期刊名称：The African Journal of Information and Communication
印刷版ISSN：2077-7205
电子版ISSN：2077-7213
出版年度：2017
卷号：2017
期号：20
页码：1-29
DOI：10.23962/10539/23578
语种：English
出版社：University of the Witwatersrand
摘要：This article uses a “digital complexity ecosystem” framing to delineate the challengesfacing regulation of the digital economy in the Southern African DevelopmentCommunity (SADC) region. The digital complexity ecosystem approach, groundedin the field of complexity science – and in particular the study of complex adaptivesystems (CASs) – is used to illuminate the sources of uncertainty, unpredictabilityand discontinuity currently present in the SADC digital sphere. Drawing onexamples from three regulatory areas, namely mobile financial services, Internet ofThings (IoT) network and services markets, and e-health services, the article arguesthat SADC regulatory bodies will themselves need to adopt highly adaptive, nonlinearapproaches if they are to successfully regulate activities in the digital ecosystemmoving forward. Based on the findings, recommendations are made on SADCregional regulatory agendas and, at national levels, matters of concurrent jurisdiction.
关键词：Complex adaptive systems (CAS); Complexity science; Concurrent regulatory jurisdiction; Digital complexity ecosystem; Digital economy; e-Health; Economic regulation; Electronic communications regulation; Internet of Things (IoT); Mobile financial services; Social regulation;Southern African Development Community (SADC)
