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ATPS Hosts Socializationof Science Technology andInnovation Workshop
Building Africa’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Capacity
Today for Sustainable African Development Tomorrowinside:New Program on Intellectual
Property Rights Launched - 3
Finals of Women & Youth inScience Competitions - 4
SET-DEV Manifesto Planning
Workshop - 6
About the New Global Adaptaion
Network for Africa - 7
Launch of New Innovation
Challenge Programs for African
youth and women - 8

African Science, Technology and Innovation
for Africans by Africans in AfricaEarly this year, ATPS and SETDEV partners launched aprocess aimed at creating an
African Manifesto for Science
Technology and Innovation ‘by Africans,for Africans in Africa’. The initiative aims
at bringing science closer to societiesand promoting collective responsibility
towards science and technology throughthe democratization of science.
It also aims to meet the changing needsof the dynamic continent and challenge
African people themselves to offer evidence
based solutions through the socialization

A Newsletter of the African Technology Policy Studies Network

Building a National System of
Innovation in Nigeria - 12

of scientific and technological research. Aspart of the manifesto drafting process underWork Package 4 of the SET-DEV program, afour day workshop was convened on July
14 in Mombasa, Kenya under the themes:
Science in Society; Science mediation andPractice, Science Communication and
Evaluation; and Innovation and Governance.

Digitising Social Science andHumanities - 13
The Role of Higher Education in
Sustainable Development in Africa- 14
The University of Palermo invites
ATPS to the Panel for Natural
Resource Management - 15

It involved a dynamic mix of fifty participants
drawn from different learning and research
institutions, government, private sector,
international bodies, civil society as well
SET-DEV project partner representatives
from Kenya and Europe attended

Issue No. 25, January - July 2009

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A Word from the Executive DirectorO

nce again I am pleased
to welcome you to thisissue of ATPS News.
During the period under review,
ATPS continued to play the key
knowledge brokerage role, inseeking answers to questions
such as, ‘Is Africa gaining fromthe Global Knowledge Economy
or should it look within itself foranswers?’

The period saw the progressive
development of an African Manifesto for Science – African Science,
Technology and Innovation, For Africans, by Africans in Africa, fromthe collaborative project under the auspices of the EU Framework
VII Coordinated Action Program: “Science Ethics and Technological
Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries” (SETDEV).
The entire process will culminate in the drafting of two manifestos- an African and an Indian manifesto and generate discussions
around each of their constituent elements and the relationshipbetween science ethics and socialization of science.
During the period, ATPS launched the Intellectual Property Rights
Program, which is a 4-year program under the ATPS Phase VI
Strategic Plan (2008 – 2012). The period also saw the successful
launch of two exciting innovation incubation Programs - The YouthInnovation Challenge (Y I CAN) program, read as “Why I Can”
which is designed to build a culture of innovation amongst young

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people in Africa and the Women Innovation Challenge Program(WE CAN) which is an innovation network for transformationalchange for women in STI.
Modeled after the British Council African knowledge Transfer
Partnerships, the ATPS (Y I CAN) and (We Can) programs aim topromote innovation through targeted collaboration within thequadruple helix: (Researchers, Private Sector Actors, Civil Society
and Policy Makers). The applicants are required to identify original
innovative ideas, craftsmanship, technologies and knowledge
for solving specific challenges in a production or service chain
either in the private sector or in rural communities. Successful
applicants will be deployed with relevant actors in the relevant
areas (private or public sectors) in the continent for three to six
months to incubate the idea and turn it into tangible technologies
or innovations for solutions to practical problems identified.
This newsletter captures only some of ATPS program activities
for the period January – July 2009. Other programs including
the ‘Donor Watch’, ‘Nanotechnology’ and the ‘Climate Sense’
Programs are still in their preparatory stages and will be coveredin the next issue. The achievements highlighted herein illustrate
the steps taken by the ATPS to bridge the science, technology andinnovation policy gaps in Africa in line with its Phase VI Strategic
Plan 2008-2012. The stories paint a vivid picture of how ATPS
builds effective bridges between the quadruple helix to enhanceinnovation capacities and cultures for African development. We
hope that you will find this edition of the Newsletter stimulating
and interesting

From the Editorial desk:In this issue of ATPS News, we focus on
the highlights of the first half of 2009,
tracking progress on implementationof the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan
2008-2012. This period saw the launchof several new programs aimed atbuilding Africa’s science, technology
and innovation (STI) capacity today forsustainable development tomorrow.

technical support and feedback. Yourassistance brings us closer to realising
our vision; to become the leadinginternational centre of excellence andreference in science, technology andinnovation systems research, training
and capacity building, communicationand sensitization, knowledge brokerage,
policy advocacy and outreach in Africa

This period saw ATPS strengthen its
engagement with the Quadruple Helix;
policymakers, science experts, private
sector actors and the civil society (seeFigure 1). The period also saw thecommemoration of Scientific Revival Day
for Africa and the recruitment of several
staffing positions to boost the secretariat’s
capacity to implement key programs.
As we welcome you to thisedition we would like toacknowledge the overwhelming
support we continue to receive fromour donors, chapters, partners and all our
stakeholders in the way of funding,2

