Cette enquête est disponible en Français sur www.afrit.org/study7b
This study was commissioned by African Innovation Foundation http://www.africaninnovation.org/ in order to understand the innovation systems in Africa and is implemented by African Institution of Technology http://www.afrit.org/. The feedback collected through this survey will be used in an AIF book on innovation. Please complete the survey by March 10, 2015. Thank you for your co-operation. Email research@afrit.org for all questions.
INSTRUCTIONS
This survey collects information on innovations and innovation activities from those that directly carry innovations and those that enable innovations, Innovators and Innovation Enablers respectively.
An innovation is the introduction of a new or significantly improved product, process, organisational method, or marketing method. It must have characteristics or intended uses that are new or which provide a significant improvement over what was previously used or sold by an entity. However, an innovation can fail or take time to prove itself. And it need only be new or significantly improved for an entity; it could have been originally developed or used by other entities.
For this survey, Innovators include businesses, start-ups (formal and informal), and entrepreneurs provided they have direct products and services for the broad marketplace. Innovation Enablers are governments, government agencies, schools, investors, think-tanks, and non-profits who are not set primarily to serve broad market with products and services. Some research labs, technology hubs/accelerators and institutions can fall in either category.
TWO QUESTIONNAIRES
There are two questionnaires each for Innovators and Innovation Enablers.
