An exploration of the theories that explain the failure of information technology adoption in africa
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Abstract
The explanation of information technology adoption in Africa has been largely confined to the modernization paradigm, and this paradigm has included the Critical theory, Dependency theory, and Structuralism and Functionalism theories. The major contribution of the modernization paradigm has been in polling together several theories on development issues, thus giving African scholars a theoretical platform for IT adoption scenario. However, modern scholars have criticized this paradigm for its inability to institute an improvement on the political, social and economic situation in Africa, which was its main aim when it was conceived in the 1950's. (Tipps, 1973).
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