Fig 1: Quadruple Helix (Urama 2009)Intellectual Property Rights Program

New Program on Intellectual Property Rights Launched
Strengthening National IP Policy
and legal framework in Easternand Southern Africa

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To enhance knowledge sharing and collaboration by
establishing both a regional and national intellectual property
networks.
To generate disseminate and maintain an interactive databaseand body of knowledge on the intellectual property policy
environment.

he Intellectual Property Rights Program under the ATPS
Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008-2012 was officially launchedon April 2, at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

To promote awareness on traditional knowledge access,benefit sharing and effective intellectual property systems
at the grassroots levels to encourage the integration of theirconcerns to national intellectual property policymaking
process.

In attendance were ATPS National Coordinators, secretariat
staff and Mr. Joseph Wekundah, The Executive Director of
Biotechnology Africa (BTA). Speaking during the launch of theProgram, Dr Kevin Urama, Executive Director of ATPS said “TheIP Program is part and parcel of the ATPS Phase VI Strategic
Plan under the component on International Cooperation
and Partnerships. We are pleased to partner with BTA in theimplementation of this program.” The Exeutive Director of BTA
Mr Wekundah is under acontractual agreement tocoordinate the program on
behalf of the ATPS.
The objective of theIntellectual Property
Rights Program is toimprove policy and legal
framework development
for traditional knowledge
access, benefit sharing
and effective intellectual
property systems in Easternand Southern Africa. It aims
to promote stakeholder
participation in policy
and legal framework
development. Specifically,
the program aims:

The Intellectual Property Rights program involves six Africancountries namely Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Swaziland
and Mozambique. The process of establishing the implementation
structures including the Regional Steering Committee and National
Steering Committee
is underway and ATPS
National Coordinatorsin the six countries havealready been contacted
to assist in nominationsof qualified and capable
persons to constitutethe National Steering
Committee.

Above; Program Coordinator, Mr. Joseph Wekundah. Below, ATPS National Chapter
Coordinators and staff during the Launch.

ATPS will engage
international bodies in
the field including theWorld Intellectual Property
Rights Organization (WIPO)
and academic experts
from Africa and beyondin the Regional Steering
Committee for the project

In Brief:
ATPS Joins International Resource Panel

Nanotechnology Project

ATPS Executive Director, Dr Urama
participated in the UNEP Resource
Panel for Sustainable Natural Resources
Management in Paris on June 2 - 4
during which he was nominated to leadthe scoping group on Sustainable Water
Management.

ATPS in collaboration with Maastricht
University (Netherlands) and University ofHyderabad (India) submitted a proposal
to WOTRO, the science division within the
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research (NOW) - Nanotechnologies
for development in India, Kenya and
The Netherlands - Towards a frameworkfor democratic governance of risks indeveloping countries.

Dr. Urama and Deputy ED UNEP

Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Dr. Kevin Urama gave a keynote address at
the Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Conference in February. The event, which
was sponsored by the British Council andthe Ministry of Higher Education, Science
The program will focus on the role ofand Technology, Kenya sought to highlightadvanced research and technology forthe essential characteristics for successful
development, and especially the democratic partnerships between academics andgovernance of the inevitably associated risks business leaders that add value to theand benefits of such new technologies.
national economy.

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Finals of the Women andYoung Professionals in
Science Competitions
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 20 – 24, 2009
The competitions succeeded in mobilizing womenscientists and young professionals both in Africa andthe Diaspora who are doing pioneering research andcommunicating the results and making impact on
agricultural and rural sectors in Africa.

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he Women and Young Professionals
in Science Competitions reachedtheir climax on April 21, 2009 during
the finals held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
ATPS coordinated the two competitions incollaboration with the Technical Center for
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (ACPEU), the Forum for Agricultural Researchin Africa (FARA), the Regional Universities
Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture(RUFORUM), the New Partnership for
Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and theAlliance for a Green revolution in Africa(AGRA).
The competitions themed; Improving
Agricultural Performance in Sub-SaharanAfrica took place under the auspices of
the ATPS Phase VI program on youth
and gender empowerment and were
widely regarded as major success. Prof
Mary Abukutsa Onyango’s presentation
on “Development and Promotion ofTechnologies for Sustainable Production
and Utilization of Indigenous Vegetables for
Nutrition Security and Wealth Creation in
Kenya” scooped first prize in the Women’scategory. In youth category, Joel Nwakaire
won the first prize with his presentation
entitled; “Design, construction, and testrunning of a biodiesel pilot plant.”
The awards were presented at the
Ministers of Agriculture, Land and Livestock
conference held at the African Union,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on April 24, 2009.
The expert Group Committee constituted
to carry out a peer review of the abstracts
was overwhelmed by the number ofsubmissions from across Africa.
One observation from the event however
was that there were some glaring
imbalances in representation between

