What role can appropriate technology play in developing African economies?
A. Appropriate technologies should be labor saving, should economize scarce resources, or should create new opportunities for entrepreneurship, either in meeting local needs or generating income. Africans have a tremendous entrepreneurial spirit, considerable technical skill, and the willingness and ability to innovate. New technologies are easily learned and applied if they are genuinely useful and help satisfy local expectations. When there is a need and an appropriate technology that addresses the need, then you have an opportunity for entrepreneurship and economic growth. Identifying appropriate technologies is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle. You know what the niches are, and you keep your eyes and ears and mind open, and the technologies eventually present themselves. Often they are already in use somewhere in Africa and with great benefit, but are not yet widely known. Sometimes they are available from Asia or from the technological archives of America or Europe. Sometimes, how
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