Oluseye Jegede

• Ph.D.
• Researcher at University of Johannesburg

The study examined the human capacity building (HCB) of micro and small technical enterprises (MSTEs) in Southwestern Nigeria (SN). Questionnaire was administered on 300 respondents in SN. Two hundred and forty-nine (83%) retrieved were analysed for this study. The study indicates that the 31% of relationship between HCB and performance of MSTEs in...

Innovation is key to industrialization in Africa and must be aligned with industrial policy. A challenge for African countries is to design and implement innovation and industrial policies that take into account the unique structural nature of African economies, in which the informal sector is prevalent. This paper argues that a measurement program...

While entrepreneurship education has been extensively discussed in related academic literature, scholarly works on the modes through which entrepreneurship education is learnt seems to be missing in literature. The present paper thus explores the three modes of learning (formal, non-formal and informal) with the understanding that the three modes a...

This study explores the opportunities for South Africa to promote economic activities in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. Hence, the study examined science, technology & innovation (STI) as the main driver of the fourth industrial revolution. Meta-analysis was conducted to elicit information from key government policy documents on S...

Purpose of the study: This study investigates the effects of entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurship education, and external business environment on entrepreneurial intention of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students attending a federal university in southwestern Nigeria. This inquiry was conducted by exploring the...

The recent surge in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within digital marketing warrants investigation to better understand its effects on business operations. Consequently, this paper explores the impacts of AI on digital marketing, given their interconnection. It aims to provide both theoretical and empirical evidence regarding these...

This paper examines the intricate relationship between innovation and Global Value Chain (GVC) participation, with a focus on Africa's increased integration into global networks. The study underscores the importance of National Innovation Systems (NIS) in fostering technological advancements and highlights the potential of GVCs to drive industriali...

Innovations in the African context, especially sub-Saharan Africa, which has a large informal economy cannot be measured with the conventional metrics employed in developed economies. Hence, it is important to build capacity to develop appropriate system of innovation indicators for the African countries. The contributions in this edited book refle...

Nigeria remains the largest economy in Africa. However, its health sector is described as weak. It continues to battle several challenges ranging from poor health infrastructure, inaccessibility of good quality health care, corruption , substandard drugs circulating, poor funding, shortage of health-care personnel, high cost of healthcare amidst po...

The study purposively selected 340 researchers in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Department in Knowledge Institutions in Nigeria. The study aimed to determine the effect of collaboration on innovation outputs. Two forms of collaboration (active and passive) were explored as sources of information in the study. The main research...

Even though the informal sector is the largest contributor to African economies, very little empirical research has been done on determinants of and barriers to product innovation in the informal sector. The study assessed how informal businesses overcome barriers to product innovation by econometric analysis of 996 informal enterprises in a townsh...

Innovation measurement has traditionally focused on formal businesses, overlooking the significant contributions of the informal sector. This chapter proposes an inclusive measurement programme for innovation in South Africa’s informal sector, recognizing its role in employment and economic resilience. Guided by the 2019 White Paper on Science, Tec...

The study investigated the role of openness, networking, and partnership on production and innovation among firms within the Otigba ICT cluster in Nigeria. A questionnaire were administered on 200 purposively selected business owners/leaders of informal tech-based enterprises in the cluster. The results showed that there were simultaneous occurrenc...

Despite South Africa's strong interest in making sure it takes a global position as a contributor to the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution, literature shows that very little has been done to examine South Africa's readiness. The present study critically explores the opportunities for South Africa to promote technology and economic...

The external context plays a vital role in the promotion of entrepreneurship, especially in entrepreneurial universities. This study examines the role of innovation and entrepreneurship infrastructure in facilitating the development and commercialization of research outputs from the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) faculties...

Innovations in the African context, especially sub-Saharan Africa, which has a large informal economy cannot be measured with the conventional metrics employed in developed economies. Hence, it is important to build capacity to develop appropriate system of innovation indicators for the African countries. The contributions in this edited book refle...

