The Impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on globalisation

Abstract

Abstract: All sectors of business capacities across the globe including Africa are becoming increasingly effective and efficient as a result of globalisation and the digitisation of information that have comprehensively improved the way governments, International organisations and private companies are conducting their daily businesses. Past and current studies argued that, ICT plays a critical role in engineering and knowledge economy as well as in management. Information and Communication (ICT) seems to assume an explanatory role in energizing the coming together of world societies. More so, it aids in the acceleration of the interdependence of institutions, organs, processes and values. This article is therefore set to explore a symbiotic linkage and explain the nexus between ICT and globalization. To achieve this goal, ICT is used as a framework for analysing global interdependence through effective communication. Using a theoretical method of inquiry, this paper inferred that ICT is the tool through which technology is transmitted, while technology is the oiling of communication which is the nerve of globalization