Kobena T. HANSON, PhD Independent Development Evaluation/AfDB Disruptive Technologies, Innovation & Development in Africa: Implications for Evaluation 9th AfrEA Conference, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire Session: ‘Perspectives on the 4IR and the African Evaluation Practice’ March 14, 2019 :
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Kobena T. HANSON, PhD
Independent Development Evaluation/AfDB
Disruptive Technologies, Innovation & Development in Africa: Implications for Evaluation
9th AfrEA Conference, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Session: ‘Perspectives on the 4IR and the African Evaluation Practice’
March 14, 2019 :
Outline
Outline
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
Introduction
• 4IR – a union of digital technology & creative economy is having a disruptive effect on society never imagined– Shaping labor force patterns /employment /inequality
– New wave of ‘technopreneurs’ / innovators
• Technology is more accessible, widely used and seamlessly integrated than ever
• Information travels, is demanded, & influences more people at a much faster and inter-connected pace than ever before– Avalanche of data & ease of sharing (mis)information unprecedented
Introduction/Context
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
• Pace of technological devt & influences has far-reaching effects on societies – Solutions to complex problems can be generated in unthought of ways &
often via unconventional networks of people
• Augmented & virtual reality (AR/VR) shape the experience of content consumption– content more powerful than when presented via traditional media
Disrupted Landscape
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
4IR & Disruptive Technologies
Performance demanded at the high end of the market
New performance trajectory
Disruptive technology
PE
RFO
RM
AN
CE
TIME
performance demanded at the low end of the market or in a new emerging market
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
4IR & Disruptive Technologies
Dilemma of Disruption
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
Importance of Knowledge
4IR / Value of Knowledge
• Evaluation marketplace is changing rapidly in the face of 4IR, rise of disruptive technologies
• A shift toward a value of knowledge, intellectual capital of people/organizations to use technology wisely, effectively and efficiently
• Winds of change present new challenges and opportunities for evaluation– ONLY grasping how to harness & leverage these tectonic shifts
will one be positioned to seize the opportunities of change
The Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank
Evaluators & Disruption
Evaluation & Disruptive Technologies
• AV/big data/block chain/IoT/5G - Revisit approaches– Shape data & info mapping– Real time data – facilitate evaluation quickly (collect/report/disseminate
& redefine stakeholder feedback – Physical-to-digital-to physical loops / real time reaction to shifts in the
ecosystem– Recognize patterns, simulate & model potential futures, and learn.