Innovations in the African context, especially sub-Saharan Africa, which has a large informal economy cannot be measured with the conventional metrics employed in developed economies. Hence, it is important to build capacity to develop appropriate system of innovation indicators for the African countries. The contributions in this edited book refle...

Innovations in the African context, especially sub-Saharan Africa, which has a large informal economy cannot be measured with the conventional metrics employed in developed economies. Hence, it is important to build capacity to develop appropriate system of innovation indicators for the African countries. The contributions in this edited book refle...

The study measured the trend of research output relating to the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) in the ECOWAS region in Africa. It examined the annual growth, the breadth of collaboration and impact of collaboration on the productivity of research compared to the world average. The study reports the findings of a scientometric study of 4IR knowl...

The importance of commercializing research outputs by science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) researchers for technological advancement and socio-economic development cannot be overemphasized. This study thus investigates the factors that motivate researchers in the STEAM field to startup businesses based on their research. A...

Using first-hand data collection from enterprises in the informal sector and their stakeholders, this study argues that enterprises in the informal sector are innovative however their innovation activities follows a different undercurrent. The study puts forward that indicators for capturing innovation activities as well as the actors involved in i...

The Nexus of Knowledge Sharing and Innovations in the Informal Sector: The Case of Otigba Hardware Cluster in Nigeria

While studies have examined the nexus between knowledge and innovative performance, the literature from the context of developing countries is very scant. This study thus examines which knowledge-intensive activities influence the propensity of mining firms in Nigeria to implement either product innovation, process innovation or both kinds of innov...

This study purposively selected 148 Science and Engineering Journals out of the 221 Journals registered on the African Journal Online (AJOL) directory. Data harvested were analyzed on a year-wise basis from 2012 to 2016, to identify the positive or negative growth trend of research output. The open source software “Publish or Perish” was used to qu...

The study explored the dynamics of knowledge flow in a typical knowledge cluster in Nigeria. The research was grounded on the collection of first-hand data from two hundred (200) randomly selected informal ICT microenterprises by developing and administering survey instruments in the Otigba computer hardware cluster in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria....

This study outlined how the microenterprises overcome numerous challenges common to start-up through ‘open development’ characterized by collective sharing of knowledge, tools, equipment and workforce amongst competing microenterprises, and belonging to trade/professional associations that ensure that knowledge becomes a public good that can be acc...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge sharing on innovations in the Otigba cluster in Nigeria. The cluster was purposively selected due to high-tech business activities ongoing in the cluster. Trained research assistants with constant monitoring and evaluation administered two hundred questionnaire on the selected knowledge...

This study measured the trend of science and technology research output and investigated the pattern/breath of collaboration among actors of Nigeria’s research and development system. Based on the results obtained, it considered its implications for science policy development. The study population were journals with Nigerian affiliation as indexed...

The study measured the trend of science and technology research output and investigated the pattern/breath of collaboration among actors of Nigeria’s research and development system. Based on the results obtained, it considered its implications for science policy development. The study purposively selected the 148 science and technology journals ou...

Mainstream studies on innovation consider innovation processes as necessarily driven by expenditures on formal R&D and the input of engineers and scientists with third-level degrees. This bias in the literature has led to the view that micro- and small enterprises (MSEs), which constitute the majority of Africa’s enterprise base, are non-innovativ...

Mainstream studies on innovation consider innovation processes as necessarily driven by expenditures on formal R&D and the input of engineers and scientists with third-level degrees. This bias in the literature has led to the view that micro- and small enterprises (MSEs), which constitute the majority of Africa's enterprise base, are non-innovative...

The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on innovation sources and innovation systems in literature. Primary data was collected from mining companies in six states in Nigeria. One hundred and fifty mining companies in the six states-being all companies with mineral title were purposively selected for the study administering a questionnaire p...

The continued relevance of the systems approach to the study of innovation, especially in developed countries, has been the subject of recent discourses. This paper argues that with respect to developing countries, discussions on innovation systems are yet to be exhausted. Against this background, the paper takes an objective look at the innovation...

