PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 ATPS ANNUAL
FORUM, CONFERENCE AND SILVER JUBILEE
CELEBRATIONSTHEME: Using Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as a means forachieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa

30-31 OCTOBER 2019 / CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL, NAIROBI, KENYA

Editors:
Alfred Nyambane and Dr. Nicholas Ozor
Date:
December 2020
With support from:Published by the African Technology Policy Studies Network

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acronyms and Abbreviations ...............................................................................................................iv
Acknowledgement................................................................................................................................... v
Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................vi
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Overview of Science and Technology in Africa................................................................................. 1
1.2 The Role of African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS).................................................... 2
1.3 Conference Theme and Sub-themes ................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Conference Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.5 Expected Outputs................................................................................................................................ 4
1.6 Expected Outcomes ............................................................................................................................ 4
1.7 Conference Methodology ................................................................................................................... 5
2. OPENING CEREMONY-SETTING THE CONTEXT ...................................................................... 6
2.1 Welcoming Remarks from ATPS Kenya Chapter- Dr. Stephen Karimi ............................................ 6
2.2 Welcoming Remarks from the ATPS Secretariat- Dr. Nicholas Ozor ............................................... 6
2.3 Welcoming Remarks- the ATPS Board of Directors- Prof. Crispus Kiamba..................................... 6
2.4 Opening Remarks from our Partners .................................................................................................. 7
2.5 Opening Keynote Address on “Using Science, Technology and Innovation as a means for achieving
the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa- Dr. Ouedraogo Mahama ................................................. 9
2.6 Official Opening by the Chief Guest of Honour- Dr Moses Rugutt representing Prof. George
Magoha, CS Ministry of Education, Kenya............................................................................................ 10
2.7 Panel Discussion ............................................................................................................................... 11
3. KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONS ......................................................................................................... 14
3.1 Science, technology and innovation priorities for Africa’s development by Dr. George Essegbey CSIR ....................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.2 Funding Science, Technology and Innovation priorities for Africa’s development by Dr. Akanimo
Odon ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.3 Improving Intra-Africa trade using Science, Technology and Innovation by Dr. Robert Ochola .... 17
3.4 The fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa’s readiness (Smart Ecosystem for Innovation,technology and knowledge growth in Mozambique) by Samuel Partey ................................................ 19
3.5 Gender and Inclusivity in Science, Technology and Innovation by Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe ...... 20
3.6 Proposed Plan for Acceleration of Medical Training through Enhanced Enrolment, Out-Turns in
Reducing Shortage of Physicians in Nigeria by Christopher Enyioma .................................................. 22
3.7 Leveraging Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to Drive Africa’s Transformation by Dr. Julius
Gatune..................................................................................................................................................... 22
4. BREAK-OUT SESSIONS .................................................................................................................... 23
4.1 From ‘Communicating’ To ‘Engagement’: Sustainable Agriculture and Afro-Relationality
Framework for Climate Change Communication by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko ................................... 23
4.2 Effects of Land Use Change on Soil Quality in Mai Mahiu Ecosystem in Naivasha Sub-County,
Kenya by Caleb Basweti......................................................................................................................... 24

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4.3 Harnessing the power of technology: The state of women in the 21st century UMULUMGBE ODO
performance by Dr. Gloria Ozor ............................................................................................................. 24
4.4 Gender-Based Analysis on ICT Accessibility and Utilization for Enhanced Performance among
Undergraduate Students in Ogun State, Nigeria-Dr. Esther Oshionebo ................................................. 25
4.5 Achievements and Challenges from African Technology Policy Studies Network by Eswatini
National Chapter: A Success Story- by Prof. Musa Dube ...................................................................... 26
4.6 Climate Change and Sustainable Development Focus on Sahel and Sahara Region of Africa:
Sustainability Analysis Study for Pan African Agency on Great Green Wall (PAGGW) by Dr Magnus
C. Onuoha ............................................................................................................................................... 27
4.7 Healthcare Services Satisfaction in the prison: a cross-sectional survey and comparative analysis ofinmates’ perspectives in an African country by Ochonma, Ogbonnia G ............................................... 29
4.8 Providing Off-Grid Solar Light to rural areas in Sierra Leone by Kelleh Gbawuru ........................ 30
4.9 Presentation of the Communique-by Dr Ernest Acheampong.......................................................... 31
5. ATPS @25-SILVER JUBILEE ........................................................................................................... 32
5.1 Presentation ATPS@25: The Journey So Far- Dr. Nicholas Ozor-Executive Director ................... 32
5.2 Remarks from Key Stakeholders ...................................................................................................... 32
5.3 ATPS Awards Ceremony ................................................................................................................. 33
6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................ 34
ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................................. 35
Annex I: Programme .............................................................................................................................. 35
Annex II: Communique .......................................................................................................................... 42
Annex III: ATPS Silver Jubilee Awards Recipients............................................................................... 45
Annex IV: List of Delegates ................................................................................................................... 48

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Acronyms and Abbreviations
4IR
AAS
AERC
AESA
AfDB
AFREXIMBANK
AI
ATPS
AUC
AURG
CARI
CSIR
EATPS
GDP
GMES
ICT
IDRC
INBAR
IoT
KENIA
KFCB
KPI
NACOSTI
NIS
NRF
NTM
PAGGW
R&D
SEI-Africa
STI
VR
WAGEDI
WATPS

Fourth Industrial Revolution
African Academy of Sciences
African Economic Research Consortium
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
African Development Bank
African Export Import Bank
Artificial Intelligence
African Technology Policy Studies Network
African Union Commission
African Union Research Grant
Coalition for African Research and Innovation
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana
Eastern and Southern Africa Technology Policy Studies
Gross Domestic Product
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa
Information Communication Technology
International Development Research Centre
International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation
Internet of Things
Kenya National Innovation Agency
Kenya Film Classification Board
Key Performance Indicators
National Commission of Science, Technology and Innovation
National Innovation System
National Research Fund
Non-tariff measures
Pan African Agency on Great Green Wall
Research and Development
Stockholm Environment Institute-Africa Center
Science, Technology and Innovation
Virtual Reality
West African Green Economic Development InstituteWestern Africa Technology Policy Studies

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Acknowledgement
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) acknowledges the financial support
received for the Annual Forum, Conference and Silver Jubilee celebrations from the
AFREXIMBANK, Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), African Economic ResearchConsortium (AERC), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Africa) and the African Academy of
Sciences (AAS). Special thanks to the Raw Materials Research and Development Council of
Nigeria, the Government of Nigeria and Kenya for their continuous support.
We acknowledge their contribution and facilitation services provided by Dr. Maurice Bolo of
Scinnovent Center, Dr. Ernest Acheampong of International Network for Bamboo and Rattan(INBAR) during the two-day conference. The interventions from the ATPS National Chapter
coordinators are also appreciated. We also take this opportunity to thank the ATPS staff who werevery critical in the preparations for this event led by Dr. Nicholas Ozor and including Alfred
Nyambane, Felix Musila and Rachel Nzambi.
Finally, we are grateful to all the delegates for their enthusiastic contributions during the two-day
event. They deeply enriched the debates and deliberations and also provided great case studies andevidence of STI work through their paper presentations and plenary contributions. We lookforward to working with them in promoting STI for desirable outcomes of sustainable
development in Africa.

