Original Story Published by: Kennedy Kangethe for Capital Buinsess
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According to the index, Kenya’s strengths include access to credit especially microfinance loans, innovation linkages and exports of creative services.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 11 – Kenya has been ranked the third most innovative country in Sub Saharan Africa according to the Global Innovative Index (GII) 2018.
Kenya follows South Africa and Mauritius who are ranked first and second respectively.
According to the index, Kenya’s strengths include access to credit especially microfinance loans, innovation linkages and exports of creative services, workforce efficiency, printing and other media.
“Kenya achieves high levels of innovation relative to its level of development, a continuous performance since 2011,” the report states.
Kenya is ranked 78th most innovative country globally, while South Africa is placed 58th.
The Index states that South Africa shows strengths in its sophisticated market and business sector. Other strong indicators are: access to credit, market capitalization, university and industry research collaborations, cluster development and intellectual property payments.
“South Africa is improving in the quality of its science papers and its universities, especially for the University of Cape Town, the University of Witwatersrand and Stellenbosch University,” the report reads.
Mauritius has a strong political, business and credit environments.
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