Capacity Building in Computer Science as a Driver of Innovation

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Capacity Building in Computer Science as a Driver of Innovation Publications

Project Publications

Harsh, M. and Zachary, G. P. (2013). Computer Science Research Capacity as a Driver of ICTD Innovation: Institutional Factors in Kenya and Uganda. Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development. doi:10.1145/2517899.2517943

Harsh, M., Wetmore, J., and Zachary, G. (2012). The Construction of Computer Science Capacity in Kenya and Uganda: Innovation, Capacity, Policy, Identity. Presented at the Gordon Research Conference for Science and Technology Policy, Waterville Valley, NH, USA.

Arizona State University News. (2012). Study to focus on computer science and innovation in Kenya, Uganda.

Further Reading

On Innovation and the Mobile Phone:
Zachary, G. P. (2012). Africans Dial Up Innovation: No longer content to import technology, Africans are using cellphones to spur indigenous innovation. IEEE Spectrum.

On Electricity and the State:
Zachary, G. P. (2009). Giving Up on Grids. MIT Technology Review.

On Emerging Science in East Africa:
Zachary, G. P. (2011). Vast and Fertile Ground in Africa for Science to Take Root. The New York Times.

On Development Aid and Agriculture:
Zachary, G. P. (2007). Global media and the development story. International Food Policy Research Institute.

View the description of the Capacity Building in Computer Science as a Driver of Innovation Project and read about the project team.