African Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Head Unit of Pan-African Women studies at the Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Bhaso Ndzendze is an Associate Professor, Vice Dean of Internalisation, and Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Ndzendze is also Head of the 4IR and Digital Policy Research Unit and Co-Chair of the Internationalisation Task Team at the University of Johannesburg.

1. Women and the 4IR in Africa 2. IR for, not against, African Women 3. The Role of Women in the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Africa 4. Technological Adaptation and Sociopolitical Behavior of Women in Africa 5. Africa’s Economy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Assessment of Gender in Financial Inclusion 6. Women’s Inequality in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Response from Botswana and South Africa 7. Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Perspectives, Opportunities, and Implications for Nigeria and South Africa 8. The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Impact on Zimbabwe Women 9. Digital Gender Inclusion and Women's Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia and Nigeria 10. An Exploration of the Indispensability and Challenges of Digitalization through the Lens of Women in the Maritime Domain 11. Covid-19 and the Digital Transformation in Nigeria’s Higher Education System: Gendered Discourses 12. Smartphone-Mediated Co-Presence Amid Covid-19: A Case Study of African Migrant Women in Johannesburg, South Africa 13. Gender Equity, Good Governance, and Leadership in the 4IR in Eastern Cape Schools 14. Using Digital Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in South Africa 15. Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms and the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: The Case of Malian Women 16. Fourth Industrial Revolution and Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives in Africa 17. A Digital Divide: Assessing the Developmental Status for Women in Rural Areas in the Advent of the 4IR in South Africa 18. Drones, Artificial intelligence (AI), the Chibok Girls and the Future of Counterterrorism in Nigeria