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Frameworks For Analysing African Innovation: Entrepreneurship, The Informal Economy And Intellectual Property, Jeremy De Beer, Izabella Sowa, Kristen Holman

Jeremy de Beer

This chapter reviews conceptual frameworks to understand and measure innovation, and then outlines links between innovation and the concepts of entrepreneurship, the informal economy (IE) and intellectual property (IP). The review suggests that the time is ripe for African policy-makers to seek more holistic approaches to facilitating innovation and, in turn, to fostering socio-economic development in African nations.