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Executive Summary
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) organized the ATPS@25 Annual
Forum, Conference and Jubilee Celebrations on the 30-31 October 2019. The two-day event
themed “Using Science, Technology and Innovation as a means for Achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa,” brought together stakeholders including network
members, donors and financiers, beneficiaries and government officials across Africa. Over 100
delegates from across the 54 African countries and beyond attended the event. The delegates weredrawn from the academia and research institutions, policymakers and high-level government
officials, organized private sector actors, informal sector, civil society actors, development
partners, donors and financiers, and the Fourth estate among many others. The event adopted
participatory approaches to engage stakeholders in relevant discussions and also conference paper
presentations and discussions. For the main theme and sub-themes, there were high-level
presentations by experts in the field and panel discussions on some of the sub-themes. Enoughtime was allocated for stakeholder discussions and dialogue on the different sub-themes. The subthemes included:a) Science, technology and innovation priorities for Africa’s developmentb) The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa’s Readinessc) Improving Africa’s Intra-Africa Trade using science, technology and innovationd) Funding science, technology and innovation priorities for Africa’s developmente) Gender and inclusivity in science, technology and innovation
The main goal of the Annual Forum 2019 was to convene a critical mass of STI stakeholders fromAfrica and beyond to further discuss how STI can be deployed more effectively to achieve mostof the development agenda in Africa including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Africa’s Agenda 2063, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Hi-Five Priorities, and the national
development agenda and visions in African countries. We used the opportunity to tell ATPS’s
story as the premier STI organization and how far ATPS has fared in its mandate of using science,technology and innovation as a means for achieving sustainable development in Africa. Most
specifically, we aimed to achieve the following during the event:i) Present and discuss relevant and topical issues on how STI can be further deployed to more
effectively achieve sustainable development in Africaii) Tell ATPS’s story in championing STI development in Africa for 25 yearsiii) Relaunch the ATPS Phase VIII Strategic Plan 2017-2022
iv) Provide opportunities for networking among STI stakeholders across the continent andbeyond.
v) Present papers that address the main theme and subthemes of the conferencevi) Celebrate and honour ATPS Legends and Champions
All the above aims were achieved and all the delegates looked forward to achieving more andhoped to be lucky enough to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. A communique was issued at the endof the conference and song and dance celebrations started with the honouring of ATPS champions
and a cake cutting ceremony.
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview of Science and Technology in Africa
The development of and attention to science and technology in Africa took centre stage in the
1980s with African governments making commitments through their Heads of States toallocate at least 1% of their gross domestic product (GDP) to research and development (R&D)
as well as scientific and technological capabilities in what is popularly known as the Lagos
Plan of Action for the economic development of Africa 1980-2000. This was against thebackground that Africa at that time was unable to point to any significant growth rate orsatisfactory index of general well-being for almost two decades. Faced with this situation, anddetermined to undertake measures for the basic restructuring of the economic base of thecontinent, the African leaders resolved to adopt a far-reaching regional approach based
primarily on collective self-reliance which included putting science and technology in theservice of development by reinforcing the autonomous capacity of our countries in this field.
They noted that the role of science and technology in integrated rural development requires
among other things the generation of financial resources and political will and courage on thepart of policy and decision-makers to induce a profound change with far-reaching effects on
the use of science and technology as the basis of socio-economic development. A welldeveloped science and technology base and its appropriate application will lead todevelopments in other sectors such as agriculture; transport and communications; industry,including agro-allied industries; health and sanitation; energy; education and manpower
development; housing, urban development and environment among others. Countries were
urged to develop appropriate policies and programmes that will utilize the power of scienceand technology to sustain growth and development. Among the early adopters in thedevelopment of science and technology policies since the Lagos Plan of Action were Ethiopia(1992), Tanzania (1996), Zambia (1996), Botswana (1998), Nigeria (1998) and Ghana (2000).
Other countries followed later.
One very remarkable outcome of the Plan of Action was the support and strengthening ofregional and sub-regional science and technology organizations in Africa with a call to Member
States and international agencies to provide resources to enable them attain full operational
levels. It was during this period that two distinct networks emerged in Africa: the Eastern andSouthern Africa Technology Policy Studies (EATPS) and the Western Africa Technology
Policy Studies (WATPS). These networks promoted and advocated for the use of science andtechnology as a means for achieving socioeconomic development in the regions. They
facilitated the development of most of the science and technology policies in most of theAfrican countries earlier mentioned. However, in 1994, the EATPS and WATPS came together
under one platform that led to the birth of the African Technology Policy Studies Network(ATPS) with its secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya under the East and Southern Africa Regional
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1.2 The Role of African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)
The ATPS has since then grown in leaps and bounds. In 2001 ATPS became an autonomousinternational organization with diplomatic status in Kenya and working on transdisciplinaryscience, technology and innovation (STI) themes for African development. Whilst retaining
the STI focus, ATPS has moved towards a “knowledge for development” network of
researchers, policymakers, private sector and civil society actors that promote the generation,dissemination, use and mastery of science, technology and innovation for Africa’s
development, environmental sustainability and global inclusion. We implement our programs
through members in National Chapters established in 30 countries (27 in Africa and 3 Diaspora
Chapters in Australia, United States of America and the United Kingdom) with partnerships
across the entire 54 African countries. The ATPS is unique in many ways: It is not only thepremier STI institution in Africa; it is unique in the composition of its membership, institutional
structures and implementation activities. Today ATPS is made up of over 1,500 members
spread across 51 countries in 5 continents. As the premier STI institution in Africa, it has
successfully mainstreamed STI in African development policy dialogues and assisted many
African countries to formulate STI policies as well as develop strategies for its implementation.
Our work is guided by the needs and aspirations of our stakeholders across Africa which weusually put together in consultation with these stakeholders as a Strategic Plan over five year
periods. During the current ATPS Phase VIII Strategic Plan (2017-2022), we identified fourthematic and five programmatic priorities of action. The four thematic priorities are:
Agriculture, food and nutrition; Energy; Climate change and environment; and Healthinnovations, while the five programmatic priorities include: STI policy research,
policymaking and advocacy; Training, sensitization and capacity building; Youth and gender
empowerment; Knowledge brokerage, management and commercialization; and Intra-Africa
and global collaboration and partnerships. Details of these themes and programmes areavailable online at:https://atpsnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ATPS-Phase-VIIIStrategic-Plan-2017-2022_Final.pdf. These strategic priorities (thematic and programmatic)align very well with most of the development agenda in Africa including the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), the Africa’s Agenda 2063, the African Development Bank(AfDB)’s Hi Five Priorities, and the national development agenda and visions in most of theAfrican countries. The ATPS has benefitted and continues to enjoy the support from many
development partners, donors and governments at various levels in the achievement of ourmandate.
1.3 Conference Theme and Sub-themes
Five inter-related priority subthemes have been identified to buttress the main goal of theAnnual Forum, Conference and ATPS Silver Jubilee. Papers were invited from experts under
the subthemes.
Sub-themes:i. Science, technology and innovation priorities for Africa’s development- This subtheme focuses on how STI is driving Africa’s development Agenda in the context of
STISA 2024 and in achieving the SDGs on the continent. As the African Union has
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STI been mainstreamed enough in national development agendas in Africa in terms ofinvestments, research and policy?
ii. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa’s Readiness- The fourth industrial
revolution is the current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies andtrends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, virtual reality (VR) and artificial
intelligence (AI) are changing the way we live and work. This year’s (2019) World
Economic Forum theme of Globalisation 4.0 addressed the fourth industrial revolution
which is taking place globally at an unpredictable rate. Is Africa ready? How effective isthe infrastructure in Africa to support these disruptive technologies that will enhance thefourth industrial revolution? Do African countries have enough capacity to exploit theseemerging technologies? What needs to be done to support the use of these disruptive
technologies in Africa?
iii. Improving Africa’s Intra-Africa Trade using science, technology and innovationThere are many reasons for the low intra-African trade including: weakness of physicaland human infrastructure, small size of individual African country markets, residual tariffs
and onerous non-tariff measures (NTM) on processed and semi-processed African
products by both developed and emerging markets, export constraints and other pre-borderbarriers, absence of trade finance, institutional constraints on enterprise growth andinability to achieve scale, currency risk, corruption and rent-seeking clientelism, and civil
disruption among many others. The abundance of interest, capital, opportunities, andpromises in technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) reminds one of mobile
technology just 10 years ago. Mobile money transfer technology took the continent bystorm but this has not translated to significant increases in intra-Africa trade due to thedifferent levels of adoption of the technology in Africa as well as challenges in thedevelopment of the required infrastructure. Will technology/automation and AI do to
African nations over the next decade what mobile technology did to them in the last one,
fuelling a dramatic rise in connectivity and unlocking significant gains in economic
development? Like mobile technology and communication capabilities, willtechnology/automation and AI permit African nations to dramatically increase theirresearch, development, and production capabilities? Will technology/automation and AI
give African nations even more power to leapfrog the need for old-fashioned infrastructure
and outdated strategies of industrialization? In essence, how can intra-Africa trade berealized using STI?
iv. Funding science, technology and innovation priorities for Africa’s developmentAfrican leaders have always committed to increasing funding for national, regional andcontinental programmes for science and technology and support the establishment of
national and regional centres of excellence in science and technology. So far only a handful
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of the countries have implemented that. Funding for research in Africa is still very low
hence very low emergence of new technologies and innovations. This has severely limited
growth and development in Africa. How can African governments increase funding to
STI? Has the private sector sufficiently contributed to funding research in Africa? Are theAfrican universities and research organizations contributing enough in funding research in
Africa? How can development partners significantly contribute to STI development in
Africa?
v. Gender and inclusivity in science, technology and innovation- The persistent genderinequalities and exclusivity in Africa can be explained by lack of relevant policies,
inadequate and improper curriculum content and strategies, poor didactic materials andnegative culture and attitudes which discourage women from training and/or working as
scientists, technologists or engineers and the youth from assuming high positions ofauthority in the polity. This theme focuses on identifying successful international bestpractices that should be learned, adapted and wisely implemented in Africa to encourage
inclusivity and gender mainstreaming in STI. The gender mainstreaming of science andtechnology policy formulation and review processes have not been sufficient enough toreflect the level of gender awareness that has been created and attitude changes made.
What actions need to be taken to ensure there is gender and inclusivity in STI? What data
are required to inform decision making on gender inclusivity in STI?
1.4 Conference Objectives
The overall purpose of the conference is to critically examine the current conditions, barriers
and opportunities in the above thematic areas and provide policy options for transitions to more
inclusive sustainable development in Africa.
a) Present and discuss relevant and topical issues on how STI can be further deployed
to more effectively achieve sustainable development in Africab) Tell ATPS’s story in championing STI development in Africa for 25 yearsc) Provide opportunities for networking among STI stakeholders across the continentand beyondd) Present papers that address the main theme and subthemes of the conferencee) Celebrate and honour ATPS Legends and Champions
1.5 Expected Outputsi) Published annual forum and conference proceedings;ii) A communiqué summarising key recommendations for African policymakers anddevelopment partners.
iii) Two Policy Briefs
1.6 Expected Outcomesi) Increased and renewed recognition and deployment of STI as a means for achieving
sustainable development in Africa by policymakers, science experts, private sector
actors and civil society actors; and4 | 2019 ATPS Annual Forum, Conference & Silver Jubilee Proceedingsii) Strengthened networks amongst STI actors in Africa.
1.7 Conference Methodology
The ATPS@25 Annual Forum, Conference and Jubilee Celebrations was a two-day event thatbrought together stakeholders including network members, donors and financiers, beneficiaries
and government officials from across Africa. The event adopted participatory approaches toengage stakeholders in relevant discussions. For the main theme and sub-themes, there werehigh-level presentations by experts in the field and panel discussions on some of the subthemes. In all, there was enough time for stakeholder discussions and dialogue on the different
subthemes. About 100 delegates from across the 54 African countries and beyond attended theAnnual Forum, Conference and ATPS Silver Jubilee celebration. Delegates were drawn fromthe academia and research institutions, policymakers and high-level government officials,
organized private sector actors, informal sector, civil society actors, development partners,
donors and financiers, and the Fourth estate among many others. A detailed programme of theevent is provided in Annex 1.
Key programme of events:
 Opening ceremony and key messages from donors, sponsors and partners
 A Masterclass on the theme: Using Science, Technology and Innovation as a means forAchieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa
 Expert panel discussion
 Plenary presentations on the selected sub-themes Celebration of ATPS champions and legends. All Foundation Members of the ATPS,
past Executive Directors and Directors, Chairs of ATPS Board of Directors, Core
Donors, etc. will receive honours awards.
 Exhibition of science, technology and innovation products and services from around
Africa5 | 2019 ATPS Annual Forum, Conference & Silver Jubilee Proceedings2. OPENING CEREMONY-SETTING THE CONTEXTThis session was chaired by Prof. Joseph Obua, former ATPS National Chapter Coordinatorfor Uganda and moderated by Dr. Maurice Bolo of Scinnovent Centre and Dr. Ernest
Acheampong of International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR).
2.1 Welcoming Remarks from ATPS Kenya Chapter- Dr. Stephen Karimi
Dr Karimi, former ATPS board member of Kenyan Chapter, welcomed all delegates to Kenya
and wished all participants a pleasant stay in Nairobi. Before giving his
welcome remarks and beginning his role as the chair of the session, he asked
delegates to observe a one-minute silence in honour of Mr. Kenneth Aduda
who passed on. Mr. Aduda was the immediate former ATPS National
Chapter Coordinator for Kenya. Dr Karimi was excited to be able to meet
all the delegates across the two (2) days. He welcomed the Executive
Director of ATPS Dr Nicholas Ozor to give his welcoming remarks.
2.2 Welcoming Remarks from the ATPS Secretariat- Dr. Nicholas Ozor
Dr Ozor warmly welcomed all delegates for this event and was excited
to see most of the delegates that he has not seen for a long time. He
praised the ATPS family for holding together to ensure that the ATPS
dream goes on. He thanked the partners and donors who have continued
to support ATPS. He particularly appreciated the International
Development Research Center (IDRC), African Development Bank, theSwiss government among others. He spoke about the selection of thetheme and subthemes for the Conference and their importance. He
emphasized on the need to give STI due attention. He gave a sneak preview of the key notepresenters for the main theme and the sub-themes and provided the basis for selecting the themeand subthemes. He appreciated the presence of all the delegates and particularly the presenceof the Nigerian High Commissioner.
2.3 Welcoming Remarks- the ATPS Board of Directors- Prof. Crispus Kiamba
On behalf of the Board of Directors ATPS and the ATPS secretariat, andall ATPS stakeholders, Prof. Kiamba welcomed all the delegates. He
began his remarks by emphasizing the importance of the selected theme
for the conference. He reiterated the importance and the role of Science
Technology and Innovation in achieving Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). He linked the goals with the ATPS thematic priority areas
as contained in the ATPS strategic plan. These priority sectors are
Agriculture and Food Security, Energy, Climate change andEnvironment and Health. He thanked all those who have contributed to the growth of ATPS to
become the number one Think Tank in Africa. He also thanked all the donors and partners who
have been supporting and continue to support ATPS in its work. He mentioned a few examplesof efforts made so far to support innovations in Africa. He particularly mentioned the African
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Mathematical Institute which is based in Cape Town. One project that he was part of is theAfrican SKA (Square Kilometer Array) project which involved the Southern Africa countries,
Kenya and Ghana. An organization called Africa Brains was formed to promote innovation
especially on ICT across Africa. He ended his remarks by recognizing the contribution of ATPS
partners and donors for their support.
2.4 Opening Remarks from our Partners
2.4.1 Dr Christiane Abu Lehaf, AFREXIMBANKDr Christiana read the key note speech on behalf of Prof Benedict Oramah,
the President of the African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK). The
Bank has continued to support STI in African. It has continued to support
the ATPS whose mandate is to promote STI in the continent. The
AFREXIMBANK in its strategy Impact 2021 which was launched in 2017
which is premised on 4 strategic pillars. These pillars are: Intra Africa trade,Industrialization and Export development, Trade Finance Leadership and Financial Soundness
and Performance. AFREXIMBANK strategy strongly focuses on partnering with ATPS andother partners will bring about the Africa we want in the next decade. She challenged all theparticipants to ensure that this day will be seen in the next 1000 years as the turning point thatenabled our continent to overcome technology challenges.
2.4.2 Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u, Executive Director, African Economic ResearchConsortium (AERC)
Prof Njuguna Ndugu provided a brief background on how ATPS and AERC
were formed and how they partnered with each other through the support of
IDRC. This support created very important people who understand theterrain they work through. ATPS and AERC have similar objectives ofpromoting the use of science and technology to solve Africa’s problems. On
the policy front, the two organizations have worked to build the capacity of Africans on policy
development. He pointed out that if the states have no capacity to absorb the new technologies
being developed there would be a parallel market and therefore the countries will not have theability to solve the problems they face or have the efficiency to solve them. He added thattechnology should be used to affect the real economy and helping to resolve the challenges inAfrica. African problems are dynamic and require dynamic solutions. The work of AERC and
ATPS over the years have yielded results that are very visible today in terms of capacity
buildings work and the policy landscapes in Africa.
2.4.3 Dr Ezekiel Mutua, MBS, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Film Classification
Board (KFCB)Dr Ezekiel Mutua started his remarks by congratulating ATPS for achieving
this milestone. He was happy to support the event organized by ATPS andhailed the partnership between the two organizations. This engagement is inline with KFCB goal of broadening engagement with stakeholders anddeepen policy formulation efforts. He recognized the importance of youth in
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engaging in technology change that promotes their businesses. Digital migration in the country
has extremely revolutionized many things. KFCB is happy to partner with ATPS in policy
research and utilize the expertise in ATPS to better KFCB work in the future. He urged theparticipants to interact more with governments to ensure that roadside declarations end andensure governments are accountable for their commitments. He urged African governments to
use research to back the policy decisions they make. He challenged African governments andthe youth to take advantage of the digital space to do business. He concluded his remarks byquoting Thomas Friedman in his book, The World is Flat- “Every morning in Africa, a gazellewakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning alion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death. It doesn't
matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.”
2.4.3 Dr Alphonsus Neba Representing African Academy of Sciences (AAS)Dr Alphonus Neba started by apologizing on behalf of the AAS president
and the Executive Director of AAS. He thanked the organizers forextending the invitation to AAS. Dr Neba noted the similarities between
ATPS and AAS in terms of mandates and the kind of stakeholders the twoorganizations work with. He urged Africans and African leaders to change
the trajectory as far as sustainable funding for STI. AAS has tried to shift
the centre of gravity for funding STI in Africa which will go a long way inaddressing Africa developmental challenges. He noted that we rely so much on externalfunding of STI. AAS implements many programmes under STI with the belief that excellence
breeds excellence. Some of the programmes mentioned are Alliance for Accelerating
Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA), Coalition for African Research and Innovation(CARI), Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences, AAS Open Research among others. He
ended his remarks by wishing the ATPS a fruitful meeting.
2.4.4 Dr Philip Osano Stockholm Environment Institute-Africa Center (SEI-Africa)
Dr Philip Osano was very pleased to partner with ATPS in this event andcongratulated ATPS for achieving that milestone. He pointed out that SEI
works very closely with ATPS in issues relating to STI and how these impact
on development especially on issues to do with Natural resourcesmanagement and conservation. He provided a brief on how SEI was formed
and its mandate. SEI was particularly interested in the sub-theme on Intra
Africa Trade and how STI can be used to promote both inter and intra Africa
trade.

