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“To survive the droughts, wars and other major causes of famine, Africa must embrace technologies that enable it to produce more, better food with less effort.
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African innovation won’t flourish unless more attention is paid to creating and sustaining markets for it, argues Linda Nordling.
A little over two years ago, I wrote about how African countries can bring scientific innovations to the market, and argued that they should not wait for lumbering continental initiatives to start capitalising on their growing knowledge [...]
African academics are backing a drive to establish closer research and higher-education ties between countries on the continent to boost its development.
The vision is set out in a document finalised last month (January) by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) — with the support of the African Union and the [...]
A project partnering African universities with their counterparts in Catalonia, Spain, to bridge the ICT gap borne of small budgets and limited infrastructure is starting to bear fruit. Initiated last January, universities in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique and Senegal teamed up with eight Catalonian universities to develop inexpensive software to address African countries’ research [...]
African countries with their partners in research and the African pharmaceutical sector are taking steps to reshape the future of pharmaceutical research, medicines access and production for the continent. This is a response to the rapid evolution of the pharmaceutical innovation landscape seen in new trade rules, inter-governmental agreements and the promise of investment for [...]
The private sector has driven the expansion of information and communications technology in recent years. Figure 1 shows the rapid growth in investment with private participation in African telecommunications from 2000 [...]
Kenya is still the second most innovative country in Sub-Saharan Africa according to this year’s rankings, despite political turmoil after the 2007 elections.
The country ranked 48 out of 133 in the 2009/2010 Global Competitiveness Report, released by the World Economic Forum yesterday (8 September).
In July, 2009, 33 senior officials from 19 West and Central African countries came to China and participated in a High-Level China-Africa Experience-Sharing Program on Development, jointly organized by China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and State Council’s Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and the World Bank.
The program was composed of a [...]
A group of scientific academies in Africa encourages the G8+5 countries to help Africa stem the scientific brain drain.
“One-third of all African scientists live and work in developed countries. This outflow represents a significant loss of economic potential for the continent, especially in today’s global society where scientific and technological knowledge drive development.”
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Africa’s Decade of Innovation and Change
Gobind Nankani- March 31, 2006
As African economies and institutions evolve and forge new partnerships with the rest of the world, it is crucial that development organizations such as the World Bank and academic institutions such as SIPA take stock. We need to cultivate the analytical clarity that will help African leaders and their international [...]