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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Инновационная экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2413-5607</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">49118</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Innovative infrastructure in Africa at the present stage</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Инновационная инфраструктура стран Африки на современном этапе</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9056-6197</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sugakov</surname><given-names>Gleb Konstantinovich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сугаков</surname><given-names>Глеб Константинович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Junior Research Fellow, Center for Global and Strategic Studies, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Младший научный сотрудник Центра глобальных и стратегических исследований, Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт Африки Российской академии наук</p></bio><email>g.sugakov@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Centre for Global and Strategic Studies, The Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Центр глобальных и стратегических исследований, Институт Африки РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-23"><day>23</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-03-23"><day>23</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Инновационная экономика</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Инновационная экономика</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/in-econ/article/view/49118">https://journals.rudn.ru/in-econ/article/view/49118</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><italic>Abstract. African countries have shown significant economic progress in recent years. Innovation is one of the key factors in its development. This paper assesses the features of the formation of innovative infrastructure in African countries and for the first time comprehensively examines all the components of this infrastructure, namely production and technology, information, consulting, financial, personnel, and sales. The conclusion is made about the strengths and weaknesses of modern innovative infrastructure in Africa, its role in the further sustainable development of the countries of the macroregion.</italic></p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><italic>В последние годы африканские страны демонстрируют значительный экономический прогресс, причем одним из важных факторов их развития являются инновации. В данной работе оцениваются особенности формирования современной инновационной инфраструктуры в странах Африки, впервые комплексно рассматриваются все составляющие их инновационной инфраструктуры, а именно производственно-технологическая, информационная, консалтинговая, финансовая, кадровая, сбытовая. Сделан вывод о сильных и слабых сторонах современной инновационной инфраструктуры в Африке, о ее возможной роли в дальнейшем развитии стран макрорегиона.</italic></p></trans-abstract><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Abramova I. O. Afrika v sovremennoj modeli miroustrojstva: vesomy`j igrok ili autsajder? [Africa in the Modern Model of the World Order: A Powerful Player or an Outsider?]. Kontury` global`ny`x transformacij: politika, e`konomika, pravo, 2018. vol. 11, no 5, pp. 6-21. 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