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2.5 Opening Keynote Address on “Using Science, Technology and Innovation as a means
for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa- Dr. Ouedraogo Mahama
Dr Ouedraogo Mahama, Director, Human Resource Science andTechnology, African Union Commission (AUC) presented a keynote
address on the main theme. He began his presentation by quoting President
Kwame Nkurumah in his first speech at the founding Summit of theOrganization of African Unity (OAU), Addis Ababa, 24 May 1963.
“It is within the possibility of science and technology to make even the
Sahara bloom into a vast field with verdant vegetation for agricultural andindustrial developments”.
Dr Mahama provided a snapshot of African statistics: Africa is the second-largest continent(about 6% of the world) with 20 % of the world emerged land. It is made up of 55 countries
covering 30,415,873 km². Africa is the second most populous continent with an estimatedpopulation of 1.216 billion people which is about 17.44% of the World Population.
He detailed the content of Agenda 2063-the Africa we want and the role of STI in achieving
the aspirations of this Agenda. He gave a few examples of how STI is helping drive theimplementation of Agenda 2063. As part of the Agenda for Africa, the STISA 2024 provided
a roadmap for STI in achieving the SDGs whose mission is to accelerate Africa’s transition to
an innovation-led, Knowledge-based Economy. He elaborated on the 4 pillars of STISA 2024.
The pillars include building research infrastructure, enhancing technical and professional
competencies, innovation and entrepreneurship and providing an enabling environment for STI
development in Africa.
Artificial Intelligence and Space technology featured more prominently in his presentation. Hereiterated the importance of working together as Africa to achieve this. There is some progressin terms of policy for space technology. The African Space Agency was formed and is being
hosted by Egypt. He gave an example of the projects initiated by AUC such as the Global
Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa (GMES) a flagship programme of theAfrican Union under the African Space Policy and Strategy. It prescribes a pathway for thecontinent to be globally competitive in space activities, including Earth Observation, and todevelop a viable continental space programme. With continent-wide coverage, the programme
is implemented through grants to African institutions under the banners of regional consortia.
13 consortia representing a total of 72 African institutions have been awarded grants throughopen competitive bidding to implement projects in water, natural resources, marine and coastal
areas management.
In supporting research, the AUC has put calls for proposals – Research for DevelopmentAfrican Union Research Grant (AURG). In this call, STI must be used as a catalyst in thedesigned proposals for sustainable development in Africa. Full participation of the African
Member States and African researchers in the implementation of the STISA-2024, Agenda
2063. AUC is committed to the creation of competitive Pan-African Research Grants,
promoting Inter-Africa and international cooperation in research and capacity building as wellas building Africa’s research capacities through direct funding.
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2.6 Official Opening by the Chief Guest of Honour- Dr Moses Rugutt representing Prof.
George Magoha, CS Ministry of Education, Kenya
The Official opening speech from the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of
Education Kenya was read by Dr. Moses Rugutt the Director General of
National Commission of Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI)
on behalf of Prof. George Magoha who could not make it to the event due
to other commitments. Prior to reading the speech by the Cabinet Secretary,
Dr. Rugutt responded to the issues of funding especially in Kenya and theefforts being made to reach the required 1% of GDP committed to funding
Research as per the Lagos agreement of 1980. It was informed that theprocess of lobbying lawmakers to approve and implement the budget is difficult despite thewill to commit those funds by the government. There was an improvement from 0.4 to 0.79
percent for Kenya. In fact, there is a policy that Kenya provides for the government to put aside
2% of GDP in research and development. A huge chunk of the funds committed is used foradministrative purposes rather than the research itself.
In his speech, Prof. Magoha was honoured to officiate the opening of ATPS Annual Forum,
Conference and Silver Jubilee Celebrations. He lauded the selection of the theme for the
conference and its subthemes. He also lauded the selection of Dr. Mahama, the Director of
Human Resources in the AUC to give a keynote paper on STI in Africa as very critical. He
acknowledged the role ATPS has played in promoting STI in Africa and pointed out that ATPS
and the various ministries and institutions that have been working with ATPS in the last 25
years. The work of ATPS has made it to be a premier number one Think Tank in Africa and aChampion in promoting STI in Africa. The CS pledged to continue working with ATPS topromote the use of STI for the development and achievement of the SDGs in Kenya. The
Government of Kenya has made strides in promoting STI in Kenya by forming NACOSTI,
Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA) and National Research Fund (NRF).
Recognizing the role of STI in the socio-economic transformation of countries, Prof Magoha
noted that NACOSTI launched a Strategic Plan. It is a five-year plan focusing on regulation ofresearch; advisory services for research; knowledge management and institutional capacity.
The initiatives in these four key areas is being implemented through annual work plans, and aperformance management system put in place to ensure accountability of results. The plan isderived from global and regional goals such as the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and SDGs.
Besides the launch of the Strategic Plan, NACOSTI also unveiled National Research Priorities
2018-2022. In addition, ATPS has an existing MoU with NACOSTI to support STI
development in Kenya in terms of capacity building and policy.
To address the macroeconomic and social challenges and achieve the transformation to aknowledge-based economy, priority sectors in which STI is being strategically integrated tocreate technology platforms for enhanced productivity growth were identified. They include:
Agriculture; Health; Trade and Industry; Mining; Infrastructure; Energy; Environment;
Information Communication Technology (ICT); and Space Science Technology. The CS
provided details of how Kenya has worked across the five (5) sub themes. For example, Kenya
has committed to reach 2% of research funding by 2030. He committed that his Ministry will
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continue working with ATPS and other like-minded institutions to promote use of STI in
fostering sustainable development. On behalf of the CS, Dr Rugutt officially declared the ATPS
Annual Forum, conference and Silver Jubilee officially opened.
2.7 Panel Discussion
This discussion was moderated by Dr. Maurice Bolo who gave a summary of the emerging
issues from what was presented by the keynote speaker as well as the speech made by the
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha. These included the issues of R&D
investments and Funding of STI in Africa, Capacity and Knowledge production, foreign direct
investments and the role of the Private Sector and collaborations. The panel of experts consistedof Prof Michael Madukwe from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, who is also the ATPS
National Chapter Coordinator for Nigeria, Prof. Sylvester Atanga of the University of Buea,
Cameroon and also the ATPS National Chapter Coordinator for Cameroon, Dr. Jemimah
Onsare the Ag Director General of National Research Fund, Kenya and Prof. Crispus Kiamba,
the Ag. Chairman of the ATPS Board of Directors.
Prof. Michael Madukwe submitted that traditionally, African
universities used a curriculum that did not solve African problems. Mostof the research in the university is not based on real problems. This iscarried on to governance, military, civil service, politics and evenacademics. Research should be targeted to solving problems not to award
degrees but to solve problems. The curriculums need to be revised andresearch approach should be revised and targeted to solve problems.
Knowledge generation should be the means to solve African problems if
only the research that generates the knowledge is well-targeted to solve the specific problem.
This then will contribute to global knowledge.
Prof. Sylvester Atanga responded to the question whose knowledge. He
acknowledged that Africa has enough professors, PhDs, Masters etc. butwhen there is a problem, how do these people help in solving these
problems? Knowledge needs to be packaged well and good strategies
deployed in the communities for it to be effectively used to solve problems.
Involving the community is critical since there is traditional knowledge
that needs to be used in addition to modern knowledge. Technology suchas the internet, the mobile phone can enhance this. He emphasized on the need to change thecurriculum for the training to be effective and make it more responsive and practical.

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Dr. Jemimah Onsare addressed the question of funding in research andthe generation of knowledge. Investment in research has not been given
priority. Knowledge production is the only way we can groweconomically as well as socially. The statistics of how Africa is
contributing to Global knowledge is disappointing at about 1.3% yet weare capable to equally contribute to global knowledge. There are good
policies and will to contribute but implementation is a major challenge.
There is very low realization from our leaders that investment in research will have an immense
impact in the long term. It requires enough investments in infrastructure and capacity buildingof both technical and human resource capacities. There is need to combine efforts amongst
like-minded partners rather than duplicating efforts hence leading to collective responsibility
and building synergies.
Prof. Crispus Kiamba addressed the concept of partnership in researchsuch as inter-Africa partnership, inter-continental partnership, privatepublic partnership among others. He tackled this issue by providing
examples of projects that he was involved in. The World Bank and some
African countries identified challenges in applied sciences, engineeringand technologies directly needed for development in Africa. One of the
projects became the African centres of excellence that were based inuniversities in Africa. The African countries participate in the provisionof funds and not only depend on donors from the first world. The Private sector was brought
in to support. For example, in Kenya, the Private sector got involved by working with the top
university management to put in funds to support innovation hubs and scholarships. The Private
Sector individuals have also been appointed to be part of the board of management of public
universities or even chancellors of the universities. Individuals from the private sectors across
Africa have played an important role in supporting science technology and innovation in
Africa. Examples of individuals who have contributed to supporting STI in Africa include
Manu Chandaria, James Mwangi of Equity and Aliko Dangote.
The floor was open for questions and discussion. Mr. Woodwonsen Belete ATPS National
Chapter Coordinator for Ethiopia asked about the donor expectations for funding and how thepriorities in Africa can be aligned to these in order to access the funds available.
Mrs Nadia Hassan ATPS National Chapter Coordinator for Sudan intimated that the problem
is identifying the priorities for Africa. Africa is good at preparing policies and documents inline with donor requirements but we forget about what Africa really needs to move forward interms of development. Identification of specific technologies that will help us move forward
and how to develop and access these technologies is a major hurdle. She urged Africancountries to embrace technology now that African youth are good users of the internet. African
should also work towards developing their own technologies and not depending on importing
technology.

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The panellists responded to the questions from the floor. Prof Madukwe responded researchshould be taken where it belongs- solving problems. To do that we need to change our training
curriculum. To make this effective, scientists should engage with the end users by identifying
solutions for their problem. Prof. Atanga added that we should find ways of using theknowledge that has already been generated. Dr. Onsare commented on the funding mechanisms
for research where the researchers should engage in co-funding programmes in order for
donors/partners to support their research.

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3. KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONSThis session was chaired by Dr. Alphonsus Neba on behalf of Prof. Nelson Torto the Executive
Director of AAS. Dr Neba provided some statistics on the status of Africa in relation to
Research and Science. He provided various descriptions of Africa given by economists of theyears but added that, of interest, is to see how Africa will be described in 2030.
3.1 Science, technology and innovation priorities for Africa’s development by Dr. George
Essegbey -CSIR
According to Dr. George of the Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research of Ghana (CSIR), for Africa to harness the potential of Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) in achieving its development plans, thereis need to set STI plans (through policy), and resource mobilization throughgovernment commitment and establishing partnerships. There is also needfor high-level human resource development and proper legislation andregulations. He enlisted some emerging technologies such as Artificial
Intelligence, robotics, 3D printing, the Internet of Things, big data science, nanotechnology,
photonics and genomics. He added that for Africa to harness the STI priorities at the national
level there is need to involve all stakeholders like the government, civil society, business andacademia.
Dr. George gave a brief explanation of the priority areas of STI application: Economic (foodand nutrition technology, healthcare and wellbeing application, and renewable energy),
Environmental (human settlement, waste management, clean water and biodiversity
management), Political (digital mass media, governance infrastructure, peace and security
systems and inclusive platform) and Socio-cultural (educational like distance learning, STEM
emphasizes like Artificial Intelligence and robotics, creativity, transportation systems andcommunication networks).
From the world’s patents applications patterns for ten years (from 2006 -2016), it was notedthat most of the African patents are from non-Africans. It was also evident that there was adrop in patent application, hence a call for the need to promote creativity in Africa. He
concluded by saying that Africa’s development challenges are daunting –food and nutrition,
healthcare and wellbeing, industrialization environmental sustainability. The STI priorities are
the emerging technologies which demand serious undertaking to build capacity. A holistic
National Innovation System approach to harnessing STI capacity to address the development
challenges is necessary.

