Technicians in R&D and equivalent staff are people whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in engineering, physical and life sciences (technicians), or social sciences and humanities (equivalent staff). They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 34 | 42 | |||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 251 | 260 | 267 | 273 | 352 | 344 | 337 | 371 | 370 | ||
| Morocco | 52 | 52 | 43 | 41 | 40 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 47 | 50 | 51 | 61 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 62 | |||
| Angola | 35 | 5 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 73 | 125 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 37 | ||||||||||
| Burundi | 18 | 7 | |||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 8 | 41 | |||||||||
| Chad | 8 | ||||||||||
| Congo, Rep. | 35 | ||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 10 | 16 | 33 | 33 | |||||||
| Ghana | 30 | 29 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 628 | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Madagascar | 46 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| Malawi | 60 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 23 | 18 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mauritius | 54 | 130 | |||||||||
| Mozambique | 46 | 27 | |||||||||
| Namibia | 66 | ||||||||||
| Niger | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
| Rwanda | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 35 | 37 | |||||||||
| Seychelles | 598 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 110 | 106 | 107 | 125 | 129 | 142 | 139 | 135 | 130 | ||
| Eswatini | 36 | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | 11 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gambia, The | 399 | 89 | |||||||||
| Togo | 22 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Uganda | 14 | 11 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 11 |