various regions; Southern Africa was
singled out as the least represented. Most
participants acknowledged their support
came from outside agencies which reveal
increasing overdependence on donor
funding for science, technology andinnovation (STI) policy research, dialogue
and practice for African development.
In his keynote address during a dinner toannounce the winners, Dr. Monty Jones,
2004 World Food Prize Laureate andExecutive Director, FARA, Ghana called
upon African Governments to invest morein agricultural science, technology andinnovation (STI) policy research, dialogue
and practice for African development. “Itis time for African Governments to show
their commitment towards investing in
agriculture as a means to achieving the
UN Millennium Development Goals, byincreasing their budget allocations for it, nomatter how modest their spending plans.
Furthermore their focus should be trainedon the young people and women if we are
to make any real progress.”
In his opening remarks, read on his behalf
by Mr. Marsden Momanyi of ATPS, Dr Kevin
Urama, Executive Director, ATPS observedthat 50 per cent of Africa’s population is
below the age of 18 and an extraordinarily
high percentage of it is between the agesof 15-25, and this percentage is growing
by the day. This places Africa amongst themost ‘youthful’ continents in the world.
On the other hand, women and girls makeup 51 per cent of Africa’s population and
70 percent of the continent’s agricultural
producers are women. Despite this, African
Youth and Women are often placed in
the margins of the public sphere andmajor political, socio-economic, and4Such competitions Promote excellence
and innovation in pioneering research andcommunicating the outputs to improve agricultural
productivity and livelihoods

cultural processes! It is for this reason
that ATPS places a huge emphasis on
youth and women as drivers of their own
destinies, through engagement in science,technology and innovation capacity
building and policy engagement.
Although there is evidence of participationof stakeholders particularly womenfarmers and youth, the expert panel
noted that there was greater need forresearchers to interact with the farming
community in order to do ground breaking
science. During the event, special status
was given to Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
from Mauritius on her abstract titled“Traditional Medicine and its Impact
on Livelihoods.” Her presentation
underscored the need for Africa to value its
abundant indigenous scientific knowledge
and capacities which are yet untapped.
The ATPS used the opportunity during
the event to announce the launch of its
Youth Innovation Challenge Program (Y I
CAN), and Women Innovation Challenge
Programs (We Can).
Overall The competitions succeeded in
mobilizing women scientists and young
professionals both in Africa and theFinals of the Women and Young Professionals in Science Competitions

COUNTRY

NO. OF
ABSTRACTS

Kenya

29

Nigeria28

Uganda16

Ethiopia/South Africa/Benin

5

Cameroon/Sudan

4

Tanzania/Zimbabwe/Sierra Leone

3

Ghana/DR Congo

2

Togo/Cote D’Ivoire/Niger/Mauritius/Madagascar/
Senegal/Namibia/Malawi/Burkina Faso/Central African
Republic

42

TOTAL

130

Table 1: Entrants in the Women in Science Competitions by Country

Participants at the competion finals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
listen to the presentations by the women and young
professional finalists.

Diaspora who are doing pioneering research andcommunicating the results for making impact on
agricultural and rural sectors in Africa.
The response to the competitions by participantsat the AU 4th Conference of Ministers Agriculture,
Lands and Livestock, where the prizes were awarded
was very positive. Ministers and senior officials who
presented prizes to winners from their countries
displayed a great sense of pride and a keen interest
to engage the Young Professionals and Women
Scientists in seeking solutions to Africa’s agricultural
challenges. The response of those present at the
prize giving ceremony reconfirmed the importanceof such competitions in promoting excellence
and innovativeness in pioneering research andcommunicating the outputs to improve agricultural
productivity and the livelihoods of rural people. It
pointed to the need to continue and expand thescope of these competitions.
The proposed theme of the 2009 competitions
is “Agricultural Innovation in a Changing Global
Environment”

COUNTRY

NO. OF
ABSTRACTS

Kenya

22

Nigeria22

Uganda15

Ethiopia

10

Ghana

7

Cameroon

6

Senegal5

Tanzania/Malawi

4South Africa/Burkina Faso/DR Congo

6

Sudan/Rwanda/S Leone/Niger/Lesotho/Chad/Egypt/
Germany/Zimbabwe

47

TOTAL

140

Table 2: Entrants in the Young Professionals in Science
Competitions by Country

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ATPS Hosts SET-DEV Manifesto Workshop

SET-DEV Manifesto Workshop, May 20 – 22, 2009
By Editorial TeamT

he European Commission (DG
Research) is funding the Coordination
Action ‘Science, Ethics andTechnological Responsibility in Developingand Emerging Countries’ within the context
of the Seventh Framework Program forTechnology Research and Development.
The Coordination Action aims to support
the research systems in India and Africa.
The process is aimed at creating
an African Manifesto for Science,
Technology and Innovation ‘by Africans,for Africans in Africa’. The initiative aims
at bringing science closer to societiesand promoting collective responsibility
towards science and technology throughthe democratization of science.
On May 20, ATPS hosted a Workshop
in Nairobi, with the purpose of sharing
and creating dialogue on the results ofthe project so far, with partners from
India, Africa and Europe and to create abroader interest in and support of theAfrican Manifesto process. The views andcomments stemming from this workshop
are to be used in improving on the draft
manifesto which should incorporate thetheoretical and methodical approaches
as well as the best practices gathered.
In his opening remarks, the SET-DEV Project
Coordinator Dr. Alfonso Alfonsi said, “Ourmain thrust was to bring science closer
to society, and to promote collective
responsibility towards science andtechnology, what we refer to in our project
as “the democratization of science.”experimentation, and awareness raising
initiatives to meet its objectives