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Case intervention by Mrs. Nadia Hassan, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, Sudan
Mrs. Nadia said that priorities are all about planning. She said
implementations of STI strategies need the involvement of all
stakeholders and partners especially the knowledge creators and users.
For Instance, the involvement of manufacturers can help identify theindustry needs and how technology can be used to solve them.
She added that SDG formulation has pointed out indicators likepromoting innovations that assist countries to develop. Additionally,
there is need to promote creativity, which starts from education, including technical schools. It
was also said that in our universities, there are systems of knowledge transfer to the rightbeneficiaries. However, there are many university graduates whose efforts are not translated
into the final product.
Case intervention by Mr. Benson Zwizwai, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator,
Zimbabwe
Mr. Benson said that Zimbabwe had benefited a lot from ATPS
activities specifically in policy formulation in science and technology,
leading to the drafting of a Science and Technology policy. However,
it is faced with challenges in its implementation. It was said that priority
should not be in policy formulation alone, but also implementation,
monitoring and evaluation, though the greatest challenge is financial
resources. He said that emphasis should be put on the role ofuniversities in contributing to the future of African countries. He added that through theuniversities, the role of the lecturers, that is, teaching, research and contribution to thecommunity should be made as policy as a contribution to innovation and industrialisation.
A question was posed: What are the real obstacles in transforming Zimbabwe industrially,
since it has an educated population and research and development infrastructure? Mr. Benson
responded that all universities have innovation hubs. The infrastructure is there but the macroeconomic environment poses a serious challenge. He added that Zimbabwe suffers from UNimposed legal sanctions.
Facilitated discussion from all delegates
With regard to funding of STI priorities for Africa’s development, it was said that the Kenyan
debate on allocating a certain percentage of GDP to fund research and development, is notpractical, since GDP is a representation of national productivity and income, not a
representation of income and expenses. It was also said that many African governments do notallow the actual spending on specific STI projects. In conclusion, it was said that Africancountries should address the realities of their situation, since most researches are more ofliterature review and not practical.

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3.2 Funding Science, Technology and Innovation priorities for Africa’s development by
Dr. Akanimo Odon
Dr. Akanimo started off the presentation by saying that he considers
himself as a navigator between academia, industry and governance. He
said the big question to ask ourselves is “is it availability or accessibilityof funding?” He added that the idea is, if we are unable to make thegovernment do what is required, we have to grab the bull by its horns.
He said that there is money in Africa, but the continent is also faced withmany challenges since it allocates little money to funding. He added that
if Africa could utilise its resources well, it is in a position to utilise thegreen economy.
Dr. Akanimo posed the question “Why should government fund research?” He said that for
African governments to invest in research there should be returns on the investment (research).
He said we should learn to see problems as a strategic resource, research as an innovative
product, STI organizations as knowledge enterprises and industry as research partners. He
added that, on the world patent map, Africa is non-existent. He said in research we should show
the industries we engage with and the problems we have found solutions for. Researchers
should understand the funding landscapes by first knowing where their money is. He addedthat by limiting your place, you limit your space and funding. He said that there is also the needto establish international partnerships for resource mobilisation. Additionally, for ecoinnovation, we need to understand the relationship between “knowledge versus money versus
power versus rights”. He said drives conversation but private sector in the implementation ofpolicy. So if the private sector is not involved in policy development, then there is a problem.
According to Dr. Akanimo, we need to understand the resources we have, like the student poolthat every university has. He added that SMEs should consider advertising their issues orchallenges for students’ research. He added that we should grasp the concept of grantsmanship,that is, the knowledge of who gives money or funding. He gave an example, “if you put industry
people and researchers in separate rooms and ask each group about the weaknesses of eachother, then researchers will say that industry folks like money too much, while the industry
folks will say that researchers do not like money. He said that there should be a middle line ofcompromise. Researchers should develop an entrepreneurial mind-set, since industry goes
where there is money (e.g. banks goes to universities and not the vice versa).
Case intervention by Mr. Wondwossen Belete, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator,
Ethiopia
Mr. Wondwossen said that it is necessary to have an external source offunding for our innovations. He added that unless we build an innovative
capacity externally, funding STI will always be a challenge. He also said
that we should count on funding from remittances from Africans in thediaspora to boost STI financing in the continent. He added that it is crucial
to establish STI banks in Africa. He gave a caution that we should be carefulin utilizing our domestic resources in financing STI in Africa.
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Case intervention by Prof. Said Boujraf, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, MoroccoProf. Boujraf stated by saying that we should consider partnerships between
health and engineering sectors. He said that we should look at strategies for
emerging innovations, present new ideas for projects and do capacity
building, with the main orientation of targeting innovation andentrepreneurship. He also emphasised on the importance of gender, mainly
promoting women in innovations. He said that they had two international
workshops in 2015 and 2017, aimed at improving the innovative andentrepreneurial position of the youth.
Facilitated discussion by all delegates
Two questions were asked: (1) Tell us the opportunities inherent in the green economy?
(2) How much involvement of politics of whether Europe can fund Africa or not?
Mrs. Nadia commented that Industries should take it as a social responsibility to fund researchand innovations. She said that we need to change our mind-set as researchers of not giving
policy briefs to policy makers.
In response, Dr. Akanimo said that the potential for green economy in Africa is enormous inagriculture and aquaculture, among other sectors. He said that you cannot remove the influenceof the political arm in the funding of innovations. Good researchers should not bump into
lucrative research opportunities by chance if good structures are in place.
This session was concluded by the chair who gave a personal opinion as to why African
governments are not funding research and innovation. He said that thinking of the corruption
money held in Europe and U.S. banks, then why shouldn’t we apply the existing laws for suchcrimes and confiscate that money and use it for research purposes.
3.3 Improving Intra-Africa trade using Science, Technology and Innovation by Dr.
Robert Ochola
Dr. Ochola of AFREXIMBANK started his presentation by showing
some pictorials indicating the comparison between Africa and the U.K. at
the Iron Age. From the pictures, it was clear that Africa was far muchahead of the U.K, going by the housing structures used then. Then in the
90’s something went wrong. Dr. Ochola said that Intra- African trade hasremained at 15% for the last 6 years. He said that there are many
opportunities in Africa to diversify exports, for instance, creating
substitutes of your imports, given our comparative advantage.
Constraints and opportunities to Intra-African trade
Dr. Ochola pointed out that Africa’s great challenge is the current infrastructure. He said that
we should do some research on African trade, look at our neighbours and know where to source
our imports from. For instance, fish imports can be increased internally (within Africa) byincreasing the availability of marketing information. He said that information and transaction
costs increase the costs of Intra-African imports. He added other imports costs which include;
poor infrastructure, poor trade and customs logistics, poor business environment, higher costs
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of cross-border payments and high energy costs, with the overall impact of reducing Africancountries’ competitiveness. He one of the energy solutions is green collective transport from alight rail system. Among the success factors for promoting the Intra-African trade he mentioned
include; digitization, policy, being responsive (organizations need to be proactive inmonitoring), research and development, cross border payments, youth and gender
empowerment and capacity building.
Case intervention by Dr. Christiane
Dr Christiane said that Africa should focus on energy as key to market areas. She also explained
how Egypt meets its energy requirements by focussing on solar/ renewable energy production.
She added that the country should think of exporting the excess energy to other Africancountries, and utilise it for development in other African countries. She emphasised that weshould focus on building the capacities of our African neighbours. She added that Egypt should
consider extending its potential investors to other African countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia,
Kenya and Uganda. She added that through research and development, Egypt can be aknowledge and technology hub.
Facilitated discussion by all delegates/plenary
Questions by Mrs. Nadia: What is the role of AFREXIMBANK in facilitating trade andfinancing? Why African banks are not financing development?
It was added from the plenary that African countries are not connected and they block eachother, thus limiting Intra-African trade. For this trade to succeed, we need to interact with eachother and remove all barriers (citing an example of South Sudan visa). It was also said thatcopying innovations from other countries are part of innovation. In addition, to facilitate tradein Africa, we have to improve our infrastructure, which makes us attractive in trade. Also, weneed some policy changes, since we are well endowed with all-natural resources.
Dr. Ochola submitted that innovation is not about doing something new. He said that African
trade is faced with constraints like lack of political will. He added that African Development
Banks are mandate driven, but premised on demand. He said that these development banks
track developmental outcomes and see how they impact the continent. He emphasised that
Africa is not interconnected, citing an example that many investors in Venezuela Park are nonAfricans. He added that in our universities we study many things except innovation. He also
said that we should have a common vision, for us to move forward and should be educated andconfident, be it, politicians or researchers. He added that we should consider promoting ouruniversity students and lecturers and work on contextual problems.

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3.4 The fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa’s readiness (Smart Ecosystem for
Innovation, technology and knowledge growth in Mozambique) by Samuel Partey
Samuel Partey of UNESCO representing Ms. Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta,
Director UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, started by giving
the key priority areas in the fourth industrial revolution and emerging
technologies, like knowing how to use Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D
printing, automation, use of robots, among others to promote innovation.
He said priorities are climate change, water, culture (how to promote
diversity) and foster digital intelligence. He added that there should be a
research centre in every organization. He stated key UNESCO priorities for Africa, which
include collaboration with Huawei, and help build education of Artificial Intelligence. He
added that some progress has already been made in promoting the use of drones in the supplyof blood and medicines. He also talked about the use of drones in speeding up farming activities
and the promotion of regional cooperation in STI.
Case intervention by Prof. Eng Alberto Chemane Lourino ATPS National Chapter
Coordinator, MozambiqueProf. Eng. Chemane the ATPS National Chapter Coordinator for
Mozambique, intervened that there is a knowledge gap between thedeveloped world and Mozambique, brought about by things likeunderdevelopment, unemployability, unskilled labour and inequality. Thisgap can be bridged through smart ecosystem projects like using emerging
technologies in schools and universities and bringing experts in technology
industries to lecture students. He added that the initiative can be supported by the government
through the provision of the internet and the expansion of ICT infrastructure. To achieve this,
there is need for support from government ministries and other development partners.
Case intervention by Dr. Wollor Emmanuel, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator,
Liberia
He started by elaborating on STI in Liberia and the fourth industrial
revolution. He said that the country can benefit from the available natural
resources, but their value addition is constraint by lack of human capacity.
He also said that we need market-driven curricula in our universities toenable our graduates to secure jobs.
There were some comments and requests from the plenary, directed to ATPS to focus on how
to develop capacity for carbon menace, like carbon markets. There was also a request forcapacity building collaborations. It was concluded that we have a huge opportunity of defining
our curricula to build future capacity for our university graduates.

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Dr. Charles Owino of AERC who was chairing the session closed the session with a parting
shot. “Technology does not hold all the answers, it raises more questions
and all we need to do is to strive to have the right environment fortechnological innovation through engaging more with policy makers.”

