Firm-Level Innovation in Africa: Overcoming Limits and Constraints
Edited by: Oluseye Jegede: The literature on innovation in Africa is rapidly expanding, and a recurring thread in the emergent literature is the pervasiveness of systemic weaknesses that inhibit the innovation process. Despite these, firms are able to innovate in Africa.
40th WIPO IGC: Mixed Impressions as Experts Seek a New Mandate
By Chidi Oguamanam, cross-posted from ABS Canada.
Pre-session
Strategy Meetings
Experts and delegates gathered in Geneva for the 40th session of the WIPO IGC, which commenced on...
Governance of Public Health Innovation in the Shadow of COVID-19
Authored by: Chidi Oguamanam
This Open AIR Working Paper 28 explores innovations in the delivery of universal care to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)...
Building Women’s Resilience and Leadership in Climate Change and Humanitarian Crises
By Esther Mobolayo Adekunbi
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, I was privileged to attend a meeting organised by CARE Canada and the Food and Agriculture...
Inclusive Innovation: Lessons from Africa for the World’s ICT Policymakers
Information communication technologies (ICT) can play a crucial role in promoting development, making societies more just, equitable, and inclusive of marginalized communities. To see how, some of the brightest young researchers from the “global South” met with established field leaders at the IDRC and COSTECH-sponsored 2016 CPRsouth conference in Zanzibar.
L’Afrique à l’épreuve de la Covid-19
Par Abdelhamid Benhmade
En quatre semaines, la situation est devenue extrêmement alarmante sur le continent africain. « Les populations africaines vivent l’un des pires épisodes pandémiques...
L’innovation au service de l’informel à l’ère de la COVID-19
Par : Abdelhamid Benhmade
La COVID-19, et si nous en profitons pour renouer des liens plus étroits avec l’informel? Nombreuses sont les personnes frappées de...
Modes of Innovation and Enterprise Development by Nairobi’s Mobile Tech Startups
Authored by: Victor Nzomo, Jacquiline Mwangi, Louisa Matu-Mureithi, Caroline Wanjiru Muchiri, and Isaac Rutenberg
Abstract: This paper sets out findings from research into innovation dynamics...
Innovation Linkages between Formal and Informal Sectors
Published by Open AIRPublication Date: 2014Download: Open A.I.R. Briefing Note: Innovation Linkages between Formal and Informal Sectors (360kb)
This 2014 Briefing Note highlights the findings from...
Museums and Women’s Empowerment in Zambia
By Charlene Tsitsi Musiza
There have been many efforts to empower women, but rural women continue to face unique socio-economic challenges. A suggested approach to...
