Global Innovation Index: Egypt stands out among lower-middle income countries and is most improved in MENA. Egypt climbed 10 spots to rank at 95 on the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2018, up from of 110 last year. The country witnessed the biggest improvement in overall ranking for the MENA region and was one of the lower-middle income economies that appeared to “stand out as performing better than would be expected by their income level,” according to a GII report, which measures innovation by factoring in data on institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, business and market sophistication, creative outputs, and knowledge and tech outputs. Energy innovation is the theme for this year’s report. You can tap or click here to download the full version.

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