The pandemic has highlighted the importance of innovation and the digital economy in Africa, but the continent does not yet have comprehensive policies and systems. The EU can serve as a model.
In creating recovery strategies, African governments have an opportunity to employ a systems approach to research, science, and innovation--and put themselves in a better...
By Chux Daniels (ACET and the University of Sussex), Benedikt Erforth (DIE), Rob Floyd (ACET), and Chloe Teevan (ECDPM) This article is excerpted from...