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2016–2019 2012–2015 Benin Ghana Seychelles Eswatini Nigeria Mauritius Djibouti South Africa Namibia Botswana Cameroon Lesotho Sao Tome & Principe Zimbabwe Tanzania 62.0 14.5 13.2 5.4 4.2 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 Kenya Ghana Cabo Verde Ethiopia Nigeria South Africa Benin Namibia Gabon Botswana Mauritius Burkina Faso Gambia Zimbabwe Djibouti 8.5 2.1 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 2016–2019 2012–2015 Figure 20.6: Scientific publishing on cross-cutting strategic technologies in sub-Saharan Africa Volume of scientific publications on cross-cutting technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012 and 2019 Top 15 countries for publication intensity on biotechnology, 2012–2019 Publications per million inhabitants, data labels are for 2016–2019 Top 15 countries for publication intensity on energy, 2012–2019 Publications per million inhabitants, data labels are for 2016–2019 From 2011 to 2019, Nigeria (27%) and South Africa (50%) accounted for the largest shares of publicat ions on cross-cutting strategic technologies in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia’s energy-related research output has tripled from 90 (2012–2015) to 276 (2016–2019) publicat ions. Publications, 2012 Publications, 2019 905 2 018 437 1 539 193 965 131 485 219 383 98 221 50 168 55 125 Energy AI & robotics Materials Bioinformatics Biotechnology Strategic, defence & security Nanotechnology Opto-electronics & photonics 550 | UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
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Figure 20.6: Scientific publishing on cross-cutting strategic technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
Volume of scientific publications on cross-cutting technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012 and 2019
Top 15 countries for publication intensity on biotechnology, 2012–2019Publications per million inhabitants, data labels are for 2016–2019
Top 15 countries for publication intensity on energy, 2012–2019Publications per million inhabitants, data labels are for 2016–2019
From 2011 to 2019, Nigeria (27%) and South Africa (50%) accounted for the largest shares of publications on cross-cutting strategic technologies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ethiopia’s energy-related research output has tripled
from 90 (2012–2015) to 276 (2016–2019) publications.
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Top 15 countries for publication intensity on AI and robotics, 2012–2019Publications per million inhabitants, data labels are for 2016–2019
Top 15 countries for publication intensity on materials science, 2012–2019Publications per million inhabitants, data labels are for 2016–2019
Note: This breakdown takes into account intra-African co-authorship, meaning that some publications may have been counted more than once whenever South African and/or Nigerian scientists partnered with their peers from other African countries. The growth rate was calculated as the number of publications from 2016–2019 divided by the number of publications from 2012–2015.
Four countries collectively contributed over half of sub-Saharan Africa’s total output on AI and robotics over 2012–2019: South Africa (3 774), Nigeria (1 600), Ethiopia (305) and Ghana (231).
Ghana showed the highest growth rate in sub-Saharan Africa on AI and robotics, with output tripling from 51 publications over 2012–2015 to 180 over 2016–2019.
Nigerian and South African researchers contributed 50% and 47%, respectively, of sub-Saharan African publications on materials science in 2019. Ethiopians contributed a further 5% and Botswanans 3%.
Output on materials science doubled between 2012–2015 and 2016–2019 in 14 sub-Saharan African countries, led in terms of volume by South Africa with 618 and 1 399 publications over these twin periods.
Note: The four cross-cutting strategic technologies here are part of a wider category that also includes blockchain technology (with only 2 publications from the region in the period under study, both from Kenya) and the Internet of Things (not shown here due to low output). The growth rate was calculated as the number of publications during 2016–2019 divided by the number of publications during 2012–2015 to buffer the variability among individual years. Complete data for all countries can be found in the statistical annex, freely available from the UNESCO Science Report web portal.
Source: Scopus (excluding Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences); data treatment by Science-Metrix
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