Systematic Review of Digital Risks in South African Higher Education, 2019–2025

A systematic review synthesizes evidence from 40 peer-reviewed papers on digital transformation and sustainability in South African higher education from 2019 to 2025. Authored by Bakang Nthutang and uploaded to figshare in May 2026, the paper identifies interconnected risks like digital divides and policy misalignment. The 675.1 KB document contributes to discourse on inclusive and resilient higher education in developing contexts.

Use Cases

• Analyzing patterns of digital risk emergence based on the review of 40 papers
• Identifying strategic gaps in policy and infrastructure from described risk categories
• Informing equity-driven strategy development based on the synthesized evidence of interconnected risks

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 40 peer-reviewed papers identified via the PRISMA approach.
• The review covers a defined 6-year period from 2019 to 2025.
• The document is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is a single 675.1 KB document, representing a limited scope of analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale data tasks.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review using PRISMA and SPIDER frameworks.

Time Range

2019–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 04:45:27

Geography

South Africa