Participation in this meeting constituted
26 select experts drawn from the learningand research institutes, government/
public institutes; private sector;
international bodies and civil society. SET
DEV project partners from Kenya, India
and Europe also attended the meeting.
Initially the manifesto was targeted

The preliminary SET-DEV Manifesto
drafting workshop was held on May 20,
2009. The purpose of the brainstorming
workshop was to share and dialogue
on the results of the project so far withpartners from India, Kenyan and Europe
and to create a broader interest in andsupport of the Kenyan manifesto process.
The workshop collected various views andcomments from participants, which wereused to improve on the draft manifesto.
Participants were urged to incorporate thetheoretical and methodological approaches
as well as the best practices gathered.

“Our main thrust was tobring science closer tosociety, and to promotecollective responsibility
towards science andtechnology, what we referto in our project as - thedemocratization of science.”
Dr. Alfonso Alfonsi, SET-DEV Project
Coordinatorspecifically at two countries - India and
Kenya, however a strong demand for
an African Manifesto during the earlystages of the project created a need
for widening the scope to cover thewhole of Africa. The three-year project
began in March 2008 and will involvea series of activities between SET-DEV
partners including study coordination,

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Participation to the workshop constituted
25 select experts drawn from the learningand research institutes; government/
public institutes; private sector;
international bodies, civil society as well
representatives from SET-DEV project
partners from Kenya, India and Europe.
The afternoon of May 20 was reserved
for the SET-DEV Steering Committee,
which held a special meeting to reach an
agreement on the content, methodology
and timetables of the pilot activities. The
meeting was chaired by Prof. Wiebe Bijker
of Maastricht University. The Steering
Committee held a formal session with
Mr. Jean-François Dechamp on May 21 toagree upon and plan the project’s activities
up to the end of year II (February 2010)Formation of the Global Adaptation Network

ATPS plays a key role in the formation of the
Global Adaptation Network (GAN) in Africa

The Network will enhance adaptive capacityof developing countries by mobilizing
knowledge and technologies (Photo credit:
Scott Davies/UNEP)A

TPS participatedin a consultative
workshop hosted
by United Nations
Environment Program from19 – 20th January 2009 to
facilitate the setting up of
the Africa component of
Global Adaptation Network(GAN).

Following consultative meetings bothglobally and in Africa – the Africa
component has now been set up, and is
evolving under the guidance of the Interim
Steering Committee. Dr. Kevin Urama wassubsequently appointed as Co-Chair of
the GAN Interim Steering Committee.
The GAN Africa builds on the outcomesof the international consultation meeting
held 30-31 October 2008, in Changwon,
Korea, as well as on other consultations
including those held at the United Nations
Framework Conference on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) COP14 in Poznan,
Poland where member states identified
a need for a global adaptation network
to address climate change issues.
The Global Adaptation Network is a United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
initiative, implemented in partnershipwith key UN and other internationalorganizations. 13 UN
agencies, as well asover 35 organizations,
governments,
foundations, andresearch institutions
are involved in thedevelopment of the
Global Network. The
overall objectiveof the Network
is to help build
climate resilienceof vulnerable
human systems,
ecosystems and economies throughthe mobilization of knowledge andtechnologies to support adaptation
policy - setting, planning and practices.
The GAN Africa will support African
governments, practitioners andcommunities with knowledge,
technologies, good practicedemonstration and capacity building.
The core Network functions will include:

participants to avoid centralization of
power. Some key suggestions for the
Adaptation Network include ensuring
a shared vision and commitment by
the members, flexible and adaptive
priorities and management structure,dissemination of success stories,
and grassroots empowerment.
As most of the Network core activities
will be undertaken at regional, national
and local levels, Regional Networks
will form the key operating entities
forming the Global Adaptation Network.
The global level Network structures
will support the Regional Networks,
facilitate inter-regional co-operation andknowledge management, and provide
policy support and scientific advice.
The core Network structure will be built
around institutions that will be supported
through the Network to expand theircapacity on adaptation, and to provide
adaptation services to governments,
practitioners and communities. These
can include for example ground facilities
and regional centers that meet agreed
criteria for delivering quality services.
A group of international institutions
will provide technical support tothe component members

Mobilizing knowledge and technology by
improving their availability, accessibility
and usability; Demonstrating anddisseminating good practices; Providing
packages of adaptation
services and policy
supporting; Building
GAN Structure
institutional capacity;
Promoting collaboration
The Global Adaptation Network:
between various
inter-regional co-operation, knowledge management,
sectors, and regions
policy support and scientific advice

