African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off

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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Main Author: Broadman, Harry G.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
MOBILE BANKING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
SOLAR CHARGING
CROP STORAGE
EDUCATIONAL TABLETS
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
POWER PLANTS
CALL CENTERS
SOLAR ENERGY
DRONES
CARGO DELIVERY
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250411477472902012/African-home-grown-innovations-take-off
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30330
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spelling okr-10986-303302021-05-25T10:54:41Z African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off Broadman, Harry G. TECHNOLOGY CHANGE MOBILE BANKING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SOLAR CHARGING CROP STORAGE EDUCATIONAL TABLETS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE POWER PLANTS CALL CENTERS SOLAR ENERGY DRONES CARGO DELIVERY MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS 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. 2018-09-04T20:36:23Z 2018-09-04T20:36:23Z 2016-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250411477472902012/African-home-grown-innovations-take-off http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30330 English EMCompass,no. 7; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
MOBILE BANKING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
SOLAR CHARGING
CROP STORAGE
EDUCATIONAL TABLETS
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
POWER PLANTS
CALL CENTERS
SOLAR ENERGY
DRONES
CARGO DELIVERY
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
spellingShingle TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
MOBILE BANKING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
SOLAR CHARGING
CROP STORAGE
EDUCATIONAL TABLETS
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
POWER PLANTS
CALL CENTERS
SOLAR ENERGY
DRONES
CARGO DELIVERY
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
Broadman, Harry G.
African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
relation EMCompass,no. 7;
description 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.
format Brief
author Broadman, Harry G.
author_facet Broadman, Harry G.
author_sort Broadman, Harry G.
title African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
title_short African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
title_full African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
title_fullStr African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
title_full_unstemmed African Home-Grown Innovations Take Off
title_sort african home-grown innovations take off
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250411477472902012/African-home-grown-innovations-take-off
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30330
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