economic policy mistakes, robust commodity prices, and new discoveries of natural resources. At the same time, Africa … over the past thirty years has been disappointing. In 2010, sub-Saharan Africa's average share of manufacturing value added … in GDP was ten per cent, unchanged from the 1970s. Actually, the share of medium- and high-tech goods in manufacturing …

Patterns of correlation in innovation and contractual practices among manufacturing firms in Ethiopia and Sudan are … business practices may play a more limited role in spurring growth in Africa's manufacturing sector than is often assumed in …