3.5 Gender and Inclusivity in Science, Technology and Innovation by Prof. Agnes
Mwang’ombe
According to Prof. Agnes, the Rockefeller Foundation had a major programon gender inclusivity in science. In science, there is under-representation of
the female gender. She said that this issue of gender inclusivity (especiallywomen exclusion) is not only a national or regional issue but a global
concern. She said that women representation in health science is good but
poor in engineering and other hard sciences. She acknowledged that inagriculture, women representation is improving, at around 45%. She addedthat various foundations such as the Bill Gates foundation are targeting women for scholarships
and skills development. She cited the case of Safaricom Company in Kenya, saying that they
have tried in ensuring women representation.
She asked a question “What support mechanisms do we have in our universities to bring womenin the system?” She cited the case of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and said they have a
support mechanism for both males and females. She added by saying that we should think on
how to influence the young minds back at home and bring them on board in science andtechnology. Additionally, she said we should make businesses out of innovation along with thecurriculum. She asked another question “How can we include research and innovation intobusiness?” To achieve this, we need re-tooling of academia. She said that in agriculture, they
have set up short term courses and influenced the uptake of seeds from the breeders. She
concluded by saying that they need to deal with the legal framework to move the seeds to theusers.
Case intervention by Mrs. Martha Ugwu, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, UK
She kicked off the presentation by saying that STI and gender equality are
equally important in achieving SDGs and Africa Agenda 2030. She said
that it is our role to make this a reality in these development agendas. She
added that new and emerging technologies affect men and women
differently, citing an example of the forum, that no gender equality. She
added that this issue of gender inclusivity needs to be addressed in a global
discussion for us to understand it well. She also said that it is important todo something to ensure both male and female genders are on the same page and move on in thesame rate.
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Case intervention by Prof. Musa Dube, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, Eswatini
Prof. Musa started by asking questions “Is this issue of gender inclusivity a cultural issue?” “A
policy?” Yes, but not a panacea. “What is gender/women representation in agriculture among
other fields?” For us to understand this issue, we need to ask ourselves some fundamental
question:
Where are we coming from?
What is the current status?
Where do we want to take it to?
How are we going to get there?
How do we know that we are on the track?
How do we know that we have reached equity/balance?
Facilitated discussion by all delegates/plenary
Prof. Boujraf asked “What are the basic issues?” He said that Africa has a lot of discriminationin terms of basic education. According to him, if equality is tackled at the level of basic
education, then gender inclusivity in research and innovation will not be an issue.
Dr. Nadia said intervened by saying that she doesn’t advocate for gender equality but feminism.
She said that we should know when and how to develop women creativity since they are often
engulfed in family responsibilities. She gave an example of Sudan where women are highly
encouraged to grow in agriculture. She further said that the question is how to encourage
inclusivity in STI.
Dr. Ochonma said that gender equality can be tackled through policy or the provision of an
equal playing ground, for both male and female genders.
Prof. Speranza said that we should focus more on the opportunities that STI offers to foster
gender equality.
Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe citing a Kenyan example of compulsory basic education said thatyou cannot keep a child at home, since the area chief will arrest you. She also cited another
Kenyan case (though debatable), saying that if a school girl gets pregnant, she is allowed to go
deliver, then return to school after delivery. In the same case, if KCPE candidates deliver during
examinations, they are allowed to do their examinations in the hospital, while attending to theirnewborn babies to avoid dropouts.
Prof. Musa added that regarding the policy question, the constitution allows women to own
land and have access to loans.
Mrs. Martha responded by saying that women need to be supported in order to make progressin their careers. She further said that to give women an incentive to work from home, we shouldlook at new technologies and ways to enable them, like, using robots. She added that becauseof the bias that already exists, this should be tackled through policy.
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Prof. Mwang’ombe concluded by saying that the work environment for female students in hardsciences should be improved, giving an example of a Ghana University, where student mothers
are allowed to breastfeed, then continue with their activities. She also asserted that we should
not only support girls but also boys, in order to secure them a good and inclusive future.
3.6 Proposed Plan for Acceleration of Medical Training through Enhanced Enrolment,
Out-Turns in Reducing Shortage of Physicians in Nigeria by Christopher Enyioma
In Nigeria, there is a shortage of medical doctors (by 33,000 physicians).
Given the population growth at an annual rate of 2-3%, failing to plan isplanning to fail. This physician’s shortage is a common problem in Africa.
To solve this, we should look at the issues of enrolment. The key issues
addressed by this paper is writing the estimates of the people required tomeet the gap/deficit, and the financial requirements to bridge the gap, thatis, the unit cost of producing a medical doctor for a five-year period. From
the results of the paper, one doctor is expected to attend to about 1,200 people. Additionally,
60 billion Naira should be spent by the Nigerian government to bridge this personnel gap. If
this is done, within 10-15years, this deficit will be met.
3.7 Leveraging Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to Drive Africa’s Transformation by
Dr. Julius Gatune
According to Dr. Julius Gatune, we have new technologies with huge
implications on unemployment. Africa has a job challenge due to its failure
to transform. In Africa, we think of youth as a problem but they are
resources. An industrial revolution is more than just a technological leap.
Drivers of the industrial revolution include technologies like Artificial
Intelligence, learning, computing, processing technologies, machines,
robots, block chain technologies, data mining technologies, 3D printing,renewable technologies and other related technologies.
Impacts of 4IR include a rise in labour costs, low productivity due to poor infrastructure, andgrowth of gig-economy/ part-time jobs. As new technologies are being deployed, Africanbusiness is a real challenge. Also, our education systems are quite unprepared, meaning our
foundation levels are weak. Our infrastructure is also weak, such as low internet penetration/access, poor quality and high cost of the internet. The regulatory capacity is also weak and isbeing compounded by politics. Agricultural transformation is a potential pathway. The
informal economy can be transformed through platforms, like embedding trust, building skills,
leap frogging, digitization, policies and public investment.

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4. BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
4.1 From ‘Communicating’ To ‘Engagement’: Sustainable Agriculture and AfroRelationality Framework for Climate Change Communication by Dominic Ayegba
Okoliko
Climate change poses a significant threat to Africa’s development
trajectory; to the social, economic and ecological systems in thecontinent. The economic landscape of the region depends largely on theperformance of sectors such as agriculture, forestry, energy, tourism,
coastal and water resource which are highly susceptible to climatechange impacts. With governance fragility in the region, climate changerisks exacerbate challenges relating to food and water security, healthmanagement, economic stability, land use, social and cultural cohesion
with implications for agricultural practices. Despite acknowledged Africa’s peculiarities,
however, public awareness and engagement on climate change are considered problematic in
the region. There is a need to drive campaigns on sustainable agricultural practices that havesocial, economic and environmental benefits, including meeting the need for increasing fooddemands. This study interrogates current practices in mediated climate change
communication (CCC) as a forum where transformative ideas are shaped. Besides thedominance of non-African epistemologies in literature analyzing the media-climate change
and public nexus, there is little attention given to problematizing ‘public engagement’ (PE).
Common assumption pitches ‘the public’ on the one side and ‘the communicator’ on the otherside. This bifurcated model of ‘communicating’ climate change has import for the forms ofsubjectivity in climate (in) action, including a weakened citizenship representation in climate
discourse and the de-pluralization of ideas. This study argues that because it is people thatstand to be engaged in climate campaigns, it is important to draw attention to what
understanding of “person” and “community” undergird current CCC practice. Utilising a“conversational method” of inquiring, the paper discusses these concepts from African
political philosophy – Afro-communitarianism and Ubuntu – and intersects them with
contributions from non-African traditions to tease out implications for reorienting CCC
towards “engaging” the public as persons-in-relationship. The paper argues that a relational
perspective on our sociality, one which takes into cognizance, context specificity ofexperience to account for a view of human agent-hood as persons-in-relationship or personsin-community (1) can inform a media ethic that can counter the normative valence of
oppositional discursiveness which mark conventional mediated CCC and (2) provide spacefor inclusivity of subjectivities within it. The paper contributes to the discussion on the
epistemologies of the South and challenges the binary approach to the knowledge economy
on climate change.

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4.2 Effects of Land Use Change on Soil Quality in Mai Mahiu Ecosystem in Naivasha
Sub-County, Kenya by Caleb Basweti
Mr Caleb Basweti, a PhD student from Kenyatta University presented isresearch by providing a background and rationale for his study. Land-use
changes are the main cause of soil degradation and associated human andenvironmental problems especially in many developing countries in Africa
and Asia. Study was conducted in Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya
whose aim was to assess the impacts of land-use changes on soil
productivity and ecosystem functioning. The specific objective was tounderstand the nature and extent of land use changes/practices and there impacts on soil quality
indicators. Landsat archive was utilized was used to detect land-use change from 1985 to 2015at an interval of 15 years and analysed based on supervised image classification. Results fromthe study showed a remarkable land-use and land-cover change between 1985 and 2015.
Cropland significantly increased by 135% from 27.3 km2 in 1985 to 64.2 km2 2015 at theexpense natural forest. Built-up area and roads coverage had increased by almost three times
from 9.8 to 29.9km2. Soil quality deteriorated significantly with land-use change. There weresignificant differences (p<0.001) in soil bulk density that increased from 0.93±0.02 g/cm3 inforest soil to 1.27±0.02 g/cm3 in disturbed grassland. Soil acidity increased significantly(p=0.002) with land conversion with pH ranging between 6.19±0.14 and 7.18±0.12. Soilorganic carbon declined significantly (p=0.008) with losses of up to 63% while total nitrogendeclined significantly (p=0.005) from 0.34% to 0.15 with land conversion. Mr. Basweti
concluded his presentation by submitting that land use changes and modifications in MaiMahiu have negatively affected the soil productivity with a potential drop in other ecosystemservices production. For the sake of the present and future generation in this region, He
recommended that management decisions should take into consideration an integrated
landscape approach, enforcement of relevant laws and policy implementation that are aimed atmaintaining the resilience of soil quality attributes for sustaining this type of ecosystem.
4.3 Harnessing the power of technology: The state of women in the 21st century
UMULUMGBE ODO performance by Dr. Gloria Ozor
Dr. Gloria started with a pictorial presentation of the Odo masquerade
ritual and an explanation of how technology has affected the performance.
She said that technology has both positive and negative impacts, sociallyand communally. She said that integrating technology in this ritual can bea powerful driver for development in the community, socially,
economically and environmentally. She added that this can enhance theliving standards of the people in the community through job creation andreducing poverty, thus making it economically stable. She added that the use of technology has
made the ritual more attractive and impressive.
According to Dr. Gloria, the best way to promote our culture is to use technology to advanceit, since this enables them to communicate even outside the community. She said that for
women to be able to communicate in such events (which is a way of inclusivity), technology
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is key. She added that through technology, youths are being involved especially in social media
platforms. She concluded by saying that use of technology is a way of taking traditional beliefs
into the modern world.
4.4 Gender-Based Analysis on ICT Accessibility and Utilization for Enhanced
Performance among Undergraduate Students in Ogun State, Nigeria-Dr. Esther
Oshionebo
According to Dr. Oshionebo, very few women are enlightened while themajority are poor. With regard to the basic education policy in Nigeria, allchildren should go to school. She said that majority of people in Nigeria
have phones, but the question is “how accessible are these gadgets to theminority (poor) among the many (rich). According to her, African
traditional/cultural upbringing (the roles of boys versus girls), there is no
innovation since the boys are not allowed to do simple innovative chores
like cooking. She went ahead to give an example of a situation where the parents’ income
reduces, the girl child will drop out of school and leave the boy child to continue with education
since traditionally/culturally, a boy’s education is more valued than the girl’s education.
From the study findings of this paper, girls are not courageous enough on ICT, boys are betterin ICT, but girls are better academically. Dr. Oshionebo posed some questions “Is it that the
girls are more resilient, causing good performance?” “How do we get the boys to do better
academically?” According to her, women are excluded in public activities even in the church,
since they are perceived to be failures. This makes her wonder whether men have two heads.
She added that we need to ensure that girls are given a level playing ground, equivalent to theboys. She concluded by saying that we have a challenge of changing people’s mind-sets, citinga case where girls are considered to be witches when they study sciences and competes with
their male counterparts. She also gave an example where a married woman does not deliver aboy in Nigeria, the mother-in-law will advise her son to remarry.
Some comments from the plenary; we should not allow mothers-in-law to tell you what yourhusband or wife what to do. In addition, we have a great role to play in society and we should
not stick to our mind-sets. A key observation; there was quite a heated debate on ICT access inthe village and superiority between the male and female genders (with regard to cultural mindsets in Nigeria). There was also a debate on women engagement in education, which varies
depending on the locality or state.

