Great News. Thanks Adam. I agree with the report. We've been struggling to get this information out all along. But that is all set to change upon fibre optics switch on.. Kenya and Zimbabwe among top 10 Internet users despite relying on satellite http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats1.htm. Alex On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Adam Peake<ajp@glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

"Africa: Kenya, South Africa, Tunisia Top Innovation Poll Sharon Davis 17 June 2009

Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia have emerged as the top innovators of Africa in a report on the continent's competitiveness launched last week.

The three countries - which scored highly on ratings of their scientific capacity - are on a par with such innovative countries as Brazil and India, according to The Africa Competitiveness Report 2009, produced by the World Economic Forum, the African Development Bank and the World Bank Africa.

In a league table that included 33 African countries, and 134 countries overall, Tunisia ranked thirtieth for innovation factors (and first in Africa); South Africa thirty-sixth (second) and Kenya fiftieth (third). ..."

Rest of the article at <http://allafrica.com/stories/200906180622.html>

Based on the "Africa Competitiveness Report 2009" <http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Africa%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm> (research by World Economic Forum, the African Development Bank and the World Bank.) Which I have not read, I hope the news article is an accurate reflection of the report.

Best,

Adam

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