Issue No 019, DECEMBER 2022

TECHNOPOLICYAFRICAThe official newsletter of the African Technology Policy Studies Network

ISBN 978-9966-124-77-7

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EDITORIAL TEAMATPS Vision:

Editor in Chief:

Dr. Nicholas Ozor

To use Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as a means forachieving sustainable development in Africa

Editor:ATPS Mission:

Wanjeri Obi

Contributors:• Alfred Nyambane• Engr. Dr. Joel Nwakaire• Khaduyu Michael• Wentland Muhatiah• Wanjeri Obi

To improve the quality of science, technology and innovation (STI)systems research, policy and practice by strengthening capacity for
STI knowledge generation, dissemination, and use for sustainable
development in Africa

Overall Objective:

To build Africa’s capabilities in science, technology and innovation
for sustainable development

ATPS Motto:
Design and Layout:
Wanjeri Obi

Building Africa’s capabilities in science, technology and innovation
policy research, policymaking and policy implementation for sustainable development

Inside...

• Chairman’s Message ................................................................1• Executive Director’s Message ..................................................2• ATPS Secures grant from AFDB ................................................3• ATPS and Its Partners Award Grantees to Support Artificial
Intelligence Innovations .............................................................5• Meet Our Grantees ..................................................................6• Is GMO the Way Forward to Ensure Food Security? .................17• Developing a Place-based Approach to Entrepre neurial
Capacity Building Across African Institutions ..........................18• Nourished Soils, Nourished People, Nourished Economy .......20• Conference of the Parties, Just a Conference?.........................21• Meet our New Staff.................................................................25• News Items............................................................................27• Tributes and Celebration of Life................................................31• New Grants and Call for Proposals ..........................................32• Photo Gallery..........................................................................34• ATPS National Chapters.........................................................36

Chairman’s Message

As we come to the end of the Phase VIII Strategic Plan
(2017-2022), we are happy that we have been able towork on projects around the priority sectors identified
in the Strategic Plan; Agriculture, Food and Nutrition;
Energy; Climate Change and Environmental Management and Health Innovations. Through our work, wehave been able to strengthen existing partnerships
and forged new ones.
Throughout the year, we have participated in and contributed to engagements that continually influence andpositively affect the present and the future of Africa
and its population, especially around matters of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Such of theseengagements have been around Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship,
Technological Innovations, and Climate Change, just to mention a few.
On behalf of the board and the management of ATPS, I wish to acknowledge the honourable
work that our National Chapter Coordinators do and the support they continue to offer the Secretariat. Their impact has especially been felt within this last quarter when a lot of information andon-ground coordination was required for the successful implementation of most of our projects
if not all. We have seen a significant scaleup of networks in various countries and this has had asignificant impact on the work that we do.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank all the donor organizations and development partners thathave funded and keep funding our activities and the individuals and partners whom we collaboratively work with. As we close the year 2022, I warmly wish all of you happy holidays and goodtidings for the year 2023.

Prof. Crispus Kiamba,
Chairman, ATPS Board of Directors

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Executive Director’s Message

I am greatly honored to welcome you to the nineteenth edition of
the Technopolicy Africa Newsletter. Within a year where so much
has happened, including the General Elections in Kenya where
our Secretariat is based, to the 27th session of the Conference ofParties (COP27) and on a lighter note the World Cup, we are glad
to have successfully gone through this year.
In this edition, we have a look at some of the activities and engagements that have heavily shaped the year at the ATPS as we promote the generation,dissemination, use and mastery of Science,
Technology and Innovation for Africa’s development, environmental sustainability and global inclusion.
As the world continues to readjust and heal from the effects of theCovid-19 pandemic, we have a renewed appreciation for technologythat has enabled us to effectively and efficiently carry out our activities
that could be handled remotely.
With the lift of most of the restrictions that had been put in place, we have been able to carry out
some in-person engagements that have immensely contributed to the work that we are doing.
Among others, we are extremely delighted to be working on projects that are aimed towards
bettering lives of millions of people through the application of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
and through their involvement, will positively impact the work of many youth in Africa and beyond.
On behalf of the ATPS fraternity, I wish to thank all our partners and donors for the immense
support and guidance that they continue to offer us. We remain committed to our work andcontinually seek to improve the quality of STI policy research, policy making and implementation.
Lastly, I take this opportunity to wish all of you a merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year
2023.

Dr. Nicholas Ozor,
Executive Director, ATPS

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Research and Projects
Big Win as ATPS Secures a grant from AFDB to Assist in Building the Capacity of
Select Countries to Effectively Measure Progress in Their Nationally Determined
Contributions Implementation
By Alfred Nyambane – ATPS Research Officer
An agreement between the African Development Bank (AFDB) under the Africa Climate Change
Fund (ACCF) and the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) was signed on 22nd
July 2022 to finance the project tagged “Building the Capacity of Selected Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA)
Countries to Effectively Measure Progress in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Implementation Using Tracking Tools and Indexes”. This project will be executed by a consortium ledby the ATPS and other partners namely, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and The
West African Green Economic Development Institute (WAGEDI), Gregory University, Uturu, Abia
State, Nigeria.
The goal of this project is to have sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries successfully implement
their NDCs and progressively increase their NDC ambitions in compliance with the Paris Agreement which will be achieved through both capacity development and policy and practice interventions.
The idea of this project was birthed in 2019 when ATPS and PACJA developed and piloted NDC
implementation monitoring, tracking tools and index to gauge the status of NDC implementationin countries against the targets indicated in their submitted NDCs. The tracking tool covered thefive NDC components, namely; Governance, Finance, Mitigation, Adaptation and Measurement,
Reporting & Verification (MVR) the index will indicate areas among the components where eachcountry is performing well and where they are not performing well. The tool will enable improvements in policy decisions in areas where performance is low with regards to the implementationof the NDCs.
This project seeks to utilize the key product from this pilot study to build the capacity of focal persons in twelve selected SSA countries to effectively measure their NDCs implementation progressusing the tracking tools and Indexes.
For each output of the project, a series of activities will be implemented by the project team members and coordinated by ATPS and Partner National Chapter Coordinators in the 12 selected
countries namely: Cote d’ivoire, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
On 29th August 2022, a virtual Project Launch took place with representation from all the partners in the project. The team from the AFDB took the project team through the administrative processes and requirements and also gave an overall summary of the expectations from the project.
The team is optimistic and geared up to deliver on the project expectations (outputs and outcomes) which is set to close on 30th July 2025.

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Pictured Nnenna Nwabufo, Director General, East Africa Region, African Development
Bank Group and Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director, African Technology Policy
Studies Network (ATPS) during the signing of the project partnership agreement

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Research and Projects
ATPS and Its Partners Award 10 Grantees with USD 520,000 to Support Artificial
Intelligence Research and Innovations in Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa
By Engr. Dr. Joel Nwakaire – ATPS Postdoctoral Research Officer
Africa’s population is expected to reach about
2.6 billion by 2050. This will require an increasein agricultural and food production by up to
70% to fit the need of the population, a serious
challenge for the agriculture and food systems.
Such requirement, in a context of resource
scarcity, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and very harsh socioeconomic conjecture, is difficult to attain without the interventionof emerging technologies and innovations suchas AI to leapfrog the transformations requiredin the sector.
The African Technology Policy Studies Network(ATPS) and its partners, the International Centre
of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and Kumasi Hive have received a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
and Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida) as Managing Organization (Hub)for Responsible Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture and Food Systems Innovation Research
Network in Africa. The overall objective of thisinitiative is to advance the responsible development, deployment, and scaling of homegrown
AI research and innovations to tackle pressing
challenges in agriculture and food systems in
Africa. This will be accomplished through setting up, managing, and supporting an innovation research network on AI for agriculture andfood systems. The grantees will therefore takeup the task to develop, deploy, test, and seek
to scale responsible and homegrown artificial
intelligence research and innovations throughtheir projects.