Speaking during themeeting, Dr Kevin Uramadrew on lessons learnt
from the ATPS Network.
He underscored theimportance of agenda
setting and program
prioritization that is driven
by the demands fromthe network members.
Further, membershipto a network should bebased on a shared vision,
mission and mandate,and perceived (preferably
non-financial) benefits
and value-added to themembers. He warned

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AfricaAsiaPacific

West
Asia

Latin
AmericaOtherregions

Regional Adaptation Networks:
institutional capacity building, knowledge mobilization, anddemonstration and dissemination of best adaptation practices

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ATPS Launches New
Innovation Challenge Programs“YICAN” and “WE CAN” Programs

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frica’s youths met
in Mombasa, Kenya
to map the futureof Science Technology andInnovation in the continent
through the new innovation
programBy Marsden Momanyi

Traveling from East, West, South,and Francophone Africa, country
representatives, steering committee
members and advisors of the African
Youth Forum for Science and Technology(AYFST) converged in Kenya’s port
city of Mombasa to seek ways tostrengthen and deepen their collective
influence through the AYFST.
The forum founded in 2005, held its fourthannual Steering Committee Meeting from13th to 14th July, 2009 and was followedby the launch of the Youth Innovation
Challenge Programme (Y I CAN). TheY I CAN ‘read as “Why I Can” has beendeveloped under the auspices of the ATPS
Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 – 2012. The
programme is designed to build a culture ofinnovation amongst young people in Africa
by promoting innovation through targeted
partnerships within the quadruple helix

Bright Simons, Innovator of MPedigree (a technology that uses mobile phones in the fightagainst counterfeit drugs), addresses youths during the Launch(Researchers, Private Sector Actors, Policy
Makers and Civil Society) and throughentrepreneurship incubation programs.
The AYFST is amongst the priority programsof the African Technology Policy Studies(ATPS) Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 2012. The meeting took stock of AYFST
progress to inform its implementationof planned youth activities under thePhase VI Plan 2008 - 2012. The meeting
resolved that AYFST National Chapter
Committees would work closely with the
ATPS National chapter coordinators in8

their countries, to receive mentorshipand access opportunities for funding foryouth activities in their countries. It wasalso agreed that they shall be answerable
to the ATPS Management structure andshall report to both the AYFST Steeringcommittee and the ATPS Management.
The meeting saw the consolidation of
the membership of the AYFST Steering
Committee and the election of its
leadership. Through an agreed democratic
process the following countries were

The meeting also called fora reliable mechanism forabsorbing new members
emphasizing the need
to be innovative inthe ways it creates andsustains young people’sinterest in AYFST. At thesame time the AYFST reaffirmed
its dream of having ‘knowledge-based’
development in Africa, and its belief thatharnessing the knowledge and abilityof the youth is vital to this pursuit.
Speaking to the youths’ during an open
session, Dr Kevin Urama, the Executive
Director of the African Technology
Policy Studies Network (ATPS) asserted
that “Knowledge for development is
not just in universities, libraries, andbooks. Knowledge exists beyond theseboundaries, with youths outside formalyinstitutions for education.” He called on
the AYFST leadership in its work withformal education institutions to strive
to reach youths outside the academia.
He added that the ATPS believes thatdevelopment will be driven by a generationof youth that value their ideas and visions
for the future. “We need ideas as theengine of development,” said
Dr Urama. Furthermore hechallenged the young people
to think outside the box anddared them to dream big,because true innovators dare
to dream. “If your dream does
not scare you, then it is probably
not good enough,” he added.
The meeting reaffirmed the visionof AYFST for Africa, “empowered African
communities that enjoy sustainable
livelihoods.” The youth further expressed
their dream of living in a continent where
innovation is the norm. “We dream of an
AYFST which is reflective of our passion
for innovation and curiosity about newideas, said Mr. Tennyson Magombo the
newly elected Chair person of AYFST during
his maiden speech to participants. The
meeting also called for an expansion of its
website functions to include membership

recruitment
and e-learning
activities.
Additionally,plans began for
the annual YouthINNOVATION
Congress. The
AYFST expressed a mission to showcase
AYFST outreach and capacity building
programs as well as the skills andinspiration they engender among youth.
It was noted that the AYFST’s country
chapters operate in very different contexts,
and the youth were drawn from various
disciplines in agriculture, science andtechnology. Despite this eclectic rangeof backgrounds, the common, guiding
vision of the AYFST – to participate ineducational reform, policy advocacy, andyouth empowerment in order to facilitate
capacity building among African youths inareas of science and technology – provedthat they have more in common thanapart. Commitment to this vision propelled
a fruitful week of dialogue and agreement.
ATPS would like to congratulate theseyoung people for their commitment inseeing through a week of action andaccomplishment and would like toassure them of its continued support

The 1st African Women Forum for Science and Technology (AWFST)
and Women Innovation WE CAN Workshop

Eminent African Women and other Stakeholders at the AWFST Steering Committee MeetingT

he first African Women Forum for
Science and Technology (AWFST)Interim Steering Committee
meeting was held at the Sun and Sand
hotel in Mombasa, Kenya from 16-17
July, 2009. Participation comprised of 12
key gender experts from Africa, Europe

