There is a growing desire for more scientific and technical knowledge regarding Africa. This is because Africa has the potential and opportunity to generate impactful research. However, this potential is not optimized because of several constraints, including the lack of systematic reviews and models of knowledge management and paradoxical trends in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to review studies on knowledge management and associated paradoxes in Africa and a paradox-conscious African knowledge management model. The autochthonous African model that the authors propose has implications for global knowledge management.,The authors review studies on knowledge management and paradoxes on Africa.,The authors propose a model and identify 12 paradoxes broadly categorized as industrial, political and social.,The paradoxical tensions characteristic of Africa may be considered integral to business and policy rather than local expressions to be solved through international “best practice.”,The model this paper propose enables theoretical and empirical studies of knowledge management sensitive to the paradoxical tensions associated with autochthonous management knowledge and autochthonous knowledge management.

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非洲的自主管理知识/知识管理

越来越需要有关非洲的科学和技术知识。这是因为非洲有潜力和机会开展有影响力的研究。但是，由于若干制约因素，包括没有对非洲知识管理的系统评价和模型以及非洲自相矛盾的趋势，这种潜力没有得到最佳利用。本文的目的是回顾有关非洲知识管理和相关悖论的研究以及具有自相矛盾意识的非洲知识管理模型。作者提出的非洲土著模型对全球知识管理具有启示意义。作者回顾了有关非洲知识管理和悖论的研究。作者提出了一个模型，并确定了12种悖论，大体上分为工业，政治和社会三大悖论。