African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
Over the last decade African advances in technology, especially in the home-grown mobile banking sector, have shown how innovation can contribute to economic development across the continent. By understanding how the application of changes in techn...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250411477472902012/African-home-grown-innovations-take-off http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30330 |
| Summary: | Over the last decade African advances in
technology, especially in the home-grown mobile banking
sector, have shown how innovation can contribute to economic
development across the continent. By understanding how the
application of changes in technologies take hold
globally—from initial discovery to new commercial products,
processes, or services—private firms in Africa can better
deploy investment into successful innovations to propel the
continent’s productivity and growth. |
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