from Zuhura Koku

It is true Mr Yona. Most of the reseach resulst have ended to pile in the cupboards. I think it is important for the national scientists to think carefully on the importance of supporting technology transfer for the innovated items. The gap also lies on depending to the entrepreneurs on technology transfer they forget that it is risky to go for a new product of which you are not sure with, there it needs the government or R&D institutions to test and coemmecialize in the first stages to atract the market. It is also high time for the R&D institutions to chose and develop few of the ready innovated products rather than keeping on researching for nobodys use.

Zuhura

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from Yona Maro

Africa must develop measures of science, technology and innovation (STI) activity that accurately reflect African economies and experiences that are likely to be neglected because existing methods to capture them are lacking. In particular, we need to understand how to convert beneficial technologies into tangible benefits in Africa, and how to capture traditional as well as modern knowledge.

Agriculture straddles the formal and informal economies. It also draws on both modern and traditional knowledge. The STI indicators used must capture this duality of knowledge systems, as well as the informality of the economic activity.

Another major gap in Africa’s STI system is the lack of specialised capabilities for innovation — the process of converting knowledge to tangible benefits for people and communities.

http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/africa-needs-its-own-indicators-of-scientific-innovation.html

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