These applications give hope to Africa’s quest
to leapfrog agricultural and food systems development production to feed millions of its
population through the use of responsible artificial intelligence tools and services.
After a thorough review process, twenty-eight
applications were shortlisted to proceed to thefirst round of reviews by experts selected from
Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa,
Senegal, Mozambique and Ghana. Out of thetwenty-eight, seventeen were selected for thefull proposal stage and were trained on key responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) principles,
Carbon Footprint Reporting, Gender Equality
and Inclusion, and Principles of Product Scaleup and Commercialization. Upon further reviews, 10 grantees emerged victorious to beawarded the grant.
On 9th September 2022, the much-anticipated unveiling of the AI4AFS innovation research
grantees who represent Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Cape Verde, Nigeria and Malawi took place virtually. This was in the presence of the grantees, their partners, the project
donors (IDRC and Sida); and the AI4AFS Hubmanagement committee which consists of
ATPS, Kumasi Hive and icipe.

During the project inception meeting, all the
grantees committed to effectively use the funds
to pump up productivity in the agricultural sector through innovations that will be scaled in
the Sub-Saharan Africa region. In turn, this is
expected to improve food security in the continent. The grantees are implementing their projOn 10th May 2022, the Artificial Intelligence ects in the various countries with notable comfor Agriculture and Food Systems (AI4AFS) In- munity engagement activities to ensure impact.
novation Research Network hub received 107
applications from across Ssub-Saharan Africa(SSA).
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A snapshot of the AI4AFS virtual inception meeting held on 9th September 2022

Meet Our AI4AFS Grantees
For further information please contact the ATPS Executive Director at: executivedirector@atpsnet.org

Project Country of Implementation: Cape Verde
Official Language: Portuguese
Project Title: Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence Tools for Smart Agriculture

Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Dr Sónia Semedo is a Professor in the Faculty of Science andTechnology of the University of Cabo Verde, in Cabo Verde. She
received her Ph.D. degree in Physics Engineering, specialization in
Instrumentation from the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

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Research and Projects
Project Amount: US$ 50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-9957569475

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Project Abstract:
ape Verde is a country with a strong
agricultural tradition and has recently
experienced long cycles of drought thathave a direct impact on agricultural production.
The utilization of emergence technologies suchas the Internet of Things (IoT)and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a way to face the problems arising from the drought. In Cape Verde,a large part of agriculture is developed by small
farmers on small plots of land with subsistence production, so in this project we intend
to study the feasibility of using emerging technologies such as IoT and AI, to increase theefficiency and effectiveness of agricultural production. Specifically, in this project, we will use
wireless sensor networks to monitor the soil,
weather conditions, irrigation water availability,and drones to monitor crop growth, and basedon the data collected. We will combine Artificial
Intelligence models to define strategies to increase production. To validate our hypothesis,
we will implement a pilot on a farm and monitor

the production process. With this project, wehope to contribute to increasing production,
creating mechanisms for managing water andsoil health, as well as creating a database for
Artificial Intelligence models that will allow us
to scale the study to other agricultural areas.
The main goal of this project is, using Internetof Thing and Artificial Intelligence solutions suitable to Cape Verde, to develop an approach for
agriculture capable to increase the productionlevel, that allows mitigation and gains resiliencein the face of climate change that we have been
experiencing in Cape Verde.

Project Country of Implementation: Tanzania
Official Language: Swahili
Project Title: Development of Machine Learning Model for Crop Pests and Diseases Diagnosis
Based on Crop Imagery Data

Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Dr. Hudson Laizer, Mbeya University of Science and Technology.
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Research and Projects
Grant Amount: US$ 51,000.00 (Fifty-one Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-2504001568
Project Abstract:ommon beans and Irish potatoes are zania and other parts of Africa using Artificial
among the important food and cash Intelligence. Specifically, the proposed project
crops to most smallholder farmers will (i) Collect high quality geo-coded and timein Tanzania. Despite their importance in the stamped datasets of more than 120,000 crophousehold economy and food security, yield leaf images representing diseased and healthy
is generally low due to the effects of diseases, Common bean and Irish potato crops; and (ii)specifically Bean rust and Bean anthracnose Develop a Machine Learning models that will
for Common beans, and Early and Late blight be deployed in a mobile application for earlyfor Irish potatoes. The current management detection of the targeted crop diseases. Theof these four diseases includes the removal of model developed will be used by agricultural
the affected leaves and plants to reduce their extension officers, farmers and other stakespread, signifying that early detection is the key holders in the early diagnosis of affected crops
to successful management. This project will for effective management. The crop leaves imtherefore develop a Machine Learning model agery data collected will be deposited in openthat will be able to detect these four diseases repositories to be used by other researchers inearly based on leaf imagery data and enable the field of Machine Learning to diversify opthe farmer to make the appropriate decisions tions for early disease identification, disease dito manage the spread of the diseases. The de- agnosis, and modelling disease spread whichvelopment of beneficial and effective real-world will ultimately help in managing and controlling
Machine Learning applications depends on lo- targeted crop diseases and pests hence allecalized datasets to accurately train the model. viating the food security problem in Africa. The
The proposed project consortium of agricul- project will demonstrate Responsible AI practural and machine learning researchers aims tices and Carbon Footprint reporting.
to deliver a two-way approach for the effective
management of these crop diseases in Tan-C

Project Country of Implementation: Tanzania
Official Language: Swahili
Project Title:
Enhancing Farm-scale Crop Yield Prediction using Machine Learning models for Internet of AgroThings in Tanzania

Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Dr. Barakabitze Alcardo Alex, had a PhD in Computer Sciencefrom the University of Plymouth, UK in 2019. He received Master
Degree of Electronics and Communication Engineering with firstclass from Chongqing University, PR China, in May 2015 and BSc.
in Computer Science (Honours) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2010. Dr. Barakabitze is recognised as the BEST
Tanzanian Male ICT Researcher of 2021, an award that is awarded
by the ICT Commission of Tanzania. Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Project Amount: US$ 51,000.00 (Fifty-one Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-3882447997
Project Abstract:
gricultural productivity growth is seen as the season. Machine learning techniques takea catalyst for broad shifts in the Tanza- a data-driven or empirical modeling approachnia employment structure, especially in to learn useful patterns and relationships fromheavy-farming communities. This is because input data and provide a promising avenue forrising agricultural productivity enables greater improving crop yield predictions. This projectsurplus production from different crops. Agri- proposes to implement and build a supervised
culture is undoubtedly the largest and most im- learning-based method to utilize high- and lowportant sector of the Tanzanian economy, with resolution satellite vegetation indices (VIs) andthe country benefitting from a diverse produc- climate data to determine the boundaries of thetion base that includes livestock, staple food small-holder farmers for two crops (maize andcrops and a variety of cash crops. Agriculture in sorghum) fields. The project will develop suTanzania represents almost 30% of the coun- pervised learning farm-scale crop yield predictry’s GDP with more than 75% of the country’s tion models that will provide good recommenworkforce involved in this sector. While most dations or predictions for local farmers (e.g.,commonly food crops cultivated in Tanzania are during the early season or end of the season).
maize and sorghum, farmers and other sector The project is the first of its kind in Tanzania
stakeholders face considerable challenges in to investigate the importance of different data
modernizing the industry to increase yields. sources (weather and climate patterns, remote
This is because smallholder farmers are strug- sensing data, crop type, soil type, etc.) in pregling to access economically viable technology. dicting crop yield for different crops across difFarm-scale crop yield prediction for maize and ferent regions in the country. This project willsorghum in Tanzania is very challenging due allow more than 50,000 small-holder farmers in
to many factors; such as crop and variety, soil Tanzania to get early season or end of season
type, management practices, pests and dis- predictions of crop yields. 60% of the farmers
eases, and climate and weather patterns during will be women farmers.

