Download or read book Computing in Research and Development in Africa written by Abdoulaye Gamatié and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the trends, challenges and solutions in computing use for scientific research and development within different domains in Africa, such as health, agriculture, environment, economy, energy, education and engineering. The benefits expected are discussed by a number of recognized, domain-specific experts, with a common theme being computing as solution enabler. This book is the first document providing such a representative up-to-date view on this topic at the continent level.