Kenya has made great strides in proving herself to the world according to indices of development in following guidelines to trend acknowledgement and achievement. She has been ranked the third most innovative country in sub-Saharan Africa.
But there is a BUT which butts the very progress of kenya’s polity which stems echoes from the times long considered inconsiderate to societal development.
At the time, it was fashionable at a time to pronounce double standards as an focal feature of assessing development, political and social correctness, compliance with international ethics and the rights of individuals between Africa and the rest of the world.
These notions gave vent to the songs of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Bob Marley, to mention a few and the ideological philosophies of the likes of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X whose roles created a paradigm shift from the status quo for the African descendants as individuals and as a society.
The United Nations’ Global Innovation Index 2017 has just placed Kenya third after South Africa and Mauritius, news recently broke.
The index, which is in its 10th edition, surveys some 130 economies using dozens of metrics, from patent filings to education spending providing decision makers a high-level look at the innovative activity that increasingly drives economic and social growth.
According to the report, sub-Saharan Africa draws its highest scores in institutions and market sophistication.
“Since 2012, sub-Saharan Africa has counted more “innovation achiever” countries than any other region. Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique, Uganda, Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal stand out for being innovation achievers this year, and several times in the previous years,” the survey indicates.
Globally, Switzerland leads the ranking for the seventh consecutive year, followed by Sweden, the Netherlands, the USA and the UK.
Kenya is ranked number 80 globally, outperforming her development- level peers.
China is the exception at 22, in 2016; China became the first-ever middle-income economy in the top 25.
Israel continues to cement its status as a leader of global innovation according to the index.
For the seventh consecutive year, Israel topped the innovation index’s category for northern Africa and western Asia.
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