Africa and the 4th Industrial Revolution in Sociological Context

Africa and the 4th Industrial Revolution in Sociological Context
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Africa and the 4th Industrial Revolution in Sociological Context
Introduction
Postcolonial African is characterized by various negative perceptions, particularly in the Global North (GN). African countries are related to different sorts of negative perceptions, including poverty, unruly people, genocide, diseases, hunger, and weak political systems. It is essential to evaluate the theme of industrial revolution in Africa to contribute to limited knowledge concerning the sociological drivers of Africa's status in the global economy. This is because many policies that shape international policies are centered on assumptions that emanate from the Western models (GN) thinking approaches. For instance, the term "development" has the power to influence international and national policies and divert or attract huge some of finances. This could be viewed through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. These entail targets that each nation across the globe consented to strive to attain and finance. The SDGs are centered on the development consensus, which perceives various countries within the Global South (GS) to achieve insignificant economic progress compared to the GN countries. This phenomenon prompts the research question: Does the social assessment view global development in terms of practices and actions seeking to basically restructure social interactions to "create" new community forms in the GS? This report argues that social evaluations should perceive the global development idea, particularly centered on industrialization, as a sequence of practices and actions that aim at fundamentally reconfiguring social relations to create new community forms among the GS countries.
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The speech analysis centers on the speech delivered by Akinwumi Adesina, the 8th elected president of African Development Bank. The speech was delivered at the Ministerial Roundtable at the Korean-Africa Forum on Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC). The theme of the conference was Africa and the 4th industrial Revolution: Opportunities for leapfrogging?. The speech can be explained in terms of industrial development perspective in postcolonial Africa. This relates to social sciences in that it provides criticism of the social theory. In such a critique, the social theory holds water within this paper's context since it is perceived as being weakened as it positively functions for imperialism as well as supports its requirements. As such, sociologists could be castigated for their pro-racist and pro-imperialist positions (Venn 2006:66). This viewpoint, therefore, perceives postcolonial industrial development as a criticism of Orientalist sociologists and humanists for their contribution towards Africa's status. However, certain social theory versions, such as W.E.B Du Bois' use of social thinking to counter scientific racism, served anti-imperial ends. However, arguments that social theory continues to support neocolonialism or that sociology as a whole disciplinary business is pro-imperialist are irrational. Extents of complicity and autonomy need to be acknowledged as well as internal variations in socio...