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Project Country of Implementation: Nigeria
Official Language: English
Project Title: Using Artificial Intelligence to enhance the Production, Management and Marketingof Nsukka Yellow Pepper (Capsicum Chinense Nsukkadrilus)
Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Engr Prof. Chinenye Anyadike, Chinenye Anyadike is a Nigerian and
the Chairman APWEN Tech4mum and Alt. Chairman APWEN Technology and Innovation Committee. She is an advocate of the Girl Child
Education in STEM and capacity development for women and youths.
She pioneered the Association of Professional Women Engineers of
Nigeria (APWEN) Nsukka Chapter and is the first female professor andHead, Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka. She is interested in smart Agricultural and
Aquacultural systems and has been teaching, researching, mentoringand impacting positively the communities within her reach for oversixteen (16) years
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Grant Amount: US$ 59,000.00 (Fifty-nine Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-0575120455
Project Abstract:Nsukka yellow pepper (Capsicum Chinense Nsukkadrilus) is one of the varietiesof pepper grown in Nigeria. The pepper
attracts a higher demand than other peppers
mainly because of its unique fruit aroma, characteristic yellow colour and hotness ascribedto the high content of capsaicin. These desired attributes have attracted governments,
entrepreneurs and researchers on measures
to improve and sustain the production of thiseconomically valuable crop. The local economyof Nsukka is dependent on the production of
Nsukka Yellow Pepper (NYP) with 70% of the
farmers being dominantly rural women. Its production is faced with serious challenges ranging from low productivity due to depleted soil
nutrients, climate change-induced high-water
demand and pest attack, loss of distinctive
aroma, high cost of inputs such as fertilizers
and labour, and inadequate support from extension service providers, low-profit margin
due to the role of middlemen in marketing, andlimited access to the market. To help overcome
these bottlenecks, the project aims to leverage
Artificial Intelligence(AI) tools and applications
to enhance the economic viability of NYP bycollecting its datasets for early pest detection,
providing support for early soil nutrient loss detection, improving water conservation through asmart irrigation system, and providing e-extension service support in adapting and mitigating
risks faced in production and improving accessto the market, thus increasing the NYP value
chain. The project will adopt the participatory
action research approach in co-developing anddeploying responsible AI soil monitoring, smart
irrigation, and an integrated e-extension service
and marketing application for overcoming the
problems identified.
The project will adopt gender equality and inclusion principles to listen, learn, collaborate,
and build the capacity of the men and womenfarmers to adopt and use the tools and services. The outputs of the project will be training
manuals, Nsukka yellow pepper crop datasetsfor machine learning, a combined soil nutrient
detection and smart irrigation system, and an
e-extension service application for farmers’
support. The outcome will be that women,
youths, and the vulnerable will be empowered
to use modern technology in farming practices; there will be increased synergy between thegovernment, private sector, and academia insolving societal problems; AI will be utilized inwater conservation; dataset will be generated
for home-grown machine learning, and farmers
will be supported to market their products.

Project Country of Implementation: Uganda
Official Language: English
Project Title:
Scaling Smartphone-Based Tools for Early Crop Diseases Detection & Monitoring
Meet the Project Principal Investigator

Dr. Godliver Owomugisha is a Senior Lecturer and researcher at Busitema
University, Uganda in the Faculty of Engineering. Her research interests arein machine learning and computational intelligence in relation to solving
real world problems.

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Grant Amount: US$ 55,000.00 (Fifty-five Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-0163245214
Project Abstract:T

his research proposes to tackle one of
the most challenging problems in agriculture; the detection and diagnosis of crop
disease in the field by using low-cost smartphones with embedded assisted technologies.
The study is embedded in a broader research
project whose aim is to leverage machinelearning techniques applied to the smartphone.
The goal is to elevate early crop disease andpest surveillance and diagnostic capabilities in
the hands of cassava smallholder farmers at
scale. Cassava is a staple food crop in Africa
that feeds more than 500 million people daily.
However, the current disease diagnosis of theplant is done by experts in the form of a regularpaper-based survey over a selected sample ofdifferent areas in Uganda. In this work, we will
combine computational tools to address thisproblem. The innovation lies in: (i). Scaling ourexisting diagnostic tools to a whole system run
by non-experts; anyone with a smartphone canparticipate in this system. (ii). Identification of

diseases in plants using non-symptomatic disease data acquired with a spectrometer device.
This approach is premised on the hypothesisthat diseased crops without visible symptoms
can be detected using spectral information, allowing for early action measures. This research
will pave the way for the development of similar
tools specializing in other crops, e.g. maize andbeans with beneficial effects on food security in
Sub-Saharan Africa.

Project Country of Implementation: Kenya
Official Language: English
Project Title:
Pest Occurrence Early Warning System and Diagnostic Tool Development using Geoinformation
and Artificial Intelligence: A Case Study of Tomato Leaf Miner (Tuta Absoluta), and Whiteflies in
Machakos County, Kenya)

Meet the Project Principal Investigator:
Dr. Hilda Manzi, of Geospatial Research International, is an Agriculture Consultant, with a strong background in the application of
GIS and Remote Sensing in the said field. She holds a B.Sc. in
Agriculture (Egerton University, Kenya) and an M.Sc. in Environmental Information Systems (Jomo Kenyatta University of Science andTechnology, Kenya).

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Grant Amount: US$ 52,000.00 (Fifty-two Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-4241717219
Project Abstract:
he Kenya Horticulture sub-sector is the the most common pests being tomato leafminer
largest in agriculture contributing 33% (Tuta absoluta) and white flies. Tomato leafminof the agricultural GDP. The subsector er can cause 100% damage in tomato crop
has been successful in the past three decades, in both greenhouses and open fields if control
offering the best alternative for among others, measures are not carried out. The pests reduceincreased food self-sufficiency, food security, crop quality, increasing tomato prices and reand improved nutrition, all ensuring the gener- gional bans on the trade of tomato including
ation of increased incomes and employment, seedlings. Therefore, this research intends toand foreign exchange earnings. The threats of develop an AI-based spatial tool for the monclimate change have however affected both itoring and surveillance of Tuta absoluta andproductivity and profitability of the sector, re- whiteflies on tomato crop in Machakos County,
sulting to limited growth and sustainable devel- Kenya. To achieve this, Remote sensing will be
opment. Increasing temperatures and changes employed to monitor changes in land surface
in atmospheric moisture have resulted in the temperatures and atmospheric moisture to enemergence of new pests as well as an upsurge able real-time monitoring of pest occurrence.
of existing ones. Tomato is one of the crops af- Artificial intelligence will be used to mine data
fected by changes in weather. According to the that can be used for the identification and conGovernment of Kenya it accounts for 14% of trol of these pests. The spatial tool developed
total vegetable production and 6.72% of total will sustainably be implemented among smallhorticultural crops.
holder farmers through the Kathaana vegetable
In Kenya, the tomato plays an important role in growers in a business model that will involve
meeting domestic and nutritional food require- the youth and women for e-extension services.
ments, job creation, income generation and The framework is designed to focus on early
foreign exchange earnings, thus contributing to identification of pests and control through anpoverty alleviation. Despite its importance, to- integrated solution system inbuilt into the tool
mato production is constrained by pests and for varied users with limited pest control knowldiseases accounting to 80-100% losses, with edge.

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Project Country of Implementation: Kenya
Official Language: English
Project Title:
Empowering Smallholder Farmers (SHF) in Busia County using Low-Cost IoT (Internet of Things)
and AI (Artificial Intelligence) Tools.
Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Dr. Betsy Muriithi, is a Research Fellow at the Data Science unitof @iLabAfrica research centre at Strathmore University. Passionate
data analyst with experience in managing various projects in a dynamic start-up and in research focusing on data analytics. She has
extensive quantitative and analytical skills, especially in large data
cleaning, pre-processing, statistical analysis, and data.
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Grant Amount: US$ 53,000.00 (Fifty-three Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-1465894639
Project Abstract:
limate change is a challenge to devel- suit specific challenges and cost-effective for
opment. Access to localized data has smallholder farmers. Deployments are simpler
become critical in ensuring the sus- for outdoor use cases and robust enough totainability of food reserves across all societies. withstand weather effects. Using our IoT-based
Notwithstanding, smallholder farmers (SHF) tool with enhanced AI features and plugins
who produce more than 70% of the food con- we intend to test the viability of strengthening
sumed in Kenya lack access to localized pro- local economies through the provision of acductivity maximizing data and are extremely in- cess to vital weather data that would enhancecapacitated by severe changes in weather and crop yield. Our tested and evaluated producta lack of capacity to predict such changes. As will employ the use of affordable mini-weather
such smallholder farmers are severely handi- stations deployed strategically in parts of Busia
capped in terms of their ability to mitigate the county, a county with a 54% food insecurity andimpacts of climate change due to the lack of whose economy solely depends on Agriculture.
such data and thus are extremely affected by Such deployments will continuously collate andsuch changes. Reliance on traditional methods aggregate data to a platform that farmers can
by farmers to understand weather predictions easily access. This will be synced with existing
limits their mitigation capacity. Artificial Intelli- information in delegated bodies such as Kenya
gence (AI) coupled with Internet of Things (IoT) Agricultural and Livestock Research Organizatechnologies can work as assistive tools in en- tion (KALRO) through train the trainer sessions
hancing crop yield, production monitoring, and and refined to suit the farmers’ needs throughsupporting sustainable agriculture, thus ensur- dedicated channels more specifically DigiFarm,ing food security. Moreover, the local capacity an integrated mobile platform that offers farmestablished over the past decade in Kenya to ers convenient, one-stop access to a suite of
rapidly build and deploy low-cost devices to products, including financial and credit sersupport such services is a plus as it has cat- vices, quality farm products and customized
alyzed the development of systems such as information on farming best practices.
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Project Country of Implementation: Malawi
Official Language: English
Project Title:
Building the artificial intelligence (AI) for soil moisture and nutrient monitoring under irrigated agriculture among smallholder farmers, academic and agriculture experts in Malawi.
Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Dr. Isaac Fandika, Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS),
Kasinthula, Chikwawa, Malawi.

