies can help development, according to a review of papers in the field.
As a result, key theories in the field are being formed without the influence of African academics, researchers told the Information and Communications Technology and Development 2010 (ICTD2010) conference, in London, United Kingdom, from 13–16 December, 2010.
African researchers and institutions have contributed just nine per cent of international papers across all ICTD disciplines. Of the nine per cent, South Africa contributed over a third of the papers, with Botswana and Nigeria contributing 14 and 17 per cent respectively. The number of non-English publications was negligible. African participation at related international conferences was also low.
The authors said that some of the causes were generic obstacles to Africans publishing research, such as the emphasis on teaching rather than research as the driver of career success, difficulties in accessing international journals, and a claimed Northern bias against Southern authors.
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