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4.5 Achievements and Challenges from African Technology Policy Studies Network by
Eswatini National Chapter: A Success Story- by Prof. Musa Dube
Prof. Musa started by congratulating ATPS for the 25th silver jubilee
celebration, saying that ATPS deserves it. He went on to highlight theachievements made so far, like surviving testing moments,
contradictory reports, lived under the leadership of six executive
directors, supported by National Chapters lead by different and/or samenational person and surviving local politics in member countries. He
also gave some challenges that ATPS has faced like lack of power
especially in the rural areas of Eswatini, limited space for students in
tertiary institutions, citing e-learning as a potential solution to this challenge.
According to Prof. Musa, smartphones are gaining popularity in Eswatini, hence the need tohave a keen interest in the conference’s theme “using STI as a means for achieving sustainable
development in Africa”. He added that the achievements of ATPS are too many to count since
they can be ascribed individuals, collectively, nationally and globally. He enlisted otherachievements like the capacity building of members, including the National Chapter members,
funding research proposals, development of policy on STI, under the Ministry of ICT,
promotion of Chapter leaders to higher ranks and giving the chapter Leaders an opportunity tomake professional presentations in workshops and conferences. However, ATPS has facedsome challenges such as attrition among Chapter members, financial constraints in funding
research proposals, finding partners in STI, transforming research findings into innovations(process, product and services), unit to develop research agenda and coordinate, relevance of
research conducted and completed, membership turn-over, collaborations among key players
in STI, links between science and technology parks and sustainable links among and between
key players in STI. He concluded by saying that we celebrate the former and the current
Executive Directors. He also commended the board members for good work. He said that hewould like to recommend the establishment of a unit to coordinate research, and STI researchfindings should be transformed into innovations.
Facilitated Discussion
From the plenary, a question was asked to Dr. Gloria Ozor about her presentation, “To what
extent does technology appear to reduce the authority of religious leaders/traditional beliefs in
the community?” A comment was directed to Dr. Oshionebo’s presentation, that we shouldfind a way to replicate what she had done. Dr. Gloria Ozor responded by saying that when thespirits are coming to the world of the living, the women are supposed to remain in-doors. But
nowadays, technology is changing it since people can use their phones to communicate. She
added that nowadays we have female pastors and nuns. She emphasised that the youths areusing technology and even costumes to modernize it.
Dr. Oshionebo responded by saying that it’s okay to replicate the study in different places thencompare the results. Dr. Nicholas Ozor commented on Dr. Gloria’s presentation saying that
according to traditions, she has a limit on how much she can talk about the Odo masquerade
ritual. He added that she cannot use her personal phone to take photographs of the ritual, andfor that reason, she did the study under men’s protection.
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4.6 Climate Change and Sustainable Development Focus on Sahel and Sahara Region of
Africa: Sustainability Analysis Study for Pan African Agency on Great Green Wall
(PAGGW) by Dr Magnus C. Onuoha
Dr. Onuoha is the Executive Director, West African Green Economic
Development Institute (WAGEDI), Gregory University Uturu, Abia
State Nigeria. He opened his presentation with a brief introduction on the
Pan African Agency on Great Green Wall. According to Dr. Onuoha, the
Pan African Agency on Great Green Wall (PAGGW) consisting of 54
countries was formed to enhance environmental sustainability; promote
integrated natural resource management; contribute to poverty reduction;
create jobs and wealth; as well as minimize desert encroachment into thehinterland of each other. He said that its mandate also included designing and implementing
the programme aimed at controlling land degradations in the arid and semi-arid lands of Africa.
He also noted that the multiplicity of the advantages and the expanse of countries in its value
chain couldn’t be overemphasised.
Dr. Onuoha also indicated that in line with the scope of that project, and also looking at thenarrative from above, the prospects of this project in terms of relevance, efficiency,
effectiveness, impact, innovativeness and viability, the Sahel and Sahara countries were themain beneficiaries of the value chain provided by the Pan Africa Agency on the Great Green
Wall. The countries in this regard were as follows: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroun,
Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Gambia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, South
Sudan and Tunisia.
He went on to further add that the methodology of the study was two-fold. The first
methodology was Advocacy, Sensitization and Awareness. He said that it entailed buildingmass awareness, sensitization and interface sessions for stakeholders in the 23 countries. The
other methodology used was to conduct technical baseline studies which entailed identifying
terrain types, communities and local weather conditions, soil types and samples, soil and water
availability tests, attributes of local population, social attributes along the PAGGW corridor.
Dr. Onuoha also spoke on the deliverables /Key Performance Indicators (KPI) which wereconcurrent with the deliverables. The first set of deliverables under the first deliverable were
Stakeholders 1: in the various tiers of Government in all the 23 countries Stakeholders 11:
District Councils and Communities along the PAGGW corridors Stakeholders 111: Print &Electronic Media &Civil Societies in all the 23 countries affected.
The second set of deliverables was technical baseline studies reports, soil types and samples,soil and water availability tests reports, demographic reports, population social attributes along
the PAGGW corridor, meteorological reports, and indigenous plant species reports. Dr.
Onuoha added that the other methodology used in the study was Programme Assessment andSustainability Analysis, which entailed conducting studies on vulnerability sustainability
analysis of the programme and the deliverables under this were complete study tours of selected
countries within the Shelterbelt/Green Wall (China, Senegal, Niger, Mali, Mauritania) to assess
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visits to the 23 Countries in the PAGGW as well as Peer Reviews of the take- away from the
Study tours and Review Visits. The other one was the Sahel-Sahara Stakeholders Dialogue toprovide the platform for the presentation of the Report to all stakeholders.
Dr. Onuoha further enumerated the fourth deliverable which was the establishment ofdemonstration/ pilot nurseries in select sites within the minor belt and the deliverable was theidentification and negotiation for sites for the establishment of demonstration/pilot nurseries,
recruitment and engagement of horticulturists, attendants and green rangers, construction ofnurseries; purchase of selected plant seedlings. He also said that the fifth deliverable wasplanting of trees along the major belt and the deliverables entailed the purchase of delivery
trucks, and working instruments (shovels, knives, wheelbarrows, booths, overalls etc.),
employment and training of tree planters and deployment of tree planters along the major belt.
The sixth deliverable was working to achieve the sustainable water content of PAGGW which
included the implementation of elements of the framework and modalities for the transfer ofwater from the proposed sources in the design. The Deliverables under this methodology wererainwater harvesting and dam reservoir transfer facilities, groundwater exploration facilities,
water tanker/spray trucks protecting the existing watershed. The last methodology was
consultancy services and the deliverables were organized sensitization workshops both national& regional, community/youth relation’s centres, engagement of foreign funds application&country qualification with donor agencies & development partners and carbon trading
platform.
Facilitated discussion
One question was asked by Dr. Phillip Osano: “Will the PAGWW be an investor in the open
carbon market? Dr. Onuoha responded that: Yes, the PAGWW will be an investor having been
given an opportunity for the development of the carbon market and also functioning as ashelterbelt. The PAGGW Programme is a ‘gold mine’ in terms of its carbon sequestration
potentialities and other attendant financial incentives from the carbon market model when
operational”, he said.
In conclusion, Dr. Onuoha noted that the study was in line with the Paris Agreement where all
the 23 countries had submitted their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) where they
made various commitments on emission reduction conditionally and unconditionally in linewith globally collective emission reduction targets.

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4.7 Healthcare Services Satisfaction in the prison: a cross-sectional survey andcomparative analysis of inmates’ perspectives in an African country
by Ochonma, Ogbonnia G
Department of Health Administration and Management, Faculty of Health
Sciences and Technology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria,
Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria. Ochonma started off his
presentation by noting that an assessment of patient satisfaction allows
general practitioners and institutions to investigate the extent to which theirservice meets the needs of their client group. Ochonma also said thatquestionnaires that assess specific aspects of service provision enabled the practitioner to
identify aspects of the service where patients are less satisfied. He also said that an assessmentof patient satisfaction allows general practitioners and institutions to investigate the extent towhich their service meets the needs of their client group.
Ochonma opined that in the patients’ satisfaction assessment of healthcare services in theprison, it was uncovered that in Enugu prison, the patients were satisfied only with the waitingtime before being seen in the clinic, explanation of what to expect during the examination andexplanation of what to expect after the examination. He also added that in Ibite-Olo prison, thepatients were not satisfied with any of the listed services. The greatest dissatisfaction was onservices like timely availability of laboratory results, level of attention provided by thedoctor/nurse and the physical appearance of the facilities and the quality of the equipment.
Further, he said that in Oji River prison, the patients were satisfied with services such as in theoverall care received, explanation of what to expect after the examination, how questions wereanswered by the staff, courtesy of the doctor/nurse, adequate explanation in preparation for
specific test/examination, level of attention provided by the doctor/nurse and waiting time
before being seen in the clinic.
Ochonma said that in general, he found out that for all prisons put together, the patients weredissatisfied with all the listed services. Greater dissatisfaction was on services such as: thephysical appearance of the facilities and the quality of the equipment and timely availability oflaboratory result. He also went on to further add that the comparisons between sex groups on
satisfaction of prison health care services for the different prisons and all the prisons put
together showed that in Ibite-Olo and Oji River, there were no female patient participants;
hence no statistic was computed in both. However, both for Enugu prison and for all the prisons
put together, there was significant satisfaction difference between the sex groups the women
having recorded higher satisfaction level.
Case intervention by Kelleh Gbawuru, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, Senegal
Kelleh Gbawuru was of the opinion that the result of this study expressed the general state ofdisarray of the Nigerian healthcare system where majority of the citizens have lost faith in thecapacity of the health system to come to their rescue. He further added that Nigeria invests as

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and this is way below World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation.
In conclusion, Ochonma suggested that there should be a true re-think about reforming thehealthcare system to maximize its productivity as to providing answers to myriads of healthcare
problems in Nigeria.
4.8 Providing Off-Grid Solar Light to rural areas in Sierra Leone by Kelleh Gbawuru
Kelleh kicked off the presentation by providing the overview of the
project. He noted that the project is designed to use solar PV lanterns toprovide basic lighting in rural areas of Sierra Leone (Kychom, Kambia
District, Northern Sierra Leone) where conventional methods ofelectrification cannot be economically justified. Kelleh also added thatrural electrification forms an integral part of Sierra Leone’s overall ruraltransformation and poverty reduction in that less than 1% of the rural
population had access to electricity.
The solar lantern project had 6 sub-stations with several components. The first component was
50 portable solar lanterns. Each lantern uses LED-based luminaire and plastic enclosure that
contains a rechargeable battery and necessary electronics. The other one was 5 junction boxes
housing charge controllers. Each junction box has 10 sockets to plug-in the leads for anindividual solar lantern. The last one was 580 W Solar panels each connected to a separate
junction box.
Kelleh also went on to further note that the project had a significant impact on the local
community. For example, in the education sector, the motivation of teachers and students of
Kychom schools improved. Again, there was increased attendance rates, improved academic
performance and the development of adult functional literacy activities. Also, the success rateof students in the national examinations increased by 60% and enrollment doubled.
Businesswise, small and medium enterprises were now able to open up for longer periods oftime as there was sufficient lighting.
In regards to the sustainability of the project, Kelleh noted that the income generated fromlantern rental and mobile phone charging was used to pay the salaries of employees andmaintain the systems. He further noted that the default rate was zero. In conclusion, Kelleh
noted that the project had a huge potential impact if only upscaled by way of resourcing it more.
Case intervention by Uzochukwu Okafor, ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, Namibia
Prof. Okafor generally noted that it is necessary to have a wide external source of funding forour innovations. He added that unless we build an innovative capacity externally, funding STI
will always be a challenge. He further added that with proper funding, some of the local
innovation like the Solar lighting project in Sierra Leone would be able to be rolled out
nationally and have a wider impact.

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4.9 Presentation of the Communique-by Dr Ernest Acheampong
Dr Acheampong presented the conference communique whichhighlighted all the deliberations and presentations given by thedelegates during the two-day events. Some of the key highlights
presented include: The realization that there is need for increased
capacity building in STI for it to continuously contribute tosustainable development in Africa and for the achievement of SDGs.
Collaboration and partnerships need to be encouraged to enable STIdevelopment in Africa and the private sector needs to take a leadingrole in STI sector development whereas the government should provide the enabling
environment for that to thrive. The details of the communique are provided in Annex II for
your reference.

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5. ATPS @25-SILVER JUBILEE
5.1 Presentation ATPS@25: The Journey So Far- Dr. Nicholas Ozor-Executive Director
Dr. Ozor provided a synopsis of how the ATPS has grown over the years since its inception
and detailed all the achievements realized so far. He thanked the founding donors the IDRC
and the former Executive Directors, Board members and staff who sacrificed immensely indeveloping the organization across Africa. Now its presence is being felt all over Africa as well
as some other countries outside Africa. Its network has grown and continues to grow across theworld. He thanked the National Chapter coordinators who have continuously supported thework of the ATPS in their respective countries. Consequently, Dr. Ozor thanked all the donors
who have been supporting the organization over the years and noted that without them, ATPS
would not be at the level it is now. He reserved special thanks to KFCB, AFREXIMBANK,
AERC, RMRDC, SEI-Africa, AAS, the Governments of Kenya and Nigeria for supporting theevent. Finally, he thanked the Keynote Speaker Dr. Mahama and other presenters for findingtime to join the ATPS community for the event.
5.2 Remarks from Key Stakeholders
Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe, Dr. Stephen Karimi and H.E Ambassador Sheidu Momoh-Nigeria
Ambassador to Kenya, congratulated the ATPS for achieving this fate and wished all the ATPS
family a prosperous Silver Jubilee. They all reiterated that strong partnerships and cooperation
amongst governments and organizations is key to sustainable development in Africa. The chief
guest, Dr. Ruggutt representing the cabinet secretary for ICT, Kenya, Joe Mucheru
congratulated the ATPS fraternity and hailed them for their contribution to STI in Africa. He
pledged to continue working closely with ATPS.

Plate 1: The Unveiling of the Silver Jubilee Plaque during the ATPS silver Jubilee celebrations

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5.3 ATPS Awards Ceremony
Various individuals and institutions were recognized and awarded during the event before
ushering in song and dance. Among those awarded are the former Executive Directors andfounders, present and former Board members and former outstanding staff members. Amongthe institutions awarded are AFREXIMBANK, AERC, AAS, SEI-Africa, KFCB and RMRDC.
The delegates led by the chief guests were also awarded certifications of participation. The
details of the institutions and individuals awarded during the event are provided in Annex III.