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Grant Amount: US$ 54,000.00 (Fifty-four Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-4193755526
Project Abstract:I

rrigation has been one of the leading solutions
to climate change and population growth
challenges to food security in sub–SaharanAfrica (SSA). However, irrigation has failed tolive up to its potential. The irrigated land is far
lower than any other region in the world, andexpansion has been slow. Despite this, irrigation abstracts the largest amount of fresh waterand remains the only hope to relieve farmers’
poverty. Malawi is in the process of expanding the irrigated area. However, any planned
expansion must be achieved with increased
water use efficiency. Improving water and nutrient productivity is central to solutions forsustainable agriculture development as poor
management results into low yields that leadto low profitability of irrigation. DARS, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific andIndustrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), foreseeing these problems, implemented digitizedsoil moisture and nutrient monitoring projectusing sensors. This project developed and refined these AI tools. However, the tools were
not fully adopted and institutionalized among
partners in irrigation development. For thesereasons, a project with the overarching goal ofinstitutionalizing the deployment and scaling ofinnovative digital solutions for improved agriculture and food availability will be implemented
in Malawi for 18 months. The project aims toscale up sensor technology for soil water andnutrient monitoring in irrigated agriculture. It is
expected that a public-private partnership will
be set – up to be developing and deploying AI
tools for monitoring soil moisture and nutrient
in irrigated farming covering 660 farmers at 30
irrigation schemes. The institutionalization ofthese AI tools will facilitate the establishment of
distribution outlets for the tools and related accessories. In building AI4AFS, 30 public extension workers, 5 private data collectors and 660
farmers will be trained to use AI tools. There will
be at a total of 660 farmers directly and 2,000
farmers indirectly benefiting where over 30%
will be women with the youths representing
50% of the beneficiaries. Hence, farmers willpractice smart irrigation with monitoring tools
to produce for home consumption and surplus
for the market and hence earn better incomes.
In the longer term, there will be an increased
understanding of how AI solutions promotesustainable agriculture and food system, wide
adoption of AI innovations, and increased productivity and food availability of irrigation enterprises. This increase will be achieved throughimproved water and nutrient management aswell as the creation of job opportunities. This
project will assist in achieving sustainable agriculture, food availability and stability to achieve
zero hunger – sustainable development goal 2.

Project Country of Implementation: Senegal
Official Language: French
Project Title:
TOLBI AI, an AI-based digital tool for smart, sustainable and efficient agriculture
Meet the Project Principal Investigator:
Mouhamadou Kebe has MSC in Network and Telecommunications Design
Engineer from Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar (Sénégal) and Innovation and entrepreneurship - Draper University (California) 2020. He is the
Co-founder and CEO of TOLBIAnd Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Polytechnical School of Dakar 2021-2022. He is a Lecturer, Institut Mines Télécom (IMT Dakar), 2022.
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Grant Amount: US$ 48,000.00 (Forty-eight Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-5795725875
Project Abstract:I

n sub-Saharan Africa, losses incurred as aresult of non-adapted agricultural practices to climate change are 30% (plant healthmanagement, fertilization, irrigation) and theassociated post-harvest losses are estimatedat 4 billion US dollars. With the development of
Climate Smart Agriculture, the main objectiveof the Tolbi AI project is to use a combinationof Artificial Intelligence (AI), satellite images andlocal languages to provide small scale agriculture producers and inform national agricultural
policies with real-time information on yield forecasts using a field management platform thatmonitors plant health, fertilization and waterneeds. The expected results of the project are;reduce post-harvest losses by 60-80% withan AI-based decision making system and yield
forecasting for producers and public organizations (+6Million acres, 18 months, 6 seasons),
increase production as well as income of farmers and women by 30% through optimized agricultural inputs (fertilization) together with better
plant health management; improve the output
of family farms with the adoption of new smart

agricultural practices using AI; impact 80,000
farmers (50.43% women) by 2023 in Senegal
and 1 Million farmers by 2025 across Africa.
eTolbi AI aims to contribute significantly to foodsecurity in Africa, particularly in Senegal, withthe use of Artificial Intelligence.

Project Country of Implementation: Ghana
Official Language: English
Project Title:
Detection of Crop Pests and Diseases on Web and Mobile Devices using Deep Learning.

Meet the Project Principal Investigator
Dr. Patrick Kwabena Mensah is a Ghanaian and a Senior Lecturer at Department of Computer Science & Informatics; University ofEnergy and Natural Resources (UENR) – Ghana. He has PhD, MSc,
and BSc in Computer Science. He also holds HND in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. He has taught and done research (since 2012)
with over thirty (30) publications and three (3) books. His researchinterests include improving Capsule Network performance on complex images, Plant disease detection on mobile devices using Deep
Learning, and Internet of Things in Augmented Reality.
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Grant Amount: US$ 49,000.00 (Forty-nine Thousand US Dollars Only)
Grant Award Number: AFS-1233809296
Project Abstract:T

he University of Energy and Natural Resources has sought to develop skills
needed to solve natural resource problems through interdisciplinary research in Science, Engineering, and Agriculture. The communities in the University’s catchment area arehighly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. They feed their families with food frommaize, cassava, and tomatoes and sell somefor financial gains. Due to the scarcity of land,
the farmers cultivate cashew plants on small
pieces of land to support their families financially. However, these crops are infested bypests and diseases every farming season, resulting in crop losses, hunger, malnutrition,
low income, and poverty. To contribute to theimprovement of farmers’ livelihood, we aim atdeveloping a deep learning (DL)-based mobile(Android/iOS) and web app to efficiently detectcassava, maize, tomatoes, and cashew pest/diseases. The DL models will be trained on
Google Collab (to reduce carbon footprint) withboth healthy and sick images of the plants. The
models will be embedded in a mobile app anddeployed on mobile phones using the Tensor
Flow lite framework. When the app is installed
on a mobile device, the user may capture/scana plant with the phone’s camera and the recognition will be shown instantaneously in addition to the certainty (probability value) of theresults. For further verification of high uncertain
outputs (identified pest/disease with high un-

16certainty), the user will be alerted of the necessity to seek clarification from an expert serving as a man-in-the-loop for the system. Due
to high illiteracy rates in the farming communities, our AI system will be user-friendly andhave text-to-voice facility to communicate theresults and recommendations in English andthe popular local language “Twi”. This is to also
facilitate easy usage by the visually impaired. To
achieve responsible AI, the models will be designed to be privacy preserving and robust bymeans of frequent security updates. Due to lowinternet penetration, the mobile apps will notneed internet connectivity for detecting plantpests/diseases. For sustainability and projectscale-up after the project phase, we propose
setting up e-kiosks in five communities to provide services to illiterate farmers, the visually
impaired, and those without phones and internet connectivity at a subsidized fee. As part ofgender equality and inclusion, the e-kiosks will
be managed by women and disabled persons.
The Ministry of Agriculture, district assemblies,
our partner NGO and SME will be used to disseminate information about the app to farmers.

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Is GMO the Way Forward to Ensure Food Security?

