"Innovation is a major driver of long-term economic growth (Romer, 1990, 1992; Aghion and Howitt, 2009; Lundvall, 2016) and sustainable development (UN, 2015). As extensively documented in Fagerberg et al. (2010), two factors have been identified as critical factors in the endogenous economic growth...

Investigating the nature, drivers and sources of innovation in Africa, this book examines the channels for effective diffusion of innovation in and to Africa under institutional, resource and affordability constraints. Fu draws on almost a decade of research on innovation in Africa to explore...