Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa

Samel Olotuntoba recieved his PhD Degree in Political Science with specialisation in International Political Economy from University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has a Masters Degree (Cum Laude) in Political Science from the same University and a Bachelows (Honours) Degree in Political Science from University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Dr. Oloruntoba was also a  Visiting Scholar at Brown and Northwestern Universities in the United States of America. Before his appointment as a Senior Lecturer 2014, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute at University of South Africa.

• Chapter 1:Innovation and Regional Integration: Reframing the Debates on Innovation and Integrated African Development.- Chapter 2: Towards a Unified Theory of Pan-African Innovation Systems and Integrated Development.- Chapter 3: Exploring Theory and Praxis for Socioeconomic Development.- Chapter 4:  Innovating the Political Economy of Pan Africanism: Imagination and Renaissance.- Chapter 5:  Innovating Policy Systems of Innovation for Regional Integration.- Chapter 6:  Transnational Simultaneity: an Emergent African Perspective of Regional Integration.- Chapter 7:  Knowledge Valorisation for Inclusive Innovation and Integrated African Development.- Chapter 8: Regional Integration Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities in Africa: A Case of Tripartite Free Trade Area.- Chapter 9: The Regionalism-Innovation Nexus: The ECOWAS Experience.- Chapter 10: Institutional Capacity and Regional Integration: Reflections on the Composition and Powers of the ECOWAS Parliament.- Chapter 11:  Innovation and Development in West Africa.- Chapter 12: The Role of Cloud-Based Surveillance Systems in Regional Integration in ECOWAS.- Chapter 13: Higher Education, R&D, and Challenges in National Innovation System Building of Angola.- Chapter 14:  Regional Integration and Knowledge Flows: Effects on Manufacturing Productivity in southern Africa.- Chapter 15:  Regionalism and Failure of the African Manufacturing Sector: Technology Transfer Policies as a Missing Link.- Chapter 16:  Intra-African Trade and Innovation in the Agricultural Sector.- Chapter 17: Unemployment and Informal Entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 18:  Analysis of Agricultural Innovation and Decision Making among Maize Farming Household in Nigeria: A Gender Approach.- Chapter 19:  Social Innovations as a Response to Municipal Failures in Africa.- Chapter 20:  Science and Technological Capability Building in Global South: Comparative Study of India and South Africa.- Chapter 21:  Conclusion: Setting Research Agenda for Innovation and Integrated African Development.