Mobile telecommunications have fundamentally reshaped patterns of communication, entrepreneurship, and socio-economic development across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This chapter examines how mobile technologies intersect with innovation, social justice, and inclusive growth, emphasizing their transformative potential in fintech, education, and gaming ecosystems. By drawing on multi-country interviews and recent empirical studies, the analysis situates Africa’s mobile revolution within four intersecting frameworks—Ubuntu ethics, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2), paradigm interplay, and Fraser’s three-dimensional model of justice. The findings demonstrate how mobile ecosystems enable entrepreneurial participation, digital inclusion, and localized innovation, even as algorithmic bias, regulatory fragmentation, and gender disparities persist. The study highlights the role of youth as agents of socio-technical transformation and calls for collaborative governance models that align technological diffusion with principles of equity and community well-being.

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Technology Acceptance and Innovation: Mobile Ecosystem Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Robert O. Harris

摘要

Mobile telecommunications have fundamentally reshaped patterns of communication, entrepreneurship, and socio-economic development across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This chapter examines how mobile technologies intersect with innovation, social justice, and inclusive growth, emphasizing their transformative potential in fintech, education, and gaming ecosystems. By drawing on multi-country interviews and recent empirical studies, the analysis situates Africa’s mobile revolution within four intersecting frameworks—Ubuntu ethics, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2), paradigm interplay, and Fraser’s three-dimensional model of justice. The findings demonstrate how mobile ecosystems enable entrepreneurial participation, digital inclusion, and localized innovation, even as algorithmic bias, regulatory fragmentation, and gender disparities persist. The study highlights the role of youth as agents of socio-technical transformation and calls for collaborative governance models that align technological diffusion with principles of equity and community well-being.