Who will be the beneficiaries of American investments toward advancing innovation in Africa? The U.S. and Africa [edit: and the rest of the world]. For Africa, innovation capacity will accelerate appropriate, needed innovations into the marketplace to drive solutions that can be maintained: improving public health, building food security, fostering greater educational opportunities, advancing economic development, generating new markets and spurring even greater indigenous innovation. This is how a stable, knowledge-based economy develops.
An innovative African economy is in the best interests of the U.S. [edit: and the rest of the world], with greater stabilization, decreased risk of failed states, increased markets for U.S. products and services, and opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships in business, technology and culture. In addition, knowledge economies will be the prime drivers of global development in the 21st century. Full article here