This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 5 th International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries, AFRICATEK 2022, held in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in December 5-7, 2022. The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as answer set programming; Education in the 4IR Era, Opportunities for driving Efficiencies and Effectiveness, Key 4IR Baseline Architectures, Application of 4IR in Environment and Agriculture Monitoring.