Through the Global Innovation Policy Accelerator programme, we seek to have a deep understanding of the world of innovation policymakers, their context, needs, challenges and activities, so that we can help them develop innovation policies that match society’s ambitions.
We have been working with policymakers across Latin America, India, South East Asia, Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, Jordan, Turkey and South Africa. Through our work, we have learned a lot about the innovation policy systems in these countries and we will be publishing country reports about all of them. Read our previous reports on India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.
In this report we highlight what we have learned about the challenges and priorities of innovation policymakers working in Kenya. The main findings help us understand and interpret the Kenyan science, technology and innovation system.
It is the culmination of many conversations and interviews with different innovation policymakers in the Kenyan innovation system, across a number of government departments. This report has quotes from those conversations that we have kept anonymous. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the insights that follow. Note that the original review and research was undertaken in 2019, and many facts and figures date from that point.
Authors: Madara Ogot, Rita Muriuki, Timothy Waema, Tonny Omwansa (University of Nairobi). Nathan Kably, Benjamin Reid (Reviewers).