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By Wanjeri Obi and Wentland Muhatiah
enetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
are any plant, microorganism, or animal whose genetic makeup has beenaltered by the deliberate introduction of a single
gene from a different, unrelated species. With
plants, this is typically done to bestow a desirable trait, such as higher production, resistance to insects or drought, among others. The
term “genetic engineering” describes the fieldof study that focuses on extracting the genes
responsible for a desired trait from one species
and inserting them into another, so altering thegenetic makeup of both species.
Domesticated crops have benefitted from human efforts to enhance their quality for thousands of years. Conventional breeding, inwhich desirable characteristics are favored,
selected, and then passed on to subsequent
generations, has been largely responsible forthis success. Using the traditional methods ofbreeding could take up to a decade. In mostcases, genetic engineering has a timetable ofless than five years. However, most Genetically
Modified (GM) crops have been in the works for
decades, especially in Africa, where commercialization restrictions have been particularly
stringent.
Kenya banned GM crops in 2012. The ministerial statement on the ban was largely informed
by a 2012 scientific report dubbed the Séralini study that associated GMOs with cancer inrats.
Anti-GMO activists have often referred to thatreport and in addition presented the unknown
impact of the modifications as the main reason
for pushing for bans. The other issues range
from fears about the effects of GMO, the mixed
signals from EU about health and safety of GM
foods, and the potential risk of GMOs to theenvironment and biodiversity.
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tial development of resistance to insect-pests
by the GM crops. Lastly, food safety fears of
GMOs remain pertinent in some parts of thecontinent.
The Kenyan government’s change of stancewas underpinned by a number of developments. First of which was the report by a task
force on genetically modified foods that resulted in proper scientific regulation and presenceof a strong regulatory framework.
Another factor is the lingering drought and erratic weather patterns in Kenya which according to a recent analysis (July to September2022), has left about 3.5 million Kenyans foodinsecure. This may have led the government
to consider more radical solutions despite opposition.
Whereas, it may appear GMOs are a quick fix
to the food security challenge Kenya is facing,a critical review on long term impacts should
be assessed and appropriate ways to mitigate
them established. Questions such as what happens when there is seed scarcity of the adopted GM seeds for staple crops such as maize?
Currently, farmers in the country are encouraged by agricultural extension officers to growBt maize. Bt maize is hailed for its ability to resist pests. However, the control and multiplication of the seeds is not controlled by farmers.
This is likely to create a seed scarcity challengeshould the seed producers pull out of the market. Companies such as Monsanto (now Bayer)
are among the world’s largest seed companies
and have been known to push GM innovations
on key crops such brinjals, maize and potatoes
across the world, their major interest being
profits. Allowing these companies to dominate
the production and importation market of key
crops such as maize is likely to affect the livelihoods of the farmers who, in Kenya, produce
about 40-45 million bags of maize every year.
These farmers will certainly be competing for
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market against imports of cheap GM maizefrom the US which has been pushing to expand
its exports of genetically modified food crops
into the Kenyan market. Kenyan imports of GM
foods and food crops will also affect our East
African neighbors such as Tanzania and Uganda who export their surplus produce to Kenyan
market. With the loss of market comes the lossof interest in farming and the abandonment ofland, which in turn could lead to rural-urban migration by populations in search of alternative
livelihoods, leaving the door wide open for multinational corporations to buy abandoned land
to grow commercial crops for export. Lifting the
GMO ban will also expose farmers to draconian
intellectual property laws related to patents held
by GMO multinationals. GM seed is patented
and this could land the farmers on whose farm
GM crops have grown without their knowledge
into intellectual property disputes. These farmers are likely to be forced to pay royalties for
GM crops that contaminate their farms throughpollination or crossbreeding.
In the US, Bayer sued hundreds of farmers toprotect its GM seed patent rights. In Brazil,
Bayer won a US$7.7 billion lawsuit after a court
ruled that farmers cannot save and replant theirpatented Roundup Ready soybeans. In India,
PepsiCo, the manufacturer of Lays Potato

Chips, had sued four farmers for an amount of
about KSh15 million for illegally growing its potatoes.
In view of the increased population and unprecedented weather conditions, the introduction of
GMOs seems like a viable route for countries
such as Kenya to take. However, as this is arelatively new practice, long-term implications
on humans and the environment are not clear.
Further research to ensure adaptability, risk assessment and quality assurance need to go into
this and where necessary, the findings shouldbe openly shared with the stakeholders including the public to ensure transparency and accountability. In so doing, also offer sensitization
on matters GMO-related. A lot of collaboration
between the government and bodies such as
the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service(KEPHIS) is needed through this process.
To aid the process, there might be a need toborrow a leaf from countries such as South
Africa which was the first country in Africa tofarm genetically modified crops; looking to understand their successes and failures as wellas the regulations and control measures thatthey have put in place and see if the same canbe successfully replicated in Kenya if and when
the ban is fully lifted.

Developing a Place-based Approach to Entrepreneurial Capacity Building across
African Higher Education Institutions
By Wentland Muhatiah – ATPS Research Officer

Universities are not only recognized forplaying an important role in the creationof new knowledge and innovations but
also for playing an important role in the trainingof the next generation of leaders, engineers,and scientists. The African continent is facedwith a myriad of challenges ranging from climate change to high rates of unemployment
and there is a dire need to come up with longterm solutions to address these challenges.
18This desire is captured in Africa’s Agenda 2063
which aims to have a prosperous Africa basedon inclusive growth and sustainable development. For this to be attained, entrepreneurship,
research, and innovations spearheaded by universities will be critical in providing much-needed home-grown solutions.
The problem, however, is that entrepreneurshipis not yet fully integrated into the activities of
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ties having no entrepreneurship capabilities or
curriculum, and only a few having limited entrepreneurship training and support for students
and staff.
Findings from a previous British Council Digital
Africa project, led by Lancaster University (UK),revealed the need to develop entrepreneurial
capabilities within institutions, for both students
and staff to grow African economies and societies. Although there is a desire to develop
entrepreneurial capabilities, there remain significant barriers to moving forward in this area;
both in terms of integrating entrepreneurship
into the curricula, as well as the training andsupport of academic scientists in creating impact from their research.
The main barriers that have derailed entrepreneurial capacity building across African institutions so far are:entrepreneurial thinking.

• Lack of institutional support

ATPS together with its partners Lancaster University (UK), University of Benin, and Kenyatta
University designed and developed an online
platform and toolkit to Stimulate Entrepreneurial Thinking amongst Scientists and Students(SETS). The toolkit is designed to help scientists, academics, and researchers and their
institutions to develop entrepreneurial thinking
of entrepreneurship education and learning as
described below:

although entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly prominent on the political agenda, this has
yet to feed through to the development of entrepreneurial capabilities within institutions. Academics and scientists from Africa would liketo learn how to become more entrepreneurial
as academic researchers or scientists as well
as how to train other colleagues or students tobecome more entrepreneurial. There has been
paucity of successful academic-entrepreneurrole models that can be looked up to. This has
made it cumbersome for institutions to develop
the capacity of their staff and students to enhance entrepreneurship in the different aspects
of innovation.

• Lack of knowledge and understanding ofentrepreneurial thinking and action

The biggest challenges to entrepreneurial
thinking in the African continent range from financial constraints, and lack of willingness andself-motivation to pursue entrepreneurship, tothe paid-job-only mindset of students and staff.
The few institutions that have some structure
within their universities that support entrepreneurship actions do not provide any support
services or capacity building for staff hence
puncturing any meaningful efforts that werebeing advanced towards advancing entrepreneurial thinking.

Here are a few things that could be done
to improve the situation /What needs to be
done?

(i)

Engaging in entrepreneurial practiceThere is overwhelming evidence suggestingthat thinking entrepreneurially requires not only
an understanding of what entrepreneurship isabout but also requires engagement in entre• Lack of industry-academia relationships preneurial practices and reflections. At the heartof the framework and toolkit is the engagement
and knowledge exchange
African academics and academic institutions of academics and scientists in projects where
have a notorious tendency of working in silos, they think more entrepreneurially from the onignoring the huge benefits that could be ac- set about their research projects and about thecrued from collaborating with industry ecosys- ways they teach entrepreneurship.
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isolation, it requires working alongside others, learning from others, sharing ideas, andallowing others to challenge your ideas to improve and shape them. Entrepreneurial thinking requires extending networks beyond thepeople one works with on a day-to-day basis
and reaching out to academics and scientists
in other disciplines, community members, andleaders in industry and policy. Collaborationand knowledge sharing are at the heart of the
SETS framework and toolkit.

