Top 7 Most Technologically Advanced Countries in Africa

Technology is really advancing at the speed of light with countries in europe and asia currently leading the pack. Africa is currently lagging behind and are dependent on already existing technological advancement for survival. Although the reason could be that most of the countries in africa are ”Developing Countries” , however , there are still some african countries in the fore front of technological advancement.

7.Uganda
Suprised to see uganda on this list? According to a report by Martin Prosperity Institute of the USuganda is one of the top 3 countries in africa with the capability to advance technologically. In the report , South Africa is top followed by uganda and then madagascar. Also , uganda is the 82nd country with tecnological advancement capability in the world.

6.Botswana
Botswana is one of the countries with great potentials in the tech field. The botswana government has an innovation project called Botswana’s Innovation Hubwhich is designed to throw start-ups, global corporations, and research and health organizations under one massive green roof to facilitate the growth of technology in the country. Botswana also has one of the most stable economies in africa.

5.Kenya
Kenya is one of the top 5 african countries to be reckoned with in the tech field. The country has seen lots of startups in the recent years and has attracted investors from other countries. Some innovations from kenya includes Kasha, Mocality, alarm-fitted television created by a 44-year-old man who resides in Nairobi.

4.Ghana
Ghana has a much more stable economy for international tech companies to invest in. Over the last few years ghana has seen lots innovations from its citizens. Some of which includes Using compressed gas to generate electricity invented by Mr Freddie Green is one of the out of the box thoughts that became real in the country. An affordable video conferencing system was also developed by a Ghanaian.

3.Nigeria
As the giant of africa , much is expected from nigeria and to some extent nigeria has lived up to the expectation. Nigeria has not beenleft out in technological advancement. Some of innovations by nigerians includes the famous demonstration of a urine powered generator developed by school teenagers; a Moringa plant technology that would enable Nigerians to use Moringa plant for water treatment, toward increasing the accessibility to portable water in the country. The best web and apps programmers can also be found in nigeria.

2.Egypt
Egypt has been one of africa’s leading countries in science and technology. Egypt has gone far because its country is dedicated in science development in its countries. It was also said that civilization began in Egypt. Also , egypt has some of the best science and technlolgy universities in africa.

1.South Africa
No doubt south africa is currently leading in technology advancement in africa. According to TTA,
The country supports her human potentials and that is the reason you see a lot of development in the IT field springing up from South Africa. With South African Universities constituting most of the best universities in Africa, the country is bound to keep producing some of the amazing inventions. The list of discoveries that are worth mentioning are quite enormous. Linux Ubuntu developed by Mark Shuttleworth, Multichoice (DSTV) is a south african company with a global influence, Thawte which was eventually acquired by Verisign now owned by Symantec, PayPal which was co-founded by a South African who also founded SpaceX and Tesla Motors, CAT scan, SASOL technology that converts coal into oil just to mention a few.

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