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REBOOTING THE ECONOMYTechnological Innovation
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• Calestous Juma cjuma30_at_gmail.com
• Belfer Center for Science and International
  Affairs

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Summary

• Technological innovation is emerging as a
  critical force in economic development,
  especially as nations strive to recover from the
  impact of the global financial crisis. This
  lecture outlines the role that technological
  innovation can play in stimulating economic
  recovery, fuelling growth, and spreading
  prosperity in Africa.

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Innovation, growth and prosperity
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Infrastructure
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Technical education
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Business incubation
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Africa in perspective
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• USA 9.3m km2
• China 9.6m km2
• Europe 5.0m km2
• India 3.1m km2
• Argentina 2.8m km2
• UK .25m km2
• Total 29m km2

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Technological abundance
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Energy
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Agriculture
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Health
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Rebooting the economy
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Innovation is producing, assimilating,
exploiting, and diffusing a new or significantly
improved good or service, or a process, or a new
organizational method. -- OECD, Paris
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1. Infrastructure
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Infrastructure

• Facilities, structures, associated equipment,
  services, and institutional arrangements that
  facilitate the flow of goods, services and ideas.
  Infrastructure therefore includes
• public utilities (energy, telecommunications,
  water supply, sanitation and sewage, and waste
  disposal)
• public works (irrigation systems, schools,
  housing, and hospitals)
• transport sectors (roads railways, ports,
  waterways, and airports)
• research facilities (laboratories and related
  equipment)

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2. Technical training
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Pohang Science and Technology University, South
Korea
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3. Business incubation
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4. Venture capital
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5. International trade
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6. Regional integration
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7. Security
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8. Science and technology diplomacy
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9. Executive dynamism
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REBOOTING THE ECONOMYTechnological Innovation
and Africas Growth Prospects

• Calestous Juma cjuma30_at_gmail.com
• Belfer Center for Science and International
  Affairs

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