Innovative region: Kenya

Kenya was ranked second among the top three innovation economies in sub-Saharan Africa, ahead of another eastern African nation Tanzania and after South Africa, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021: Tracking Innovation through the covid-19 crisis, a report produced by the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organisation.

The report further noted that Kenya has held the record for overperforming on innovation relative to their level of development for 11 consecutive years, alongside India, Kenya, Moldova and Vietnam.

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
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