Place-based thinking is the final element of
the SETS framework and toolkit ensuring that
entrepreneurial projects, or the developmentof entrepreneurship curricula for students are
directed towards the places and site-specificchallenges that matter the most.
SETS provides an opportunity for scientists
and researchers to train their mindsets to be
more entrepreneurial as they go on with theirresearch. However, for this to be fully effective,
institutions have to throw in their weight to support the SETS toolkit that is anchored on col(iii) Entrepreneurial thinking needs to be laboration and the sharing of knowledge acrossplace-based
stakeholders. It also requires a commitment to
Entrepreneurial thinking needs to be directed capacity building and training of academics
toward making a positive change in the world and scientists which would in turn impact posiand to do so requires engagement with people tively on entrepreneurial education for students
and places that matter to individuals, their in- and consequently graduate employability.
stitutions, and within their unique environment.

Nourished Soils, Nourished People, Nourished Economy
By Wanjeri Obi – ATPS Communications and Outreach Officer
As part of Agenda 2063, the Assembly of that inform, influence, and facilitate progress
Heads of States and Governments of the Afri- toward this end. Recently, during the COP27
can Union has adopted common African goals, Africa Resilience Hub, Wanjeri Obi, the Comdrawing on the potential of its populations, es- munications and Outreach Officer at the ATPS
pecially well-nourished and healthy citizens, spoke on how policymakers can promote soil
with a particular emphasis on women, adoles- management and food security.
cents, and children. Human capital is essential Together with Kumasi Hive and Internationfor development since it enhances lives, earn- al Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
ings, and national incomes.
(icipe), we are collaborating with individuals
Even if global and continental nutrition has im- across sub-Saharan Africa whose projects
proved over the previous decade, more work aim to improve food production through themust be done to eliminate malnutrition. The use of responsible artificial intelligence tools
efforts to increase food production to provide and services. Youth should be involved in defood security have been significantly hindered cision-making, not only as a matter of inclusion
by challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic and as this is critical.
erratic weather patterns. In this context, stake- Africa’s population growth is anticipated to beholders should work on the creation and im- 2.5% per annum. According to the United Naplementation of policies that promote interven- tions, 70% of Sub-Saharan Africa is under 30
tions in Agriculture and Climate Change that years of age. The only way for such a young
aim to ameliorate the situation.
population, which drives the economy and inThe African Technology Policy Studies Net- novation, to reach their full potential is if theywork(ATPS) contributes to improved nutrition are completely empowered, particularly nutriin its own manner by participating in programs tionally.
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Conference of the Parties, Just a Conference?
Following the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) recently
held in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Wanjeri Obi, the ATPS Outreach andCommunications Officer had a discussion with Khaduyu Michael(pictured)from the African Youth Commission on matters around COP27 and someoutcomes from the conference.

1. Kindly tell us a little about yourself.

I am Khaduyu Michael the Project Lead for
the African Activist for Climate Justice (AACJ)
at African Youth Commission (AYC). I possessnine (9) years’ experience in Climate Change
and Environment policy advocacy and governance, Renewable and sustainable energy,
and Climate Change Advocacy,implementing
projects at the Continental, Regional, National and sub-national level. I am a Public Policy
Expert passionate about the Environment, Climate finance, Sustainable development, Agriculture and recently added interest in Organic
farming. I am currently pursuing a Masters inEnvironment Policy at The University of Nairobi(Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental
Law and Policy) and I hold a Bachelor of Commerce from Kenyatta University.
I continue to follow the international climatechange negotiations prioritizing Climate finance, adaptation, capacity development andinter-generational equity with a bias of ensuring Pan-African youth involvement in the wholeprocess of Diplomacy and negotiations. I lobby
for Climate Financing opportunities to ensureattainment of the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR/RC) as anchored in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) and the historical injusticedebate through the unlocking of the Private
sector potential in financing climate Action.

2. Your profile describes you to have an interest in Climate Finance. Could you tell us
what Climate Finance is and why you havean interest in it?
Climate finance is any finances or investmentsthat go into reducing Greenhouse gases
www.atpsnet.org(GHGs) emissions and Adaptation and Mitigation projects. My interest in climate change isfrom the premise that the solution to climatechange is dependent on the investments madein conserving our environment, maintaining
our biodiversity and helping communities thathave suffered climate disasters and stand at
a risk of climate risk exposure can confidently
live knowing that their Adaptive capacity is enhanced and can deal with or have mechanisms
to handle whatever is thrown their way.
Another interest that I have in Climate Finance ispegged on the premise that Africa needs to becompensated for the Loss and Damage(L&D)
that they have suffered but they should live inthe current reality that no donor has financesor resources laying idle to hand over to Africa.
I seek to help unlock Africa’s private sector financing; with the aim for the private sector to
realize that they stand to lose more should Africa lose her biodiversity.

3. Climate conversation has been going on
for decades and the effects of it are wellknown to us. Despite this, many people stillengage in anthropogenic activities that exacerbate climate change. In your opinion,
why do we have this disconnect?
The reality is, people have to feed their families! In the pursuit of survival human beings will
do anything to survive including cutting down
trees to produce timber and charcoal when
they are faced with starvation. A good example is what is happening in Kilifi, Kwale and Kitui where communities are cutting down trees
for charcoal production. The disconnect is due
to human greed especially by the rich persons
and nations who through their pursuit of profit do not care about the welfare of their fellow
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humans and the environment that they live in.
It should also be documented that there exists technologies to help reduce the impacts ofclimate change but the “owners” of this technologies want to sell them at a high price; tothe level that the people who need it cannot
afford it. A good example of this is Solar power
investments which is very expensive yet touted
as the alternative to coal and oil and Gas.

4. Are local governments and institutions
playing the role that they should in sensitization of climate change and measures towards mitigating it?

No. From my observation, majority of the sensitization that has taken place for local communities, at the subnational and national level
has either been done by development agencies (NGOs CSOs and Community organizations) or the Media which gives climate change
coverage especially during disaster. With the
Financing Locally Led Climate Actions (FLLoCA) program funded by the World Bank, weare seeing an increase in climate change legislation at the counties and the prioritization ofclimate change in the communities.

5. What can be done to make the situation
better than it is?
There is need to ensure that the different stakeholders in the climate change cycle; the government, private sector, communities, NGOs
and other Non-State Actors start having a conversation with the local communities proposing
how they want the climate change response to
be tailormade to suit their needs.

6. What were your expectations going to
COP27?

Honestly, for the Agenda Items none. My main
expectation was to network and create newpartnerships. The Agenda on everyone’s lips
was Loss and Damage; an Agenda that Africa has been pushing for adoption. The challenge is with it being agreed upon how will thefinancing be different from Green Climate Fund
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(GCF) which everyone believed would purely
be a grant but we have seen the introduction ofLoans and Equity as part of its financing mechanism.
• Were those expectations met? If so, how? If
not, how?
Though some long-standing expectations
were met like the formation of the Sharm El
Sheik program on Agriculture which extends
the Agriculture mandate offering a platform tothe continuance on Koronivia Joint Work on
Agriculture (KJWA), The Sendai Framework on
Loss and Damage, Global Goal on Adaptation
were some of the Agenda that I had an interestand substantive discussions taking place.

7. In your opinion, do you think the delegates from Africa had realistic expectations?

Going into COP, Africa always has a wishlistthat could be termed as over-ambitious andpartners from donor countries have their expectations as well. Africa’s comprehensive
wishlist helps push an extreme reality to thedeveloped countries who often give a counter offer that ensures that Africa receives somefunding.

