Hematology Journal of Blood Science and Disorders
Prognostication Opportunity of Future STEM Education and 4IR for Africa: Uphill Massif
Abstract
Tola Bekene Bedada and Diribe Dekeba Dame
The digital revolution is the widespread diffusion of information and communication technologies and the transformation towards an entirely digitized society. The digital revolution can radically develop and change Africa like what the first industrial revolution did to western countries in the 19th century. Most, if not all, African countries are still looking for solutions to the education, socioeconomic, and political problems that their inhabitants face. The study’s main goals were to identify the challenges and potential trends in African countries in implementing STEM education and 4IR on the continent, as well as to provide a strategy and method for implementing 4IR and STEM education. The study used the archival research study process to investigate the searched articles to answer the research questions. The findings reveal that there are some trends that were implemented in Africa, such as Experimento and STEM power, that need to be implemented within the continent in a cooperative way. There is also a forum [PASET Forum (2019)] that is prepared by the African countries to discuss the hot issues of the world 4IR. Besides these trends, the study also finds out the challenges such as human skills, infrastructure, and resources [budget] and, to some extent, fear of job loss those African countries are facing and will be facing within the continent.