the innovation systems framework. This is provided through case study research conducted in Kenya by exploring two … to present what "innovation response capacity" entails, especially for natural resourcebased industries in a developing … country context. It will also provide an analytical framework that draws elements from agricultural innovation capacity and …

Knowledge brokering has been explored in the innovation literature to understand how different innovation tasks are … policy-making in Kenya as an example, it contributes to growing scholarship that seeks to link knowledge emanating from …

Using a unique firm level data set on learning and product innovation in Tanzanian manufacturing and commercial farming … for product innovation. The results indicate that larger and foreign owned firms invest significantly more in human and … and specialised labour - necessary for product innovation in imperfect markets. …

transfers. In Africa mobile phone usage has increased sharply and mobile banking providers are extending their services …, enabling greater opportunities for mobile remittances. The rise of mobile banking in Africa, however, differs substantially … tool for remittances sending in Africa. Effective policies should therefore address the limitations in the regulatory and …

agricultural research should be used for innovation. The paper suggests a number of novel entry points for projects promoting … contested visions of research and innovation within the programme and between the programme and its donors and other …

innovation framework. …

conditions the emergent systems of innovation in Africa. These effectively determine the development trajectory of the region. We … the system of innovation. Our findings suggest that Africa's present underdeveloped system of innovation in part has its … long-run development in Africa within the systems of innovation framework …

universities was expected to promote greater firm-level technical innovation resulting in greater output and product quality but …

of innovation systems in developing countries with a special focus on issues of agricultural poverty. Using examples … this area (particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa) that there is a clear need for institutional reform to accompany relevant …

kinds of innovation system (or mode of innovation) in agriculture in developing countries. The case studies are also …The core of this paper consists of two case studies of 'grassroots' innovation led by innovative smallholder farmers in … a village in South Africa - one about developing an alternative production practice for growing potatoes, and the other …