This special issue compiles papers from across the African continent, ranging from Tanzania and Ethiopia in the East to Nigeria in the West.11. These papers were selected after a thorough double-blind review process. Two independent reviewers assessed each paper and several of the papers had to undergo multiple review rounds. We are immensely grate...

The study measured the relationship between human capital, innovation and performance in the mining industry in Nigeria. The sample size was 150 purposively selected companies. The response rate was 70.6%. Knowledge-capital theory was explored in this study. Primary and secondary data sources were used for the study. Econometrics technique was used...

The study measured the relationship between human capital, innovation and performance in the mining industry in Nigeria. The sample size was 150 purposively selected companies. The response rate was 70.6%. Knowledge-capital theory was explored in this study. Primary and secondary data sources were used for the study. Econometrics technique was used...

The study measured the innovation activities, innovation prevalence, intensity of innovation activities and the impact of innovation activities on innovation prevalence on one side also the impact of innovation intensity on the financial performance of the companies in the mining industry in Nigeria. The sample size was 150 purposively selected min...

This paper uses the binary logistic regression to test two hypotheses among manufacturing firms in Nigeria. First, the influence of firms’ innovation activities on the propensity to implement innovations and second, whether size influences the type of innovation implemented by firms. Using the data from the Nigerian Innovation Survey 2008, the resu...

This paper examined strategic technology alliance among telecommunications service providers in Nigeria and the benefits accrued to service providers and subscribers from the alliances. This was with a view to providing appropriate recommendation to improving the services rendered to subscribers. Primary data were collected from four GSM network op...

The study was designed to evaluate the business development and transfer of technologies to small manufacturing companies by research institutes in South Western Nigeria. The study covered all the industrial research institutions with headquarters in South Western Nigeria. The study showed that the involvement of scientists in innovation process wa...

The study was carried out to assess the impact of erosion of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) on technological capability building in Nigeria by commercial motorcycling transportation mode. The study used primary and secondary data sources. The number of respondents sampled was 500. Structured questionnaires were administered...

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This study identifies how two emerging economies developed science and technology capabilities through science and technology (S&T) education/training, research and experimental development. This was done in order to recommend policy options for Nigeria for the development of its industrial sector and improvement of its global competitiveness. The...

This paper uses econometric model to analyse the impact of technological innovation and R&D on firm performance in the Nigerian service sector. The sector is attracting interest in policy circle because it has become the fastest growing sector globally. The analysis is based on data obtained from the Nigeria's innovation survey, 2008 undertaken amo...

This study assessed the factors hampering innovation and knowledge sharing in indigenous oil and gas firms in Nigeria. The aim was to provide information that will increase knowledge sharing among the indigenous in the sector and create added value, which is needed to improve the local content within the industry. The study used primary and seconda...

The study evaluated the business development and transfer of technologies to small manufacturing companies by research institutes in Nigeria. The study covered all the industrial research institutions with headquarters in southwestern Nigeria as well as agricultural research institutes with crop utilisation departments in the same region. The resea...

The study showed how Science and Technology (S&T) knowledge was managed in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector of three selected countries that have been categorised as emerging economies. This was done to recommend policy options for Nigeria so as to develop the sector and improve the percentage contribution of the ICT Sector...

The study examined the types and intensity of innovations in the indigenous Nigeria’s oil and gas servicing sub-sector. The study used primary and secondary data sources, 100 firms were purposefully selected and sampled, focusing on the period between 2001 and 2010. A total of 400 questionnaires were administered of which 70% were returned and foun...

This paper assessed the factors that promote technological capacity building in the indigenous oilfield servicing firms in Nigeria. This was with a view to providing information that will increase indigenous participation in the sector and value addition for the nation. The study used primary and secondary data sources. Structured questionnaire wer...

This study examined the factors that influence innovation and competiveness in the indigenous Nigeria’s oil and gas servicing firms. This was done with a view to making appropriate strategic recommendations to enhance firm-level innovativeness so as to increase indigenous participation in the sub-sector. The study, which used primary and secondary...