Lloyd G. Adu Amoah

Lloyd G. Adu Amoah lectures at the Department of Political Science and is founding Director of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. He was the former acting Director of the Centre for European Studies, University of Ghana. Legon. He is a fellow of the African Studies Centre (ASC) and the International Institute of Asian Studies (where he did his postdoctoral work) both in Leiden, the Netherlands. Lloyd is a member of the Ghana Studies Association, World Economics Association, Association for Heterodox Economics,the African Urban Planning Research Network, and the Cambridge Social Ontology Group; he is the founder and coordinator of the Africa Digitalization Studies Network. His research focuses on public policy formation theory, administrative theory, political theory, strategy in government, Africa-Asia-China relations, public administration and philosophy, e-governance and ICT policy in developing countries, techno-politics and the political economy of architecture and space in developing polities. He has published several journal articles and book chapters. His recently published books include (2020) and (2021). He is the co-editor of two forthcoming books, (2024) and (2024).

Publications

Examining the Rapid Advance of Digital Technology in Africa
Examining the Rapid Advance of Digital Technology in Africa
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah. © 2024. 369 pages.
There are essential questions surrounding Africa's digitalization journey, including whether or not the continent can truly serve as the last frontier for socio-economic...
Digital Imperialism and the Cyberization of Contemporary Life: A Ghanaian Perspective
Digital Imperialism and the Cyberization of Contemporary Life: A Ghanaian Perspective
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah. © 2024. 25 pages.
Cyberization has become the new inescapable reality of contemporary life. Cyberization points to the ways in which daily living in the last thirty years has become decidedly...
Africa and the Global Video Games Industry: Ties, Tensions, and Tomorrow
Africa and the Global Video Games Industry: Ties, Tensions, and Tomorrow
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah, Eyram Tawia. © 2024. 18 pages.
This chapter provides a state-of-the art account(their creation, logics and play) of video games in Africa by explicating its ties, tensions and possibilities vis-à-vis the wider...
Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa
Impacts of the Knowledge Society on Economic and Social Growth in Africa
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah. © 2014. 336 pages.
In a world that is essentially digitizing, some have argued that the idea of the knowledge society holds the greatest promise for Africa’s rapid socio-economic transformation....
The Rise of Telcos and Africa's Knowledge Society: What Have Telchambs Got to Do With It?
The Rise of Telcos and Africa's Knowledge Society: What Have Telchambs Got to Do With It?
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah. © 2014. 22 pages.
The growing penetration of mobile telephony in Africa reflects arguably the continent's increasing embeddedness into the concourses of the rapidly evolving global high...
Grey Hair, Grey Matter, and ICT Policy in the Global South: The Ghana Case
Grey Hair, Grey Matter, and ICT Policy in the Global South: The Ghana Case
Lloyd G. A. Amoah. © 2013. 16 pages.
By exploring the case of Ghana, this chapter examines the often cited linkages between good governance, ICTs, and development in developing societies. Though some significant...