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The Value Of Technology In Promoting Development, Improving Productive Capacities And People's Lives Has Been Long And Widely Recognized. Technological Progress Has Contributed Immensely In Improving Productivity, Reducing Costs, Lessening The Burden Of Hard Work On Humans And Spreading More Benefits To Them. Indeed, It Is Also Undisputable That The Goal Of Technology Development Is To Provide Higher Standards Of Living For Humans By Making Available To Them Products And Services That Meet Their Demands And Needs. Arguably, It Is Only When Any Given Society Has Achieved A Certain Level Of Satisfaction Of Human Needs That Is Considered Developed. This View Is Embedded In The Etymological Origin Of The Concept Of Technology. Indeed, This Term Derives From Ancient Greek 'technologia' Which Is Composite Word Constituted By The Term 'techné' Meaning 'art, Skill' And The Suffix 'logia' Meaning 'words, Speech'. Resultantly, Technology Is A Means Through Which Humans Satisfy Their Needs And Desires By Studying 'tech- Niques' And Using Inventions And Discoveries For The Overall Good Of Human Development. Viewed In This Perspective, Technology Plays A Central Role In The Socio-economic Development Of The Society-- Provided By Publisher.
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2024-01-01
Technology transfer
Technology and state--Africa
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Technology transfer--Africa
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