continent Archives - InnovationAfrica

Africa is finally booming, but don’t break out the champagne yet

Social Enterprise Africans are celebrating levels of economic growth and political stability that were unthinkable just 10 years ago, but without...

Electronics giant in African technical training push

Samsung Africa will have six operational engineering academies across Africa by the end of the year, as well as many e-learning centres, ‘smart’ schools...

Gaming Scene in Africa | Maliyo Games Vs Ma3Racer

BY Sam Wakoba Move over Rovio’s Angry Birds and Bad Piggies. Gaming startups in Africa are changing the game scene on the continent, slowly replacing internationally popular games. Nigeria’s Maliyo Games is at the moment pushing for local content for the more than 160 million people online and the one billion mobile subscribers in Africa. According to Hugo Obi...

Putting Africa First: The Making of African Innovation Systems

Mammo Muchie (Author), Peter Gammeltoft (Author), Bengt-Åke Lundvall (Author) The expression ‘national systems of innovation’ was introduced in the 1980s to emphasize the interdependence between technical and institutional change. For many reasons, the work on Africa is especially important. No continent has a more complex pattern of national boundaries...

Anzisha Prize Tour

The Anzisha Prize Tour is on a continent-wide search for Africa’s rising young innovators. African Leadership Academy Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership will be hosting interactive information sessions across the African continent. Centre director Jamila Payne and Anzisha Prize program manager Chi Achebe will be conducting information sessions throughout March and...

Asian Interest Means Africa Needs New Economic Vision

“The surge in interest in Africa by China and India requires a different approach that does not view the continent as a helpless victim of foreign...

African climate conference showcases continent’s adaptation knowledge

The AfricaAdapt Climate Change Symposium 2011 is an unprecedented gathering of African and Africa-based researchers, NGOs, community activists, donors and government officialsto focussing on sharing knowledge and experiences of climate change in Africa. Go to Source Similar Products: Powered by Climate Change and Africa :: Amazon At the beginning...