Stakeholder Roles and Potential Models to Support Collaborative Open Innovation in East Africa

• This paper provides an analysis of the Innovation Ecosystems for three representative instances in East Africa: Nairobi (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Kampala (Uganda). The authors propose that to maximise the impact of innovation systems in a developing country context, innovation interventions (including ICT4D) must (a) facilitate shared, local ownership, with objectives driven by end-user community needs and taking account of previous interventions, good practices and socio-cultural norms; (b) be co-designed, co-created or adapted in consultation with key Innovation Stakeholders; (c) strengthen the capacity of local beneficiary and/or contributing Stakeholders and (d) address sustainability and wider socio-economic impact after the interventions ends. Innovation (including ICT4D interventions) that do not address these issues run the risk of damaging the local Innovation Ecosystem or breaching trust with local stakeholders, by not taking account of local socio-cultural differences or not adequately addressing expectations raised.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

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Collaborative Open Innovation

ICT4D

Research

Entrepreneurship

Socio-Economic Impact

informationssamhället

Information Society

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