AFRICAN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: THE IDEAL FOR CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY

This treatise is a qualitative research in philosophy aimed at asserting the pertinence of African contemporary philosophy to African tech development. The study is anchored on the hypothetical thesis that no society can develop or advance without thinkers, as science has no basis without philosophy. The problem of the study is the search for new paradigm for African cotemporary philosophy. Against this backdrop it behoves to ask, as far as the global race for tech advancement is concerned, where does Africa stand? Of what relevance is African philosophy to African's quest for tech development? Based on the ndings of this critical analysis, the treatise argues that since philosophy plays an indispensible role in the advancement, sophistication and utility of technology, the African philosophy have a pivotal and crucial role to play. Consequently, the ideal object and teleology of the contemporary African philosophy ought to be the postulation of pragmatic ideologies that are germane towards advancing Africa's sustainable development of science and technology. The study therefore recommends that contemporary African philosophy has no business with abstract and baseless speculations for the latter is a liability not an asset. However, contemporary African philosophy should be fundamentally concerned with churning out cutting edge and fecund ideas that would stimulate the invention of home-grown African-techs. The analytic and normative methods were adopted in this study.

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