HARNESSING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTFOR AFRICA'S TRANSITION TO THE 21ST CENTURY

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the factors which make knowledge man-agement (KM) an important resource for accelerating the development of Africa as we move towards the 21' Century. As African information specialists we are faced with the urgent challenge of making our full contribution to ongoing ef-forts, in our respective countries, to end poverty and underdevelopment on our continent. The key objective of this paper is thus to answer the question: what are the methods that information and knowledge management can use to address poverty and underdevelopment in Africa?