8. Kenya is said to have had the fourth largest delegation at COP27. Why do you think
this is? Does this translate to impact?
For context, Kenya as a country is the committee of African Heads of the State and Governments on Climate Change (CAHOSCC). With
the Kenyan president Dr. William Ruto attending COP, this meant that he needed to have adelegation to carry out the various roles.
Many global organizations that work with different department of the government are headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and chose to sponsor the government officials that they work withto attend COP27.
This has definitely translated from the fundingof projects that Kenya has been able to securefrom the developed countries and partners.
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9. What role can ordinary Kenyans who do
not form part of the policy conversation or
implementation play towards fighting climate change?

This is not just for ordinary Kenyans but all Kenyans. This ranges from basic practices such as
proper waste disposal, waste sorting in homes
and at source; planting trees and ensuring thatthey survive to be self-reliant and turning off
lights when not in use.
Kenyans should be vigilant and take advantage of the civil space of public participation asenshrined in the constitution, lobbying for response measures that emerge from the community members themselves.

10. A lot of people do not know what COP
is. Does this mean that there should be morecapacity building, training and sensitization
on matters to do with climate?
In my opinion, capacity building should be focused on climate response and prevention as
opposed to the COP as the Conference of theParties is more of a coordinated diplomatic process. Sensitization on climate matters should
begin as early as possible in schools, meaning
it needs to form part of our curriculum.

11. Besides conferences like COP27, howelse can we ensure meaningful conversation
and action on climate change takes place?

By holding our government accountable byparticipating in the Pre-COP process to help
shape the government position towards COP
and Post-COP to assess the Agenda achieved
after. Following events such as the COP negotiations we need to have a way to further engage the government on climate change andmonitor and assess the implementation andimpact of the agreed upon plans and by being
part of the solution by sitting in the project/program implementation committees.

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considering that many of these corporates
have very deep pockets?

Africa should be united and speak in one voiceand having a radical approach in dealing withthese countries. We should set standards forthese corporates to meet and be willing to face
the consequences of turning them down.

13. Gaps in the promises made for funds anddelivery of the same have been noted. For instance, developed countries failed to deliver on the USD100 Billion per year of climate
fund for developing countries as committed
to in Copenhagen in 2009. Really, based on
this, is there any hope that the loss and damage fund will be implemented?
Yes and No, the funds should not be touted
as the panacea for the entire Loss and Damage (L&D) challenges, however the funds may
be beneficial to the groups or countries thatcan bilaterally engage with any development
partner or country willing to fund L&D work.

14. With the loss and damage fund having
being agreed to during COP27. When it is finally implemented, how do we ensure thatthose meant to access it do?

This can only be achieved by ensuring thatthose who qualify for these funds get information about these resources in a timely andprecise manner that ensures that when the callfor application is out there are quality proposals
developed by the community members.
• Is it the saving grace for developing countries?
No but this is a start because L&D is one part ofthe climate themes. There is a a lot that needs
to be done.
• What can these countries do within their capacities?
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15. With COP27 being held in Africa, there was an expectation for African issues to be prioritized. However, there have been sentiments that this did not happen. Makoma Lekalakala;Director Earthlife Africa was quoted saying “This was not an African COP. It was just a meeting
held in Africa.” What are your thoughts on this?
It is important to understand that progress on matters discussed at COP is a slow process. It
would be unrealistic to expect COP to adopt issues in a supersonic speed merely on the fact thatthe conference was held in Africa.

16. What is your parting shot?

Africa should find a way to fund its own climate response initiatives without depending on the foreign donors or developed countries. When the disaster strikes it doesn’t wait for resources fromthe donor community and it can never be enough for the challenges and disasters that Africa
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New Staff at ATPS

The African Technology Policy Studies Network(ATPS) continues to offer the opportunity for individuals from various professional fields and diverse cultural backgrounds to share work and sharein knowledge. Within the year 2022, ATPS has seen growth and expansion of the team. Here are
the new staff members that have recently joined the team.

Engr. Dr. Joel Nwakaire, is a postdoctoral researcher at the ATPS in
Nairobi, Kenya. He is currently the Program Officer for the Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture and Food Systems Innovation Research Network.
Joel Nwakaire is an Associate Professor at the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka’s Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering department where
he has had 16 years’ experience as a lecturer.
In the inaugural edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa, the result of his
doctoral dissertation was nominated as one of the top five most inventive works in Africa. Joel Nwakaire received an award for being the mostdedicated National Youth Service Corps member in Nassarawa state in2005 batch A, where he designed a low-cost maize sheller for rural residents.
In 2009, Joel received his Master of Engineering. His Master’s thesis on the design, construction,and testing of a 30-litre-per-hour continuous biodiesel plant earned first place in an all-African
Young Professional in Science competition sponsored by CTA, ATPS, AGRA RUFORUM, andFARA. His writings have centred on biofuel, waste utilization, agricultural machinery, and energy
management. He is dedicated to protecting the earth through renewable energy research. Between the years 1992 and 2002, he received technical training as an auto technician. Joel holds
four (4) patents for original creations. He has a strong interest in renewable and clean energy
systems. He is passionate about teaching and transferring knowledge.

Wanjeri Obi is the Communications and Outreach Officer at the ATPS
where she among other things is involved in proposal development andreport writing; program development and implementation; communication strategy and execution; network building content development
and curation; and policy advocacy via integrated media management.
Wanjeri holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Relations from Daystar
University and is also certified in Integrated Brand Communications by
the International School of Advertising.
She has proficiency in traditional and digital communications and is experienced in strategically engaging diverse stakeholders. In the past, she has worked in the
Agricultural sector with Advanta Seed International which is under UPL, the 5th Agrochemical
Company in the world. She has also worked in the gender development space as a Team Leader
for Vunja Kimya, an initiative that was run by UN Women. Social justice, equity and the Arts aresome of the things that Wanjeri passionately holds and works towards.

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Nehemiah Ndinwa is the Finance and Administrative Officer at the ATPS.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPAK). With overseven years’ experience in accounting and finance, some of the areas
Nehemiah is adept in are; financial reporting and data analysis, budgeting and costing, tax, AP and AR reconciliations statutory complianceand internal controls among others.
With progressive experience and increased responsibility in the accounting practice, he is passionate about absolute dedication to executing his
duties with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
Carolyne Karanja is the Finance and Administrative Assistant at the ATPS.
She is a certified public accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Africa Nazarene University as well as a Bachelor’s of Commerce in Accounting from Daystar University. Equipped withover five years of work experience, Carolyne has vast knowledge in grantand project management, financial analysis and corporate governance.
She has previously worked in the corporate sector as well as the NGO
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Our web-based tool; The Interactive Collaborative Environment (ICE) platform that is meant toease professional interaction, help in capacity building through online training and enhance collaboration amongst stakeholders is now more collaborative.
With the addition and activation of the online discussion, slack chat and data upload spaces, ICE
will now enable stakeholders from different sectors to interact in real-time and share information
more effectively.
The ICE platform has particularly been of great support to the Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture
and Food Systems Innovation Research Network (AI4AFS-IRN) which supports high-level discussions among its members, experts and research grantees.
The forum has aided and continues to aid in the creation of awareness of developments in the
agriculture sectors concerning the application of Artificial Intelligence.

Intellectual Property in Africa: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain
On 31st October 2022, the ATPS and partners co-hosted and participated in an expert panel webinar on Demystifying the application of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for Africa’s Sustainable
Development. The main objective of the webinar was to exchange ideas and practices to allow
for a deeper exploration of issues and sharing of knowledge and experiences by key stakeholders
to support the implementation of policies around IPR.
The event was open to all participants including government officials, women and youth groups,
civil society, academia, media among others was co-organized by the UN Office of the Special
Adviser on Africa (UN-OSAA), the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), the UN-OSAA
Think Tank Network – African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), Advocates Coalition
for Development and Environment (ACODE) and Cellule d’Analyse de Politiques Economiquesdu Cires (CAPEC).

Kenya Innovation Week (KIW) 2022
The Kenya Innovation Week (KIW) 2022 intends to champion relevant policy engagements oninnovations within institutions while promoting practical skills necessary to create innovations
that impact people. In addition, Kenya Innovation Week purposes to strengthen the research andcommercialization practices for greater socio-economic impact. ATPS being part of the consortium that implemented the projects tagged “Place-based Entrepreneurial Capacity Building also
known as DIFFERENTIATE” participated in the KIW 2022 held at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi
from 6th to 8th December 2022. This was an opportunity to continue creating awareness of the
SETS Toolkit which was the major output of the project.

