How well does your university turn knowledge into development and innovation impact?
Public universities, private universities, universities of technology, comprehensive universities, recognised higher-education colleges, business schools and comparable higher-education institutions.
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About the 2026 Institutional Benchmark
The IfEDI Africa 2026 Institutional Economic Development & Innovation Knowledge-to-Impact Benchmark examines whether institutions involved in economic development and innovation understand their important institutional systems, can access the knowledge and systems needed for work, actually use those systems in decisions and implementation, capture and reuse knowledge, preserve institutional memory, learn from experience, exchange knowledge with their external environment, and convert knowledge into economic development and innovation impact. 2026 is the inaugural baseline.
Who Belongs in G01?
- • Public universities
- • Private universities
- • Universities of technology
- • Comprehensive universities
- • Recognised higher-education colleges
- • Business schools
- • Comparable higher-education institutions
- • Where the university itself is assessed: faculties, schools, academic departments, research offices, technology-transfer functions, community-engagement structures, student-support functions and professional/administrative support functions.
Who Should Use Another Group?
A separately constituted incubator/accelerator may belong in G09. A standalone research/science institution may belong in G11.
Who Should Participate?
IfEDI Targeted Sample
A separately selected IfEDI sample provides an additional independent perspective. This stream is invitation only and independently administered by IfEDI Africa.
What Does the Benchmark Examine in This Group?
Awareness
Do people understand the important institutional systems relevant to their work?
Appropriate Access
Can people obtain appropriate and legitimate access to the information and systems they need?
Observed Use
Are those systems actually used in decisions, programmes and implementation?
Knowledge Practice
Does the institution capture lessons, reuse knowledge and maintain institutional memory?
External Knowledge Exchange
Does useful knowledge move effectively between the institution and its ecosystem?
Improvement & Impact
Where can the institution strengthen knowledge-to-impact capability?
The Employee/Internal assessment examines 15 institutional systems specifically adapted to this peer group.
Why Participate?
Institutional Profile
An evidence-based diagnostic of your institution's knowledge capability.
Peer Benchmarking
Understand your institution's performance within an appropriate peer environment.
Improvement Priorities
Identify where awareness, access, use, learning or knowledge reuse need strengthening.
Atlas Contribution
Contribute to the African Economic Development & Innovation Atlas 2026.
Benchmark Recognition & Award Eligibility
Eligible high-performing institutions may be recognised within their peer group or approved subgroup.
Peer Subgroups
Subgroup benchmarking and awards require adequate comparable evidence. Subgroup recognition is only considered where sufficient comparable and adequately represented evidence exists.
Unsure if G01 Is Right for Your Institution?
Contact IfEDI Africa before selecting a group.