Plate 2: The ATPS National Chapter Coordinator, Nigeria, Prof. Michael Madukwe (second left)
receiving his award from Dr. Rugutt. On looking is Dr. Mahama (left), Prof. Kiamba (second fromright) and Dr. Ozor (right)

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6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSThe ATPS convened a delegation of ministers, academia, private sector and civil society todeliberate on the theme “Using Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as a means forachieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa”. Delegates were drawn fromover 40 countries in Africa and beyond. It was recognized that there is a strong recognition of
the role of STI in Africa’s development trajectory at the continental, regional, national andinstitutional levels. This is evident in the multiple declarations right from 1960 through the
80s until now. There is a strong desire on the continent to build a modern economy that isdriven by STI as evidenced in the development of continental STI strategy, STISA 2024,
Regional and National STI policies among others. There need for Africa to be at the cuttingedge of technology and innovation to leapfrog Africa’s industrialization, stability, andtechnological revolution. It was also noted that STI is essential in the provision of vital dataand information that will drive policy and decision-making in Africa. To solve criticalproblems in our society today, capacity will be critical for STI development to be able toexplore opportunities in technological advancements for societal change and decision-making.
The role that ATPS play in providing platforms for collaborative and innovative policy
research that support African governments and STI institutions to build necessary knowledge
conditions and infrastructures, policies and incentives, and capabilities for STI knowledge
generation, brokerage, circulation, and socialization to ensure effective valorisation andcommercialization of scientific and indigenous knowledge into new technologies andinnovations for sustainable development on the continent was lauded and is the key forunlocking Africa’s STI potential for sustainable development. All speakers congratulated
ATPS as it marked its Silver Jubilee and pledged to support its activities going forward intheir various capacities in the different institutions they represented.
It was recommended that:i) There be continuous capacity development of individuals and institutions toward thegeneration of STI knowledge that is tailored to the development needs of Africans is
critical to achieving our goals and aspirations.
ii) The journey towards the mastery of STI needs to be driven by the private sector and notby the government. However, the governments in Africa must create the enabling
environments for the private sector actors to thrive.
iii) There is need to not only address capacity, funding or several other challenges but to also
renew the mindset of the entire citizenry (Social Transformation) to STI independence for
Africa’s industrialisation and socio-economic transformation to succeed.
iv) Collaboration and partnerships need to be encouraged to enable STI development in
Africa. A partnership can be brokered among stakeholders in the public and private sectors
within and outside Africa.
v) A holistic National Innovation System (NIS) approach to harnessing STI capacity foraddressing the development challenges is necessary for Africa’s socio-economictransformation is required.

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ANNEXES
Annex I: ProgrammeTime
8:00- 8:30 amTime
8:30- 8:35 am

8:35- 8:40 am
8:40- 8:45 am

8:45- 9:15 am

9:15- 10:00 am

10:00- 10:15 am

10:15- 10:25 am
10:25- 10:50 am
10:50- 11:15 am

DAY 1- Wednesday 30 October, 2019
Topic/Presentation
Facilitators-Felix Musila
Registration-Damaris Kavesa
Opening Session-Official Opening Ceremony
Moderators: Dr. Ernest Acheampong, INBAR
Dr. Maurice Bolo, Scinnovent Centre
Rapporteurs: Alfred Nyambane and Damaris Kaseva
Topic/Presentation
Presenters
Welcoming Remarks from ATPS Kenya Dr. Stephen Karimi, Board
ChapterMemberATPS
Kenya
ChapterandDirector
Accreditation and Quality
Assurance, NACOSTI.
Welcoming Remarks from the ATPS Dr. Nicholas Ozor,
Secretariat
ATPS Executive Director.
Welcoming Remarks- the ATPS Board of Prof. Crispus Kiamba, Ag.
Directors
Chair ATPS Board of
Directors.
Opening Remarks from our Partners
1. Prof.
BenedictO.
Oramah,President
AFREXIMBANK
2. Prof.
NjugunaNdung’u,
Executive
Director AERC.
3. Dr. Ezekiel Mutua,MBS, Chief Executive
Officer, KFCB
4. Dr. Philip Osano, Ag.
Centre Director, SEI
5. Dr. H. Doko Ibrahim,
DG/CEO RMRDC
6. Prof. Nelson Torto,
Executive Director AAS.
Opening Keynote Address on “Using Dr. Ouedraogo Mahama,
Science, Technology and Innovation Director Human Resource(STI) as a means for achieving the Science and Technology,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) AUC
in Africa”
Official Opening by the Chief Guest of Prof. George Magoha, CS
Honour
Ministryof
Education,
Kenya
Group Photo
Health/Coffee/Tea Break
Panel Discussion on the Opening Keynote
Paper-Prof. Osita Ogbu, FNAE,
OON; University of Nigeria
and Managing Director,
ADSI.
-Prof.
MichaelC.
Madukwe, ATPS National
Chapter Coordinator Nigeria
and University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria.

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Session Chair
Prof. Joseph ObuaFormer
ATPS
National
Chapter
Coordinator, Uganda;
Collegeof
AgriculturalandEnvironmental
Sciences
Makerere
University, Uganda

Prof. Joseph ObuaFormer
ATPS
National
Chapter
Coordinator, Uganda;
Collegeof
AgriculturalandEnvironmental
Sciences
Makerere
University, Uganda

11:15-11:25 amTime
11:25-11:55 am

11:55-12:05 pm

12:05-12:15 pm
12:15-12:40 pm

12:40-12:50 pm

12:50- 1:00 pm

Facilitated Discussion-Prof. Francis Aduol, Vice
Chancellor,
Technical
University of Kenya.
-Prof.
Emmanuel
Nnadozie,
Executive
Secretary, African Capacity
Building
Foundation(ACBF).
-Prof. Sylvester NdesoLecturer, Epidemology &Public HealthFaculty of Health Sciences
Universityof
Buea,
Cameroon.
-Prof. Crispus Kiamba
CBS, MBS, Ag. Chair ATPS
Board of Directors; Schoolof Built Environment, UoN.
-Dr. Jemimah Onsare, Ag.
CEO National Research
Fund-Kenya.
All Delegates

Plenary Session 1-Keynote Presentations
Topic/Presentation
Presenters
Science, technology and innovation Dr. George Essegbey, Chiefpriorities for Africa’s development
Research Scientist, Scienceand Technology Policy
Research
Institute(STEPRI)/CSIR, Ghana.
Case interventions-Dr. Nadia Hassan, ATPS
National
Chapter
Coordinator,
Sudan.
Economic
Studies
Department
Industrial
Research & Consultancy
Centre (IRCC) Sudan.
-Mr. Benson Zwizwai,
ATPS National Chapter
Coordinator,
Zimbabwe.
Chairman,
Economics
Department University ofZimbabwe.
Facilitated Discussion
All DelegatesFunding science, technology and Dr. Akanimo Odon, CEO,innovation priorities for Africa’s Environfly Consulting, anddevelopment
Lancaster University, UK.
Case Interventions-Mr. Wondwossen Belete,
ATPS National Chapter
Coordinator, Ethiopia and
DirectorofIntellectual
Property Protection andTechnology Transfer, EIPO.
-Prof. Dr. Saïd Boujraf
ATPS National Chapter
Coordinator Morocco andDirector of the Clinical
Neuroscience
Laboratory,
University of Fez Morocco.
Facilitated Discussion
All Delegates

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Session Chair
Prof. Nelson Torto,
Executive
Director
AAS.

.

1:00- 2:00 pm

Time
2:00- 2:25 pm

2:25- 2:35 pm

2:35-2:45 pm
2:45- 3:10 pm

3:10-3:20 pm

3:20-3:30 pm
3:30- 3:45 pm

Lunch BreakPlenary Session 2-Keynote Presentations
Rapporteur: Mr Marsden Momanyi and Damaris Kaseva
Topic/Presentation
Presenters
Improving Intra-Africa Trade using Prof. Benedict Oramah,science, technology and innovation
President,
AFREXIMBANK.
Case Interventions-Prof. Arsène Kouadio,
ATPS National Coordinator,
Cote d’Ivoire and Universityof Abidjan-Cocody, Coted’Ivoire.
-Ms. Manal Moustafa
Samra, ATPS National
Chapter Coordinator, Egypt.
Facilitated Discussion
All Delegates
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Ms Ann Therese NdongAfrica’s Readiness
Jatta, Director UNESCO
Regional Office for Eastern
Africa.
Case Interventions-Eng. Lourino Alberto
Chemane, ATPS National
Chapter
Coordinator,
Mozambique and ICT and
Planning Advisor, Executive
Secretariat, ICT
PolicyCommission, Mozambique.
-Dr. Wollor EmmanuelTopor, ATPS National
Coordinator, Liberia andCollege of Science andTechnology, University of
Liberia.
Facilitated Discussion
All Delegates
Health/Coffee/Tea Break

3:45- 4:10 pm

Gender and inclusivity intechnology and innovation

4:10- 4:20 pm

Case Interventions

4:05- 4:15 pm

Facilitated Discussion

science,Dr.
Kathryn
Toure,
Regional Director SubSaharan Africa International
Development
Research
Centre (IDRC)-Mrs. Martha Ada Ugwu
ATPS National Chapter
Coordinator,
UnitedKingdom-Prof. Musa Dube, Facultyof Agriculture
Luyengo Campus
University of Eswatini.
All Delegates

End of Day 1

Time
9:00- 9:20am

DAY 2- Thursday 31 October, 2019
Topic/Presentation
Facilitators
Re-cap of Day 1
Dr. Ernest Acheampong

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Session Chair
Prof.
NjugunaNdung’u, Executive
Director, AERC.

Prof.
Agnes
Mwang’ombe EBS,
University of Nairobi,
Kenya

Sub theme 1: Science,technology
andinnovation priorities for
Africa’s development

Sub theme 2:
The
FourthIndustrial
Revolution and
Africa’s
Readiness

Parallel Sessions
9:20- 12:50 pm
Sub
theme
3:
Improving Africa’s
Intra-Africa Tradeusingscience,technology
andinnovation

Providing Off-Grid Solar
Light To Rural Areas In
Sierra Leone By:
K. G. Mansaray and T.
MorlaiLeveraging 4th
Industrial
Revolution(4IR) to Drive
Africa’s
Transformation
Dr
JuliusGatuneThe potential for STI
inassessingtheenvironmental
implications of theAfrican Continental
Free Trade Area
(AfCTA)Dr Philip Osano

Nagging Food Insecurity
In Nigeria: The Missing
Links
A.N. Eneh and Eneh
Onyenekenwa
Sustainable Agricultural
Innovations And Tools:
The Solution to Africa’s
Food and Environmental
Challenges
Kum Christian & Prof
Sylvester Ndeso

Innovation, Inclusion and
SDGS in Sub-SaharanAfrica: Challenges andOpportunities
Nepeti Nicanor
Field Extension Agents’Utilization of Mobile
Applicationsfor
Agricultural Extension
Service Delivery in
Ebonyi State Agricultural
Development
Programme
Ann N. EZEH andAnayochukwu V. EZE
Healthcare
Services
Satisfaction in the Prison:A
Cross-Sectional
Survey and Comparative
Analysis of Inmates’
Perspectives
inanAfrican Country
Ochonma, Ogbonnia G

Trajectories
ofknowledge
andinnovation systems
amongcassavacooperative farmers
towards
improving
livelihoods
andindustrial
development
inSouthern Nigeria
Prof.
Edwards
Adeseye Alademerin

Sub
theme
4:
Fundingscience,technology
andinnovation
prioritiesforAfrica’sdevelopment
Fundingscience,technology
andinnovation prioritiesforAfrica’sdevelopment
Dr Akanimo Odon

Climate Change andSustainable
Development Focus
on Sahel and Sahara
Region of Africa:
Sustainability
Analysis Research
Study
for
Pan
African Agency on
Great Green Wall
(PAGGW)
Dr Chidi Magnus
OnuohaXenophobia:
RetardingAfrica’s
Intra-African Trade,
Science-TechnologyInnovation(STI)
Transfer
andagricultural
Development
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Sub theme 5: Genderand inclusivity inscience, technology
and innovation

Gender Gap Analysis
of
AdoptionofTechnology
andInnovation (TI) among
Rural
Farmers in
Nigeria: A Case of
Gender Mainstreaming
andDevelopment
Policy in Africa
Adama Alami, andOmeje Emmanuel E.
Agroforestry - Coping
Mechanism for Food
Insecurity
andUnemployment
In
Nigeria: A Case of
Rural Women / Youths
In Imo State, Nigeria.
Ogueri Emma Ifeanyi
and Mgbada, Justina

EarlyChildhood
Malnutrition
andLabour Productivity
Growth in West Africa
Fredrick Onyebuchi
Asogwa,Okeke
DonatusIfeanyi,Joseph Amuka andNathaniel Urama
Assessment of Factors
Militating
against
Rural
Women’sParticipationinModernInnovative
Palm Oil Processing inSouth East Nigeria.
EzeibeAdaku
Bridget Chidi