African Women’s Forum on Science and Technolog

and the Diaspora. A key outcome of theforum was a joint Resolution signed by all
12 participants stating that AWFST shall9

be a pan African network program of theAfrican Technology Policy Studies Network
amongst other resolutions. The AWFST
also provided an opportunity to launch
the ATPS Women Innovation Challenge
Program (WE CAN) program. WE CAN is an
Innovation Network for Transformational
Change for women in STI. The program ispart of the ATPS African Women’s Forumfor Science and Technology (AWFST). It
is built around an innovative Mentoring
Program, which joins Strategic Women
Leaders to at least 5 women each year,
working on individual BreakThroughInnovations (BTIs) across Africa. The BTIs
that are generated out of the program are
carefully designed to solve an importantdevelopment problem using innovations inscience and technology.
The WE CAN Program will therefore
establish networks that enhance interregional collaboration between womenand girls across Africa and foster new AsiaAfrica Partnerships to act as good practice“If your dreams do not scare you, they are simply not good enough...” Unknown

elected to be members of the steeringcommittee: Malawi, Sierra Leone, Ghana,
Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia,
Benin, Zambia, Lesotho, Cameroon
and Cote d’Ivoire. Tennyson Magombo(Malawi) was elected AYFST Chairpersonand Festus Amadu (Sierra Leone) its vicechair. Phina Magara from Kenya waselected as the secretary.

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Pictorial

Dr Ragna Zeiss talks to participants during the SET-DEV Workshop to
develop a Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation hosted by
ATPS on February 4-5 in Nairobi

Panel of judges listens to the presentations by finalists during the
Women and Young Professionals in Science Competitions in Addis
Abbaba Ethiopia held on April 20 - 24, 2009. From left; Dr Demba
Farba Mbaye, Dr Ruvimbo Mabeza-Chimedza and Prof. Michael
Madukwe (ATPS - Nigeria Chapter Coordinator)

A Section of the ATPS Board of Directors during the 15th
Board Meeting held in Nairobi on March 31 - April 1, 2009Dr Urama during a tour of the Laboratory facilities at the Technology
Transfer Centre on Environmental Risks - Italy

African, Indian and European partners participate in the SETDEV Manifesto Process Coordination Workshop hosted by ATPSin Nairobi on May 20-22, 2009

Dr Sheila Ochugboju, ATPS Senior Communications Officer delivers apresentation during the 2nd National Conference on Dissemination of
Research Results organised by the Kenya National Council for Scienceand Technoogy (NCST)

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Partnerships
Global Adaptation
Network (GAN) Africa

The first interim steering committee meeting of the African component of the Global
Adaptation Network (GAN) held at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi

Following the successful launchof the Global Adaptation Network(GAN) - Africa in January 2009 Dr.
Kevin Urama was nominated as
the Co- Chair of the GAN Interim
Steering Committee. He attended
the first interim steering committee
meeting which was held from April
27 – 28, 2009 at UNEP headquarters
in Nairobi, Kenya.

ATPS and AIAE to start CollaborationA

TPS recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the African Institute of Applied Economics(AIAE). ATPS and AIAE will collaborate on wide-ranging
issues such as training, advocacy and enlightenment. In addition,
the collaboration will seek to improve mutually benefitting
capacities and networking resources. The Memorandum ofUnderstanding was signed by Dr Kevin Urama on behalf of ATPS
and Prof. Eric Eboh representing AIAE.

Dr Kevin Urama (Left) hands over the signed MoU
between ATPS and AIAE to Prof Eric Eboh

ATPS 2009 Annual Conference

Abuja, Nigeria
November 24 - 27, 200911

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ATPS and RMRDC Host an International
Conference on Incentives for Building a National
System of Innovation in Nigeria
for Africa’s social and economic
reconstruction. The main aim ofconference howver was to deliberate on
how Nigeria can develop a national system
of innovation for equitable and sustainablesocial and economic development The
two day conference brought together
about 150 participants representing
various stakeholder groupings/innovation
actors and institutions, and professionals
from Nigeria as well as resource persons
from within and outside Nigeria.

From Centre; Minister for Science andTechnology, Nigeria Dr Alhassan Bako
Zaku, Prof Oyebanji Oyeyinka (ATPS Board
Member), Dr Kevin Urama, ATPS Executive
Director and Dr Osita Ogbu, ATPS Former
Executive Director during the workshop
organised by The Raw Materials Researchand Development Council (RMRDC) incollaboration with ATPS

The aim of conference
was to deliberate on
how Nigeria can develop
a national system ofinnovation for equitable
and sustainable social andeconomic development

By Wairimu Mwangi
The Raw Materials Research andDevelopment Council (RMRDC) incollaboration with African Technology
Policy Studies Network (ATPS) hosted a
two-day joint international conference inAbuja, Nigeria, on “Incentives for Building a
National System of Innovation in Nigeria” .
The workshop held from July 6 – 7, 2009
was structured to commemorate theAfrican Union Science Revival Day whichtakes place on the 30th of June each year.
The ATPS attaches great significanceto scientific revival day and has used itover the years to drum up support forscience technology and innovation policyin Africa through various platforms.
It is a day when the Network refocuses
its thinking around STI as the engine

