Today, technology is the bane of growth; it is vast and submerges lots of nations. According to Martin Heidegger, “technology is a way of revealing” – revealing development, resources, new ideas and many more. Technology brings out the best in a country.
For instance, Mauritius is the country with the highest human development in Africa. It is the safest economy in Africa, followed by Seychelles. Meanwhile, South Africa has the most developed ecosystem. It was possible because they walked in technology, moving from their agricultural sector to political to the IT sector. They also supply resources for large companies like Dell and Novell. They are vast in the IT world.
Technology has aided in improving lots of sectors in a country’s economy and will continue to rise. Before technology became rampant in Africa, Africa was a home of traditional life practices and methods. For instance, buildings in African countries like Kenya and Nigeria came out of rafts and bamboo. Compared to now, one can tell that technology has changed the social life of these two countries with tall buildings and skyscrapers emerging fort.
Relationship of Technology and various sectors

Technology has advanced the agricultural, manufacturing, communication and entertainment sector in most African countries. Technology has grown so vast that presently, clothes are designed with programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Autodesk before being manufactured.
Moreover, in 2011, Africa became the second-largest mobile phone market in the world. The use of mobile phones brought a rapid change in the IT world in Africa. As a result of this, technology has lots of roles and importance in Africa. Nonetheless, a few of its significance are listed below.
Health sector
Firstly, in health factors, digital health has improved the lives of citizens in every country – unlike in the older times; hospitals were lacking in towns or they were 18 hours walk away with no fast means of transport. Beforehand, HIV was a deadly case that was hard to curb in Africa but now, it’s easier to control through mHealth, a Nigerian website and Kenya’s mPEP( Mobile Phone Exposure Prophylaxis). There is also a Blood Bank for the donation of blood for sicklers.
Secondly, in the entertainment factor, Africa is classified top-notch after the US, the UK. First of all, social media is the fastest-growing entertainment industry. Through tech, Nigeria became the leading country in Africa concerning entertainment. She keeps growing wide through the media.
Business sector
Likely, technology has a role to play in the business factor; technology has made business more accessible, readily, and closer to retailers than before. For instance, when one buys a phone from Jumia, the payment, location of residential area, and tracking order is all processed through the app or website. It made business ideas and events much more easygoing. Online meetings take place through apps like Google Meet and Zoom despite the location. The advertising agency also makes their profit from these businesses.
Education Sector
When it comes to education in Africa, technology has improved in many ways. Technology has brought education closer to the less privileged who cannot afford school as long as such a person has a gadget.
A child of age can graduate with a school-leaving certificate – using sites or apps like ULesson, Unicaf, Mtn Online Classroom, Classnotes.com, Ubongo and lots more. When e-learning is in use, it builds capacity in a child and saves time and money. One advantage e-learning has over physical school is its flexibility and less stress.
Technology in Africa
From these, one can see the usefulness of technology in Africa and beyond. Africa is indeed increasing with growing technology, but not all countries are technology-based. Below is a list of some countries in Africa and areas where development occurred because of IT.
Mauritius is the most developed country in Africa – booming with an influx of tourists every year; they have pompous economies on their islands; the same goes for Seychelles and Cape Verde. Botswana, Swaziland and Namibia have established industrial sites to improve their technological capacities. South Africa is known for the manufacturing of automobiles; Nigeria, through technology, is widely known in the music and entertainment world. Burkina Faso has zeroed in its advancement on agriculture, with farmers figuring out how to regulate themselves and offer new cultivating practices.
It has lots of roles to play in every sector of an economy of a country. It depends only on how such a country utilizes their technology rate.