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Prospects and Challenges of E-Government in Black Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Cameroon

Prospects and Challenges of E-Government in Black Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Cameroon

Floribert Patrick C. Endong
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522549871|ISBN10: 1522549870|EISBN13: 9781522549888
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4987-1.ch006
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Endong, Floribert Patrick C. "Prospects and Challenges of E-Government in Black Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Cameroon." Proliferation of Open Government Initiatives and Systems, edited by Ayse Kok, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 111-131. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4987-1.ch006

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Endong, F. P. (2018). Prospects and Challenges of E-Government in Black Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Cameroon. In A. Kok (Ed.), Proliferation of Open Government Initiatives and Systems (pp. 111-131). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4987-1.ch006

Chicago

Endong, Floribert Patrick C. "Prospects and Challenges of E-Government in Black Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Cameroon." In Proliferation of Open Government Initiatives and Systems, edited by Ayse Kok, 111-131. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4987-1.ch006

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Abstract

Most scholars' perspectives on e-government development in Africa have tended to be monolithic. This has been irrespective of the fact that African nations have been adopting relatively different approaches to e-governance. Though the dominant tendency among them has been to struggle to have a certain amount of web presence through the creation of e-government web portals, each African country has designed its own (customized) e-government initiatives. It will therefore be very interesting to explore the extent to which the prospects and challenges of e-governance in Africa have been varying across countries. This chapter attempts to fill this gap in knowledge through a comparative study of e-government implementation in Nigeria and Cameroon. The chapter is divided into three main parts. The first part provides a conceptual definition and a brief history of e-government. The second part explores the phenomena of ICTs and e-governance in Africa while the last part provides a comparative perspective on the implementation of e-government in Nigeria and Cameroon.

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