Dr Alhassan Zaku, Minister of Science andTechnology declared open the conference
on Monday. He asserted that the roleof science and technology in economictransformation and overall developmentof the country cannot be underestimated.
“The ability of a nation to solve problems,
initiate ideas and sustain her economic
growth is dependent on her capabilitiesin science and technology” remarked
Dr. Zaku. According to him, providing
clean water, health care, infrastructureand healthy food is all components ofscience and technology innovations.
Prof. Peter Onwualu, DirectorGeneral, RMRDC mentioned thatthe conference was targeting fruitful
identification of critical issues in buildinga system of innovation in Nigeria.
Low level industrialization and neglect ofscience and technology are perceived tobe some of the major factors enhancing
economic retardation in the continent.
Zaku urged the participants to embracenational duty, hence evolve a national

Scientific Revival Day for Africa
Abuja

Building a National System of Innovation in Nigeria
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system of innovation
for the country.
Besides, the latter
placed moreemphasis on thesignificance ofusing science andtechnology novelty todrive the government’s
7-Point Agenda with Vision 20:2020 and
the Millennium Development Goals.
Impressively, participants enunciatedwords filled with optimism that theconference would birth productive
recommendations. Consequently, thecourse of action would ensure thatappropriate policies were formulated via
science, technology and innovation.
The conference identified key issues
in building a system of innovation in
Nigeria. The overall objective of theconference was to identify key issues
in building a system of innovation in
Nigeria. Specifically, the conference:

Identified the institutional, knowledge
and policy gaps that may constrain
effectiveness of science, innovationand technology policies in Nigeria
and what needs to be done tobridge these gaps in future;
Provided the opportunity for dialogue
and knowledge sharing amongst
Nigeria and non-Nigeria actors
and stakeholders to identify andprioritize issues and action for greater
impact of S&T in development;of innovation in Nigeria; Identificationand prioritization of gaps in the nationalinnovation system and agreed strategies
and steps for addressing them; and aon strategies for developing a nationalinnovation system for consideration by
the different sectors of the economy,
different levels of government andlegislature (under development).

Demonstrated to policy makers andother stakeholders the relevanceof a system of innovation inenhancing national development.
Some of key achievements ofthe conference include;
Improved understanding of the concepts
of innovation systems and their relevanceto national development; a prioritized listof strategies for building a national system

Dr. Kevin Urama shares a light moment with the
Minister for science and Technology in Nigeria
during the meeting

Digitising social science and humanities:

Global challenges and opportunities

By Editorial TeamA

TPS along with the Maastricht
Virtual Knowledge Studioand the Social Sciences andHumanities Research Council of Canada
took part in a special session during
the World Social Science Forum inBergen from 10-12 May 2009.

of Social Sciences and Humanities: Implications forSocialization of Science & Technology in Africa”. The paper
explored the implications of digitization, globalizationand commercialization (DGC) of social sciences
In his presentation, Dr. Urama argued that the current
social science research infrastructure and techniques forknowledge generation, valorization and use are significant
constraints that inherently limit the capacity of newtechnologies to contribute tangible solutions to tangible
problems of the global poor, especially in Africa.
He also identified lack of IT facilities and development
infrastructure as core limitations to the African countries
ability to harness the potential benefits of DGC in the new
global economy. Drawing lessons from access to ATPS hosted
internet knowledge facilities, he warned that unless the global
digital divide are addressed through STI capacity building,
DGC may have reverse and adverse implications for Africa

The Forum was organized by the International Social
Science Council in co-operation with the Stein Rokkan
Centre for Social Studies and the University of Bergen.
(conference homepage: http://www.rokkan.uib.no/wssf).
ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Urama presented a special
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Higher Education in Sustainable
Development in Africa
The Association of African Universities (AAU)T

he Association of
African Universities(AAU) held its 12th
General Conference inAbuja, Nigeria from May
4-9, 2009. The themeof the Conference was“Sustainable Developmentin Africa: The Role of Higher
Education”.
Dr. Kevin Urama was invited alongsiderenowned personalities such as Prof.
Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University
to deliver a keynote address at theconference. The conference had four
sub-themes - Teaching & Learning,
Research & Development, Community
Engagement and Campus Greening.
Dr. Urama’s keynote presentation
on Higher Education for Sustainable
Development in Africa (HESDA) received
rave reviews and the AAU has since
expressed interest in publishing it as themain story of the special edition of its
newsletter on the General conference.
“Empirical studies find significant
correlation between university enrollment
rates and growth in national incomesin many countries,” said Dr Urama. No
educational factor correlates as strongly

with national incomes as university
enrollment rates. Analyses show thatattaining full primary education for
all which has been the main focus ofgovernment policies in many Africancountries may be a necessary but nosufficient condition for development inmost countries globally. (see figure 5)“A rapid assessment of selected Higher
Schools and Universities in Africa showthat the current pedagogies and incentive
structures in are discipline base, focuseson literacy and publications, organizedin faculties with rigid boundaries andhence discourages collaboration, transdisciplinarity and responsible innovation.
The disciplinary domains focus on
scientific enquiry and building “academic
tribes rather than collective learning.”
The paper has also informed dialogue
on how Africa’s education systems canbe transformed to make them more
relevant and responsive to the continents
development agenda rather than existing
as a mere artifact of colonialism.