ProposedPlanforAcceleration of Medical
Training
throughEnhanced
Enrolment,
Out-Turns in Reducing
Shortage of Physicians in
Nigeria
Christopher Enyioma
Alozie
Could
Sustainable
Agricultural Innovationsin Africa be the Solution
to Soil Health andClimate Change forEnhanced
Food
Production?
Kum Christian Tegha
and Sylvester Ndeso
AtangaAchievements
andChallenges from African
Technology
PolicyStudies Network by
Eswatini
National
Chapter: A Success Story
Musa M. A. Dube &Absalom M. Manyatsi
From ‘Communicating’to‘Engagement’:
Sustainable Agricultureand Afro- Relationality
Framework for Climate
Change Communication
Dominic
AyegbaOkolikoandProf.
Martin de Wit
Effects of Land Use
Change on Soil Quality in
Mai Mahiu Ecosystem in
Naivasha Sub-County,
Kenya
BaswetiCaleb,
Manohar, S. and Otor,
S.
ImpactofClimateChange on Adaptive
Strategies that lead to
Sustainable Livelihoods:
Resource Base Carrying
Capacity,
ClimateChange Variability, andPopulation Growth: A
Case Study of four
Communities in Wonago
Woreda, Ethiopia
Costantinos Berhutesfa
Costantinos

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Harnessing the Powerof Technology: The
State of Women in the
21st
Century
Umulumgbe
Odo
Performance
Dr Gloria Nwandu
Ozor
Gender-Based
Analysison
ICTAccessibility
and
UtilizationforEnhanced Performance
among Undergraduate
Students in Ogun State,
Nigeria
Omobolanle Marcus
NosiruandOshionebo,
EstherEmikeA Case of ‘Tingadalire
Organic Food Products’
Using
Science,Technology
And
Innovationsin
Agricultural
Value
Chainsand
Waste
Management Systems in
Malawi
Tennyson Magombo
Technology, Innovation
Behaviour and Rice
Production
Efficiency
Differentials
inNortheast,
Nigeria:
Policy Implications for
Africa’s Technological
Development
Omeje
Emmanuel
Ejiofor and Arene John
Chukwuemeka
The Untapped Potentialof Local Innovations forAchieving Sustainable
Development Goals in
Africa: The Experienceof Ethiopia
Shirega
MinuyeMeskayStatus of the Adoption ofModern Biotechnology
for Agriculture in Africa
A.M. Dlamini,
M.A. Dube and B.Z.
Nkhabindze
Socio-economic surveyof forest foods in afijio
local government area ofoyo state, Nigeria
OluwoleSikiruBANJO*,
Akinyode
Timothy OLAWUMIDesign, Construction andDeterminationofThermal Efficiency of a
Model Solar Power
Irrigation System
AyandaJ.D*,
Ogunsanwo F.O andFalayi E.O
Prospects of Farmer
ManagedNaturalRegeneration (FMNR)
and Its Impact on Forest
Condition in Sinyala,
Lilongwe, Malawi
Judith Kamoto, Charles
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NERICA TechnologicalInnovation for Improved
Rice Economy in Nigeria
OmobolanleMarcusNosiru & Mohammed
Abdul Yekeen Rahji
Speedy Development ofAfrica Using Smart
Energy Options and Air
Pollution Reduction
Kingsley Ukoba

4:00- 4:30 pm

Silver Jubilee Celebrations
Moderator: Dr. Ernest Acheampong, INBAR
Dr. Maurice Bolo, Scinnovent Centre-Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director,
ATPS@25: The journey so far
ATPS-Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe
Remarks by Key ATPS Stakeholders-Dr. Stephen Karimi-H.E. Ambassador Sheidu Momoh-Prof. Crispus Kiamba
Remarks and Launch of ATPS@25 (Silver Hon. Joe Mucheru, E.G.H.
Cabinet Secretary, Information and
Jubilee) by the Chief Guest of Honour
Communication Technology (ICT),Award of Prizes and Certificates
Kenya.
-Institutional Awards-Individual Awards-Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director,
Closing Remarks and Way Forward
ATPS-Prof. Crispus Kiamba, Ag. Chair
Vote of thanks
ATPS Board of Directors
Coffee Break

4:30- 5:30 pm

Annual General Meeting

6:00- 8:00 pm

Celebrations-Music and Dance
Cocktail and Networking

2:00- 2:30 pm
2:30- 3:00 pm

3:00- 3:15 pm
3:15- 3:30 pm

3:30- 3:50 pm
3:50- 4:00 pm

ATPS Members Only

End of ATPS Annual Forum, Conference and Silver Jubilee Celebrations: Delegates to leave at their own
pleasure

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Annex II: CommuniquePreamble:
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) convened a delegation of ministers,
academia, private sector and civil society to deliberate on the theme “Using Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) as a means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in Africa”. Delegates were drawn from over 40 countries in Africa and beyond.
The delegates to the conference which was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi
recognized that:
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At the continental, regional, national and institutional levels, there is a strong
recognition of the role of STI in Africa’s development trajectory. This is evident in
the multiple declarations right from 1960 through the 80s until now
There is a strong desire on the continent to build a modern economy that is driven by
STI as evidenced in the development of continental STI strategy, STISA 2024,
Regional and National STI policies among others
The integral and instrumental role of STI in the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
The need for Africa to be at the cutting edge of technology and innovation to leapfrog
Africa’s industrialization, stability, and technological revolution
STI is essential in the provision of vital data and information that will drive policy
and decision-making in Africa
We have witnessed some incremental changes in development and application of STI
in Africa
To solve critical problems in our society today, capacity will be critical for STI
development to be able to explore opportunities in technological advancements forsocietal change and decision-making
There is need to figure out how STI will have a real impact on our society, in termsof:o Transforming our financial systems to improve transparency andaccountabilityo Positively influencing the real economy to improve societal welfareo Innovative ways of providing financial sustainability for STI in Africao The double-edge character of technology and innovation in modern society
The role that ATPS play in providing platforms for collaborative and innovative
policy research that support African governments and STI institutions to buildnecessary knowledge conditions and infrastructures, policies and incentives, andcapabilities for STI knowledge generation, brokerage, circulation, and socialization
to ensure effective valorisation and commercialization of scientific and indigenous
knowledge into new technologies and innovations for sustainable development on
the continent is key.

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The delegates further observed that:
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Science, Technology and Innovation remain the fundamental driver and enabler toachieve the aspirations and goals of the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Africa has made significant effort towards developing capacity to deliver STI driven
development agenda. However, a change of mindset is key to transformation. With
the relative number of human resources and facilities that are available, Africa canachieve far more if we set our minds to work and achieve greater heights in STI.
Through a transdisciplinary approach, STI knowledge must target the specificproblems and needs of the society. A platform for experience sharing, learning,
diffusion of research and technology transfer is required
Investment in research and development (R&D) is critical but also in innovation
which normally occurs outside the realms of R&D
It is time for African policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to decolonize ourminds to work within the confines of our limitations, to turn problems into strategic
resources and be able to generate financial resources to drive STI development
Africa’s development challenges are daunting – food and nutrition, job creation,
healthcare and wellbeing, industrialization and environmental sustainability – butthese challenges must be seen as opportunities that can motivate the continent todevelop and apply STI.
The transition towards technology savvy/ digital economy is already happening andthis will require vigorous STI policy research and advocacy
Investment in regional infrastructure and STI is necessary to bridge the intra-Africa
trade gaps among African countries
We envision a strong commitment of our development partners such as African
Export and Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK), International Development ResearchCenter (IDRC), African Development Bank (AFDB) and SWISS Development
Cooperation to support the ATPS in driving the STI development agenda in Africa.

The delegates therefore resolved that:
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The continuous development of the capacity of individuals and institutions toward
the generation of STI knowledge that is tailored to the development needs of Africans
is critical to achieving our goals and aspirations. The STI priorities and the emerging
technologies require the development of capacity at individual, institutional andsystemic levels.
The journey towards the mastery of STI will be driven by the private sector and notby government. However, the governments in Africa must create the enabling
environments for the private sector actors to thrive.
The road to STI independence for Africa’s industrialisation and socio-economictransformation will succeed not only by addressing capacity, funding or the several
other challenges, but by the renewal of the mindset of the entire citizenry (Social
Transformation).
Collaboration and partnerships are key for STI development in Africa. Partnershipcan be brokered among stakeholders in the public and private sectors within and
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outside Africa.
A holistic National Innovation System (NIS) approach to harnessing STI capacity foraddressing the development challenges is necessary for Africa’s socio-economictransformation is required.

Implementing these policy recommendations is essential to promoting STI independence
which is imperative for achieving the SDGs. ATPS should be supported by the development
partners to implement these recommendations.
Appreciation:
Delegates finally expressed appreciation to the development partners who have been
supporting the good works of ATPS as the premier STI organization on the continent andencouraged them to do more as well as welcomed new partners to support the works of ATPS.

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Annex III: ATPS Silver Jubilee Awards Recipients
A. Institutional Awards
S/nPlaquesCertificates of Recognition
ATPS Champions in promoting Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa

1.

International(IDRC)Development

Research

CentreAfrican Academy of Sciences (AAS)2.

Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC)

University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)

3.

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB)

Technical University of Kenya (TUK)

4.

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

Nigeria High Commission, Kenya

5.

AfricaExport(AFREXIMBANK)UNESCO Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya

6.

Stockholm Environment Institute – Africa Centre

andImportBank

National Commission for Science, Technology andInnovation (NACOSTI), Kenya

7.

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

8.

National Research Fund (NRF)

B. Individual Awards
S/nPlaques/Certificates of Recognition
ATPS Champions in promoting Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa

1.

Osita Ogbu, Ph.D., FNAE, OON

2.

Prof. Kevin Chika Urama

3.

Prof. Turner Isoun

4.

Prof. Crispus Makau Kiamba, CBS, MBS

5.

Prof. Azikiwe Peter ONWUALU, FAS

6.

Prof. Dr. Chinwe Ifejika Speranza

7.

Dr. George Owusu Essegbey

8.

Dr. Akanimo Odon

9.

Dr. El Tayeb Mustafa

10.

Prof. Francis Aduol

11.

Prof. Chris Garforth

12.

Prof. Charles Igwe

13.

Prof. Joseph Obua

14.

Prof. Agnes Wakesho Mwang'ombe, EBS

15.

Dr Catherine Kyobutungi

16.

Dr. Paul Orengo
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17.

Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u

18.

Dr. Sheila Ochugboju

19.

Dr Ernest Nti Acheampong

20.

Dr. Stephen Karimi

21.

Dr. Maurice Bolo

22.

Prof. Francis Yamba

23.

Ms. Carol Thuku

24.

Dr. Ezekiel Mutua, MBS

25.

Mr. Richard Murimi Muriuki

26.

Mrs. Christine Hayanga

27.

Prof. Dr. Roch L. Mongbo

28.

Prof. Dr. Arsène Kouadio

29.

Ms. Manal Moustafa Samra

30.

Dr. Wollor Emmanuel Topor

31.

Dr. Benoit Kabore

32.

Mr. Wondwossen Belete

33.

Dr. Kingdom M. Kwapata

34.

Prof. Sylvester Ndeso Atanga

35.

Dr. Fred Amu-Mensah

36.

Dr. Sidiki Gabriel Dembele

37.

Prof. Dr. Saïd Boujraf

38.

Dr. Kelleh Gbawuru Mansaray

39.

Mrs. Martha Ada Ugwu

40.

Prof. Papa Alioune Sarr Ndiaye

41.

Engr. Dr. John Okuonzi

42.

Eng. Lourino Alberto Chemane

43.

Prof. Mark Swilling

44.

Dr. Anthony C. Ikeme

45.

Prof. Michael C. Madukwe

46.

Mrs. Nadia Hassan Sidahmed

47.

Prof. Musa Majahencwala Aaron Dube48.

Prof. Femi Olokesusi

49.

Mr. Benson Zwizwai

50.

Dr. Marie-Christine Gasingirwa

51.

Dr. Amos Nungu

52.

Dr. Sunny Akpoyibo

53.

Dr. Hamdy Ahmed
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54.

Dr. Jemimah Onsare

55.

Mr. Marsden Momanyi

56.

Prof. Judi Wakhungu

57.

Prof. Samuel M. Wangwe

58.

Prof. Nora Olembo

59.

Mr. Chuma Ikenze

60.

Prof. Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka

61.

Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak

62.

Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie
List of candidates to receive Certificates of Participation in the Conference

63.

Dr. Gloria Nwandu Ozor

64.

Dr. Chidi Magnus Onuoha

65.

Prof. Christopher Enyioma ALOZIE

66.

Dr. Jacob Ayanda

67.

Mr. Tennyson Magombo

68.

Prof. Costantinos Berhutesfa Costantinos

69.

Dr. Esther Oshienebo

70.

Prof. Omeje Emmanuel Ejifor

71.

Dr. Onyenekwa Eneh

72.

Prof. Abednego Mfanufikile Dlamini

73.

Prof. Ogbonnia Ochonma

74.

Dominic Ayegba Okoliko

75.

Dr Fredrick Onyebuchi Asogwa

76.

Dr Judith Kamoto

77.

Dr Onuoha Chidi Magnus

78.

Dr. Philip Osano

79.

Mr. Caleb Basweti

80.

Prof. Musa Majahencwala Aaron Dube81.

Dr. Akanimo Odon

82.

Dr. Ouedraogo Mahama

83.

Prof. Edwards Aldemerin Adeseye

84.

Dr. Julius Gatune

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