Elvis K. Avenyo is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics of Innovation, Policy Studies of Technical Change and Governance from the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)/Maastricht University, The Netherlands and he researches broadly on development economics with interests in innovation, technologies, industrial development, labor markets, firm behavior, and a focus on developing countries.