Zambia
Abstract
The impact of indigenous and modern technologies in sustainable development
Author(s): Levy Nyirenda
The indigenous technology refers to the technological knowledge, skills, and resources transmitted or handed down from the past indigenous people to the present ones to meet their needs and wants by means of investigating, designing, developing, and evaluating products While Modern technology is simply an advancement of old technology. These definitions shows that there is no modern technologies without indigenous or traditional technologies, and indigenous are supported by modern to be effective. Advancement of modern technologies goes with the equipment used in the laboratories or industries. The author discovered that what are considered to be modern technologies in some countries are indigenous in other countries, especially in developed countries. We.. View more»