Higher Education: Egypt Advances 3 Places in GII during 2023

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour announced Egypt's progress in the Global Innovation Index (GII) three places during 2023, ranking 86th globally out of 132 countries, according to the report issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the year 2023 compared to 89th last year 2022. President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology Mahmoud Saqr pointed out that Egypt's ranking has advanced significantly in the Global Innovation Index in the last four years. Egypt advanced 10 places since 2020, where it was ranked 96th globally, then ranked 94th globally in 2021, and then ranked 89th globally in 2022, until it ranked 86th globally in 2023, explaining that Egypt has moved up 19 places in the GII since 2013. Media consultant and official spokesman of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Adel Abdelghafar stated that the remarkable growth in Egyptian universities and research centers in international scientific publishing is due to several measures during the past period, the most important of which are: the technical support provided by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to Egyptian universities, and training in international publishing. Source: State Information Service Egypt