1. Global Knowledge and Global Health Building Africa’s Capacity Africa Research Chairs

2. “ “Through modern science, technology and medicine, hundreds of millions of people are alive today who would previously have died in infancy or childbirth.” Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize winner, 1985 David W. Strangway, Ph.D., FRSC, OC President Emeritus University of Toronto1983-1984 University of British Columbia 1985-1997 Canada Foundation for Innovation 1998-2004 Founder Quest University Canada 2004-2008 Co-Chair China Task Force on Innovation and Environment 2007-2009 “The suggested concept is a timely and very worthy initiative and I would be pleased to lend my support towards strengthening African faculties and reversing the continent’s brain drain.” Kofi A. Annan

3. “ Let us try something different for Africa, but using a model that has worked.” - Michael Adams, 2010- A Successful Model MY AFRICAN BACKGROUND MY AFRICAN BACKGROUND CANADA FIGHTS THE BRAIN DRAIN – A SUCCESSFUL MODEL CANADA FIGHTS THE BRAIN DRAIN – A SUCCESSFUL MODEL A PROPOSAL TO THE G8 TO BUILD AFRICAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CAPACITY A PROPOSAL TO THE G8 TO BUILD AFRICAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CAPACITY “We in Africa must either begin to build up our science and technology training capacity or remain an impoverished appendage to the global economy.” - President Kagame, Rwanda

4. ANGOLA BACKGROUND Parents lived in Angola 1927 – 1967 Parents lived in Angola 1927 – 1967 Created and built major hospital in Central Angola Created and built major hospital in Central Angola 150 bed hospital built 150 bed hospital built 1500 operations a year 1500 operations a year Forty years of tropical medicine Forty years of tropical medicine Extensive work with nutritional diseases Extensive work with nutritional diseases Great experience with many infectious diseases Great experience with many infectious diseases

5. ANGOLA BACKGROUND Model farm and prize cattle Model farm and prize cattle 100,000 eucalyptus trees planted for fuel 100,000 eucalyptus trees planted for fuel Many Angolans treated Many Angolans treated Many Angolans trained Many Angolans trained I lived here from 1934 – 1952 I lived here from 1934 – 1952 My older brother died in 1932 in Luanda My older brother died in 1932 in Luanda A few pictures… A few pictures…

6. This was father’s outpatient clinic.

7. This is the surgical ward.

8. This is the obstetrics and children’s ward under construction.

9. This is the laboratory and infectious diseases ward.

10. My father talking with witch doctors after doing cataract surgery on them.

11. My father with his prize cattle.

12. Canada deals with the Brain Drain Canada Foundation for Innovation - provides research tools (over $4bn from the federal government, leveraged to more than $10bn) decisions made by an independent foundation Canada Research Chairs - 2000 chairs created for the year 2000. ($300m/yr) Granting Council Funds increased Canada's gross expenditure on research and development is 2.0 % of its gross domestic product These programs have had a major impact on reversing Canada's brain drain and providing benefits to Canada by empowering universities and hospitals Newly added programs, Vanier scholarships, Chairs of Excellence and post- doctoral fellowships ‘… development is a knowledge intensive activity that cannot be imposed from the outside” Calestous Juma, in Science and Innovation for Development, Conway and Waage, 2010

13. Proposal to the G8 – A SURGE Create and fund 1,000 chairs for African universities for 5 years Ask universities how they will Create excellence Support the Millennium Development Goals Demonstrate institutional plans and priorities in support Implement through an international foundation established for the purpose “If one is interested in agricultural growth, one should be interested in higher education. If one is interested in better health outcomes, one should be interested in higher education.” Kellogg, 2010

14. Proposal to the G8 (cont.) Attract and retain good teachers and researchers Diarra, Under Secretary-General of the UN estimates there are 30,000 PhD’s from sub-Saharan Africa outside Africa Proposal would strengthen anglophone, francophone and lusophone institutions Proposal would cross Africa’s cultural boundaries both within, and between countries Network of teachers and researchers and university presidents makes a strong base for African partnerships Steering committee appointed to guide proposal “But creating health systems, that will deliver these interventions, where and when they are needed, is a formidable challenge.” ibid

15. Proposal to the G8 (cont.) Necessary platform for partnerships in place or being developed Necessary platform for partnerships in place or being developed Annual progress reports from each chair-holder and each president Annual progress reports from each chair-holder and each president Regular meetings of this network provides accountability Regular meetings of this network provides accountability “The haves and have-nots will be synonymous with the knows and the know-nots.” - Director, Library of Alexandria

16. Strengthening Partnerships/ Leapfrogging A new approach proposed for G-8 action Builds African University capacity to address MDG’s Builds African university capacity to build their side of partnerships Each G-8 country can further build partnerships on this new base Opens the door for more effective south-south partnerships (within Africa and beyond) Investment required $100m/yr for 5 years Assessment and accountability built into this mechanism

17. Organizations Contacted United Nations United Nations UNESCO UNESCO Academies Academies (Canada, US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, India, China, South Africa, Third World Academy of Science, Network of African Science Academies and many others) World Bank World Bank Africa Development Bank Africa Development Bank

18. Organizations Contacted (cont.) Associations of Universities – Associations of Universities – (Association of African Universities, International Association of University Presidents, International Association of Universities, Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and others) African Union African Union OECD OECD Club of Rome Club of Rome

19. Countries Contacted Germany Germany France France United Kingdom United Kingdom United States United States Canada Canada African countries African countries (Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan. Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Others such as: Brazil, India, China, Italy, Russia and many more Others such as: Brazil, India, China, Italy, Russia and many more

20. “True insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.” paraphrased from Henry Ford - Michael Adams “The traditional relief based model of development assistance no longer works except in emergency situations.” Conway and Wange, 2010