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ATPS participates in the AI4D Implementation Committee workshop in Senegal 29
November to 2nd December 2022.
The ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Nicholas Ozor and the Program Officer in-charge of the Artificial
Intelligence for Agriculture and Food Systems (AI4AFS) project, Engr. Dr. Joel Nwakaire participated in the AI4D Africa implementation committee workshop in Somone, Senegal which was held
between 29th November and 2nd December 2022.
The objectives of the workshop were for partners in the AI4D Africa programme supported byInternational Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Swedish International Development
Cooperation (Sida) to have a better understanding of the programme and their positions in it;
increased collaboration across Africa; and laying the foundation for a collaborative developmentof a medium and long-term future of the AI4D Africa Programme.
Highlights of the 1st day events included a session on “Futures Thinking: AI in Africa 2050” which
focused on deepening understanding of the potential futures within which AI4D Africa is operating, and identifying potential levers of change. The session included a dynamic refining of the
future AI4D scenarios and uncovering the root causes of our futures.
The 2nd day session focused on “Designing AI4D Africa Phase II” with the objective of collaboratively laying the groundwork for the development of a proposal for phase II of the AI4D Africa
Programme.
On the final day, participants engaged in the AI4D Africa Programme Information Session where
various Hubs shared information and updates on AI4D Africa activities, and the “Designing AI4D
Africa Phase II – part II” which involved backcasting, strategies and tactics for achieving the vision
for the future.
Catch up with the Mastercard Foundation
On 11th November 2022, the ATPS hosted a team from the Mastercard Foundation to discussand catch up on the project tagged “Understanding the Policy and Institutional Landscape forTechnological Innovation Development in Africa to Enhance Youth Employability, Entrepreneurship
and Job Creation (UPTIER)” funded by the Mastercard Foundation.
The UPTIER project goal is to review the Science Technology and Innovation (STI) policy and institutional landscape in selected sub-Saharan countries namely: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda with a view to understanding what works, what does not and thereasons in relation to technological innovation, job creation, youth employability and entrepreneurship.
Meanwhile, with the support from Afreximbank, the ATPS staff participated in Focus Group Discussions in eight African Countries to get further information on the role played by STI Policies
and Institutions to enhance technological Innovation, job creation, youth employability, skills development and entrepreneurship.

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Participants during the Focus Group Discussion held in Kampala, Uganda

Participants during the Focus Group Discussion held in Abuja, Nigeria
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Participants during the Focus Group Discussion held in Accra, Ghana

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Tributes and Celebration of Life
Tribute to James McGann; Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program FounderJames G. McGann who was born in 1955 and passed away on 29th November 2021 was an
American academic and Senior Lecturer in International Studies at the University of Pennslyvania.
He founded the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program in 1989 and authored many publications
including the renowned annual Global Go To Think Tank Index which ranks think tanks in all regions of the world.
According to the 2020 Global Go Think Tank Index Report Africa Technology Policy Studies Network was ranked as the best top Science, Technology and Innovation Think Tank in Africa.
We celebrate the life and contributions of James McGann.

Celebration of Life of Madam Regina Esi Looye Quarcoo
We celebrate the life of Madam Regina Esi Looye Quarcoo; motherto Pastor Dr Fredrick Amu-Mensah who is the National Chapter
Co-ordinator of ATPS Ghana. Madam Regina passed away on Friday 8th July 2022 at the age of 88 at her home in Riberio-Sukura,
Accra, Ghana and was laid to rest at the Awudome Cemetery in
Accra after funeral and burial rites at her father’s house at Aayalolo,
in Accra.
We pray that she Rests in Eternal Peace and pray for God’s peace
to be with her loved ones.

Mourning the Loss of Mr. Filipo Zulu

It is with deep sadness that we learnt of the untimely passing of
Mr. Filipo Zulu, Acting Executive Secretary, National Science andTechnology Council (NSTC), Zambia.
Filipo was instrumental in many projects and initiatives that the
ATPS ran in Zambia. He was passionate about the link between
science and policy and saw a key role of science granting councils
in catalyzing greater engagement at this interface.
His wisdom, leadership and exceptional contribution to strengthening Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) capacities are celebrated and will be missed.
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New Grants and Call for Proposals
ATPS Signs an Agreement with the AFDBAn agreement between the African Development Bank (AFDB) under the Africa Climate
Change Fund (ACCF) was signed on 22nd July 2022 with an aim of assisting in the financing of Building the Capacity of Selected Sub-Sahara Africa Countries to Effectively
Measure Progress in their Nationally Determined Contributions’ Implementation Using Tracking
Tools and Indexes.
This project will also be executed by our partners Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA),
The West African Green Economic Development Institute (WAGEDI), Gregory University, Uturu,
Abia State.

ATPS signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Union

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Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the African Union Commission Department of Education Science Technology and Innovation (AUC-ESTI) and the African
Technology Policy Studies Network. The purpose of this MOU is to facilitate cooperationand collaboration betweeen the two organizations. The MOU supports the overall implementation of AUC programmes in areas where we have a competitive advantage such as STI Policy
Research, Policymaking and Advocacy; Capacity Building, Training and Sensitization; Knowledge
Brokerage, Management and Commercialization; and Intra-Africa and Global Collaboration andPartnerships.
Stars in Global Health Request for Proposals
This call for proposals seeks bold ideas that address the human health impacts of climate change
in low- and middle-income countries. These innovative solutions are expected to address theadaptation gaps and build resilience against the effects of climate change on the human healthand wellbeing of underserved communities. Solutions should consider the fact that older adults,
women, young people, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ individuals, andother traditionally underserved and minority groups are most vulnerable to the health impacts ofclimate change in many contexts. Successful proposals will be awarded seed grants of up to
CAD $150,000 for a period of up to 18 months to develop and test the proposed innovation.
This aims to award approximately 30 seed grants in this round, of which a minimum 60% will bethose implementing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Organizations incorporated in Canada or a lowor middle-income countries are eligible to apply.
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New Grants and Call for Proposals
Danida Fellowship Centre Call for Applications 2023 – Phase 1
Under the theme “Development under conditions of climate change”, The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs/ Danida (MFA) invites applications from Danish research institutions for grants related todevelopment research with partners in the Global South.
The application round consists of two phases. Phase 1 is the first step of a process in which applicants submit an application presenting the project idea leading to prequalification. Phase 2 isthe submission of a full application by those selected in Phase 1 (“prequalified”).
The MFA is committed to promoting equal opportunities for all and diversity in all its aspects.
Therefore, interested parties from all backgrounds regarding ethnicity, religion, gender identity,age, or disability status are encouraged to submit research applications. The total allocation
available for development research funding in 2023 is approximately DKK 200 million. Funding isconditional on approval by the Danish Parliament of the 2023 Finance Bill.
In 2023, the following countries are eligible for research applications: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Palestine, Somalia (incl. Somaliland), Tanzania and Uganda. These countries are all countries where Denmark engages in expanded development cooperation.
Further details on this can be found here https://dfcentre.com/research/calls/calls-for-applications-phase-1/
IKI Call for Proposals
The International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Government has put out its 4th International Call for Proposals under the IKI Small Grants that is implemented by GIZ in accordance to its
procedures.
Research projects with strong implementation component with a clear focus on one or more of
the following areas are called upon.
1. Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
2. Adapting to the impacts of climate change
3. Conserving natural carbon sinks/REDD+
4. Conserving biological diversity
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Let us have a visual look at what the team has been up to.

Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director ATPS
speaking at the 8th Conference on One
Health and Biosecurity, in Lagos Nigeria

Gillian Dowie, Senior Program Specialist, Education and Science, IDRC and Dr. Nicholas Ozor,
Executive Director, ATPS at the AI4D Africa Implementation Committee Meeting in Somone, Senegal. Dr Ozor is seen presenting one of his books on Climate Change to Ms Dowie.

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A taste of Nigeria delicacy. The team shares in a meal of Nigerian delicacies at the ATPS office

Nehemiah Ndinwa, ATPS Finance and Administrative Officer receives a welcome gift from the
Chairman of the ATPS Board of Directors, Prof. Crispus Kiamba (Left)

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