𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗜𝗣𝗢 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.

• 𝐖𝐈𝐏𝐎’𝐬 𝐆𝐈𝐈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬.

• 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐨. 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

• 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

The World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO’s) Global Innovation Index (GII) 2022 report was released on Monday, ranking countries according to the state of global innovation. Mauritius emerged as Africa’s most innovative economy, ranking 45th globally with a score of 34.4%, followed by South Africa (61st globally, 29.8% score), Botswana (86th globally, 23.9% score), Kenya (88th globally, 22.7% score), and Morocco (67th globally, 28.8% score). Nigeria ranked 114 globally, with a score of 16.9% and ranked 13th in Africa.

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