Innovation Survey 2012
Kenya, 2012
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Innovation Survey 2012
First round
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Kenya | KEN |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
Survey was conducted in two Phase. Phase one Covered Nairobi and its environs and Phase Two covered Mombasa City, Nakuru Town, Eldoret Town and Kisumu City, upcountry.
The Kenya Innovation Survey is a national innovation survey undertaken from March to June 2012. The survey was designed to measure the innovation activity based on a set of core indicators to inform policies that will help the country configure the national system of innovation in order to respond to socio-economic challenges. The survey was based on the Oslo Manual by OECD. The survey covered Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret.
This innovation survey, the first in Kenya, was carried out in order to generate crucial learning lessons to inform the planning of the main national innovation survey to be undertaken at a later date. However, the overall objective of the innovation survey, being part of the national ST&I system of indicators that is under development, is to build Kenya’s capacity to develop and use innovation indicators in designing and implementing ST&I policies and strategies for national development.
The survey is therefore an attempt to probe the activity of innovation through the collection of data on various aspects of innovation in order to develop relevant innovation indicators and specific innovation policies for the country. These indicators will then enable key stakeholders to understand the state of the national innovation system and its capacity to deliver the intended results so as to address the components that need attention.
The innovation survey is designed to:
• Develop and cause the adoption of internationally comparable innovation indicators;
• Build human and institutional capacities to collect innovation indicators;
• Inform the country on the state of innovation; and
• Provide both qualitative and quantitative data on innovation at firm level.
Aggregate data [agg]
- Firms
- Establishment
Version
Version1.0
2012-10-15
This is the first of is kind, another survey is yet to be scheduled.
Scope
The scope of the Kenya Innovation Survey 2012 includes: General information of the firm, Product (goods or services) innovation, Process innovation, Ongoing or abandoned Innovation activities, Performed innovation activities and expenditures, Sources of information and co-operation for innovation activities, Effects / Objectives of innovation, Factors hampering innovation activities, Intellectual property rights, Organizational and marketing innovation, Specific innovations.
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Public Sector | World Bank |
| Education | World Bank |
| Educational Technology | World Bank |
Coverage
Firms in Major Towns of Kenya (urban)
Mombasa City, Nakuru Town, Eldoret Town and Kisumu City
Selected towns
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Planning and Devolution |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Education, Science Technology | Technical |
| National Council for Science and Technology | Technical |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Higher Education , Science and Technology | Funding |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Mavisi | MoHEST | Coordinator |
| Dr George Ombakho | DRMD | Coordinator |
| Ceicilia Nzau | ASTII | Head |
Sampling
The sample frame consisted of all registered firms, public/private universities and public research institutions, national polytechnics and NGOs. The firms were randomly selected by ISIC sector from the frame. A total of 194 firms were selected in Nairobi and its environs while 102 firms were selected upcountry as follows: Mombasa (25 firms), Kisumu (25 firms), Eldoret (24 firms) and Nakuru (25 firms).
The Innovation Survey covered business firms in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret. A total of 293 firms were targeted in this innovation survey. Out of these, 160 firms completed and returned the questionnaires, thus representing a 54.6 percent overall response rate. The different regions response rate are listed as follows:
Nairobi - 43.3%
Mombasa - 68.0%
Kisumu - 60.0%
Nakuru - 92.0%
Eldoret - 87.5%
Total - 54.6%
Survey instrument
The questionnaire was divided into eleven parts as follows:
• Part 1: General information of the firm
• Part 2: Product (goods or services) innovation
• Part 3: Process innovation
• Part 4: Ongoing or abandoned Innovation activities
• Part 5: Performed innovation activities and expenditures
• Part 6: Sources of information and co-operation for innovation activities
• Part 7: Effects / Objectives of innovation
• Part 8: Factors hampering innovation activities
• Part 9: Intellectual property rights
• Part 10: Organizational and marketing innovation
• Part 11: Specific innovations
NOTE: The full questionnaire is attached in the external resource
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-01 | 2012-06-29 | 3 months |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Planning and Devolution |
In order to ensure that the survey implementation run smoothly, co-ordinators held regular progress review meetings. During the meetings, progress was assessed and at the same time various challenges were identified and appropriate solutions put in place to deal with them.
This approach ensured that the survey carried out without major hitches.
The field personnel were drawn from Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Trade and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Each team comprised of a team leader and three to five enumerators. Co-ordinators were assigned responsibility over the team leaders to facilitate overall team work and enhance reporting. The field survey personnel had a letter of introduction, signed by the Permanent Secretary, MoHEST, to deliver to firms selected for the innovation survey. They letter gave a brief description of the survey and requested the firms to co-operate by completing the accompanying survey questionnaire.
Data processing
In this survey, data processing personnel were drawn from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics assisted by some officers from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. The questionnaires were received from the field, recorded and edited in preparation for data capture.
Data processing and analysis were done at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The Census and Survey Software Programme (CSPro) was used for data capture,editing, validation and tabulation. In developing the data capture system, certain controls were in-built to check the characters entered afterwhich validation was done in preparation for the production of frequency tables and in readiness for data analysis.
Access policy
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Cost: None
Data Access
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|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Planning and Devolution | www.knbs.or.ke | Directorgeneral@knbs.or.ke |
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|---|---|
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | directorgeneral@knbs.or.ke | www.knbs.or.ke |
Metadata production
DDI_KEN_2012_IS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Planning and Devolution | Documentation of the Survey |
2014-05-18
Metadata version
Version 01 (May 2014)
Version 02 (August 2016). Edited version based on Version 01 DDI (DDI-KEN-KNBS-KIS-2012-v1.0) that was done by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.