The Fourth Industrial Revolution – 4IR: A New Buzz Concept for the Emerging Markets of Africa

Mboungou Mouyabi Seke*
CRM Officer, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Periodicity:July - December'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jcc.6.2.16622

Abstract

Until now, industrial frameworks had durable life cycles and have been out for a few years now. Nevertheless, in the most recent two years, an inexorably quick pace of progress has been seen in Africa, for the most part in view of reception of developing Web ideas, advances, devices, and systems. In response to this observation, the point of this article is to quickly display parts of the developing time of the fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). It shed some light on the Fourth industrial insurgency to be another buzz thought in Africa. This article examines the industry 4.0 in connection with the emerging markets of Africa. In addition to the above, the perspectives exhibited here may initiate tradeoffs on the various qualities that the fourth Industrial Revolution brings to the table for the emerging markets of Africa and, the author hopes that the ambiguity of the terminology will not hinder the effort.

Keywords

Fourth Industrial Revolution, Emerging Markets, Buzz Thought.

How to Cite this Article?

Seke, M. M.(2019). The Fourth Industrial Revolution – 4IR: A New Buzz Concept for the Emerging Markets of Africa, i-manager's Journal on Cloud Computing, 6(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.26634/jcc.6.2.16622

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