OVERVIEW Policy Research and Analysis Outreach and Advocacy Business Development Support Services Partnerships

Policy Research and Analysis  Policy advice and implementation The African Innovation Framework launched STI Policy Development Support ○ On-going (Benin) ○ Requests (Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Niger,Togo) STI Policy Studies ○ Mainstreaming Gender in STI (Kenya) ○ STI and MDGs (Rwanda) ○ Innovation in manufacturing (Nigeria) Technology Transfer for Africa’s competitiveness ○ A technological resurgence? Africa in the global flows of technology transfer STI Knowledge Hub ○ Pilots – innovation policy comprehensiveness and R&D

OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY  Science with Africa Centre  ECA STI Support to AU/NEPAD  Afro Guide  Access to Scientific Knowledge in Africa (ASKIA)  Knowledge resources in our network  UNESCO’s ANSTI  Parliamentary workshops

Knowledge Networks  Access to Scientific Knowledge in Africa (ASKIA)  STI Knowledge Hub  TDTNet Innovation Centre  Science with Africa e-Newsletter  East Africa Research Network (EARN)  Research Networks –North Africa and West Africa  Discussion Groups (STI)

Business Development Support Services  African Science to Business Challenge (ASBC)  African Science and Technology Innovation Endowment Fund (ASTIEF)  African Technology Development and Transfer Network (TDTNet)

Partnerships  Boston University Biomedical Engineering Initiative  Republic of Korea Biomedical Engineering  World Health Organization (WHO) African Network for Drug and Diagnostic Innovation (ANDI)  Global Footprint/ICSU Africa Human Footprint Initiative Climate Change Science  Research Triangle Institute- International ABSC  Finland Science with Africa, TIGA, STI Report  African Regional centre of Technology African Innovation Award

 STI Policy Review and Implementation Initiative  STI Database  STI Outlook  Innovation Award  ATDTNet  ANDI Future Additional Activities

STI Policy Review and Implementation National strategy Policy review Policy review Setting the goals and objectives Projects and Initiatives The foundation: 5 survey tools, analyse legal and regulatory frameworks, interviews and workshops Distil the framework report, foresight and expert group discussions, identify opportunities Identification ideas that can be implemented easily Assessing performance, outputs and impact

Innovation policy climate: A comparison: Ghana, Kenya and Zambia

STI Database and Outlook  STI Database  Intellectual Property  Academic performance  Innovation perception survey  R&D performance  Supplemented by other databases:  World Bank, WIPO, UNSD, USBEA

Lack of data: The case of IP

STI Outlook  Present the current status  Performance over the last 10 years  Detailed analysis of key indicators (see database)  Special analysis of the trends in a given sector  R&D and technology  Skill  Knowledge outputs  Collaborations and interactions  Investment – public and private, foreign/domestic  Production and trade  Employment  Poverty or other development indicators

ATDTNet initiatives  Biomedical engineering course  Student innovation competitions  Summer school  TDTNet Innovation Centre  Nanomedicine Centre of Excellence  Partners  Boston University,  Republic of Korea,  CSIR/DST,  Universities in Africa

African Network for Drug and Diagnostic Innovations (ANDI)  Creating a regional platform for health innovations  Establish centres of excellence  Establish Region Hubs  Create a fund  Develop a database  Partners WHO, EU, AfDB, AU

CODIST 1 Recommendations  ECA and/AUC Observatory for STI Strengthen collaboration Regional centres to build systems of innovation Update the classification of tech fields Funding: R&D, start-ups (public-private investment) Tech transfer and commercialization support CSR (private sector participation) Triple Helix

CODIST 1 recommendations  Member States (6 country reports) 1 % of GDP Invest in skills and infrastructure Choose more STI programmes Incentives for private sector participation Implement key regional recommendations Triple Helix forums Tax incentives for STI Strengthen university education system Corporate social responsibility Forums for exhibiting innovations

The case of Ghana  11 of the 25 achieved partially (yes/no)  4 recommendations achieved (yes)  10 pending (no) Lack of incentives for technology acquisition and assimilation 60:40 ration in favour of Science in Education scholarships were set for science students (2009/10) Ghana National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (2010)

The case of Uganda  18 of the 25 recommendation achieved  4 recommendations pending  3 recommendation achieved indirectly Provides preferential government scholarships to S&E students in tertiary institutions Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) provides competitive research grants to universities and R&D Centres Uganda National Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy (2009)

Ways Forward  Support ANDI, TDTNet, ASTIEF (Ministerial Statement)  STI Policy advice and implementation  Help setup National STI Funds (e.g. Rwanda)  Develop platforms for industry-government- academia involvement and interaction (e.g. TDTNet)  Need to collect, analyse and disseminate data  Policy research work need to be strengthen  STI advocacy and promotion to continue

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