Complete Our African Innovation Survey

Name of Business*
Business Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Main Business Activity*
Is your enterprise part of an enterprise group?*
A group consists of two or more legally defined enterprises under common ownership.
- Yes
- No
In the past three years, has your business...
- Merged or taken over another enterprise, or a part of another enterprise
- Sold, closed or sub-contracted any function of your enterprise
Which geographic markets does your enterprise serve?*
- Local or regional
- National
- Continentally across Africa
- Worldwide

During the past three years, did your business have any innovation activities that did not result in a change because they...
- Were abandoned
- Are still ongoing
- Were not started

During the past three years, did your business engage in the following innovation activities?
- Continuous in-house R&D (you have an R&D department)
- Occasional In-house R&D (only used as needed)
- External R&D
- Acquisition of machinery, equipment, software and buildings
- Acquisition of existing knowledge from other businesses or organisations
- Training for innovative activities
- Market introduction of innovations
- Product or service design
- Other innovations
In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on in-house R&D?*
In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on external R&D?*
In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on acquisition of machinery, equipment, software & buildings?*
In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on acquisition of existing knowledge from other enterprises or organisations?*
In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on design, training, marketing, and other relevant activities?*
In total your business invested how much on development?*

During the past three years, did your enterprise receive any public financial support for innovation activities from the following levels of government?*
- Local or regional authorities
- Central government (including central government agencies or ministries)
- A continental body
- I did not receive any government support

During the last three years, did your enterprise introduce...*
- New business practices for organising procedures, such as first time use of supply chain management, business re-engineering, knowledge management, lean production, quality management, etc
- New methods of organising work responsibilities and decision making, such as first time use of a new system of employee responsibilities, team work, decentralisation, integration or de-integration of departments, education/training systems, etc
- New methods of organising external relations with other enterprises or public organisations, such as first time use of alliances, partnerships, outsourcing or sub-contracting, etc
- None of the above

During the last three years, did your business have any contracts to provide goods or services for...*
- Domestic public sector organisations
- Foreign public sector organisations
- Neither of the above
Did your business undertake any innovation activities as part of a contract to provide goods or services to a public sector organisation?*
- Specifically required innovation as part of the contract
- No requirement for innovation as part of the contract

During the last three years, did your business...
- Apply for a patent
- Apply for a utility model
- Register an industrial design right
- Register a trademark
During the last three years, did your business...
- License out or sell a patent, industrial design right, copyright or trademark to another enterprise, university or research institute
- License in or buy a patent, industrial design right, copyright or trademark owned by another enterprise, university or research institute

What was your total business turnover for the previous three years?
What percentage of your total turnover from sales was from clients outside of your country?
Please enter a value between 0 and 100.
What was the average number of employees for your business in the past three years?
Approximately what percentage of your employees have a tertiary degree?
- 0%
- 1% to less than 5%
- 5% to less than 10%
- 10% to less than 25%
- 25% to less than 50%
- 50% to less than 75%
- 75% or more

Community Innovation Survey – Africa