Recommendations
The recommendations hinge around six
interrelated aspects of our knowledge
systems needing urgent reforms: thecurrent pedagogy, knowledge diffusion
structures, mindsets of the actors,
institutional governance structures,and policy frameworks. It advocates forre-design of curricula to mainstream
sustainable development principles

A youth from the AYFST Chapter in Uganda
demonstrates how a solar system developed by the
Logel Project works. Africa’s education systems need
to be transformed to make them more relevant andresponsive to the continents’ development agenda.

including trans-disciplinarity, systems thinking
and innovation; expansion of RAE systems
to include societal relevance, innovation
indicators and policy relevance. Reformof institutional governance structures
and teaching and learning methods tomainstream participatory
democracy, stakeholder engagement,
participatory learning and fullsocialization of science in Africa.
“We need a change in mindsets to movefrom doing different things to doing
things differently, learning to learn rather
than teaching codified knowledge as
the superstructure for development.
The conference created new opportunities
for collaboration amongst universities andinstitutions of higher learning within andbeyond Africa on the pertinent issues of
education for sustainable
development. It also highly
complements ATPS efforts incontributing to curriculum
review support activities
in close collaboration with
S&T higher institutions andEducation Ministries in Africa. At
the policy level, it recommends
investments in tansdisciplinary entrepreneurshipincubation centers andknowledge networks to foster
innovation and systems
thinking and establishmentof student loan programs

Correlation between Gross National Incomes (GNI) and Enrolment Ratesin (a) Universities and (b) Primary Education (Source: Moyer, E.J. (2007).

ImpresAmbiente Scarl Information Day
The University of Palermo invites ATPS to the panel for natural resource management

2009. The aim of the event was toillustrate the mission and activities ofthis centre of technology transfer onenvironmental risks, composed by research
institutions and Small and Medium
Size Enterprises (SMEs) of excellencein environmental risk management
across the six regions of South Italy.
University of Palermo wanted to use
the event as an opportunity to reinforce
existing working relationships with RTD
partners, at institutional and businesslevel, in Italy and abroad, hence theinvitation extended to ATPS, which was
honored by Dr. Kevin Urama. Following
the event, discussions were initiatedon how to establish acollaboration framework for
Research and Technology
Development activities
in the wide domain ofEnvironmental Research
and Technology Transfer
between DIIAA and ATPS.
It was noted that
intensive and effective
working collaboration
activities among the twoorganizations have been
forged since February
2009 that have resulted
in the submission of
two EU-ACP projects involving ATPS
twice as applicant and DIIAA as partner.
Both submissions are under evaluation
under the EDF funding programs.
The new opportunities and activities
were analysed during the Parlemo
meeting held between Dr. Kevin Urama,

ATPS Executive Director during the resource
panel meeting in Palermo

Professor Goffredo La Loggia, Dr. Umberto
Pernice and the staff of the DIIAA. A
draft Memorandum of Understanding
between both institutions has beendrafted and is currently being discussed

ATPS Prepares to Roll Out New
Program on Climate ChangeThe ATPSis in thefinal
stages ofdesigning a
concept paper on“Making Sense of Climate
Change.” This follows
widespread global debate
surrounding the issue.
he Kyoto Protocol drafted in 1997 is
an amendment to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
It required many countries to reduce
their emissions of greenhouse gases by
2012. It was ratified in 2005, but was not

fully ratified by all countries andmany feel that Africa, the mostvulnerable continent toclimate change profited
least from the provisionsof the protocol.
The Clean Development
Mechanism wherebyrich industrializedcountries generate
revenues through a levy
for an Adaptation Fundto help poor countries,
did not raise significant
funds to help the African continent.
By December 2009, at the Climate Change
summit in Copenhagen, world leaders will
sign a new agreement that will reduce
CO2 emission by at least 25% by 2020.
The global challenge is to avert a 2 degree
Celsius rise in global temperature, which

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could cause the destruction of at least 30
per cent of all known species on earth,increase extreme weather events such as
floods, droughts, cyclones and cause a sea
level rise of at least one or two metres.
At Copenhagen the global climate deal will
be decided. Who pays for the Adaptation
Fund? How will rich and poor countries
share the burden of developing cleaner
technologies? How does the Polluter
Pays Principle apply to Climate Change
Adaptation Policies? Can Africa exercise
its comparative advantage in natural
resource endowments for Climate Change
Adaptation? How do Climate change
adaptation policies support growthand poverty alleviation in developing
economies? The proposed new Program
will address these and other related issues
with the aim of helping Africa make senseof climate change“Once in every season the earth that we feed and sit on asks for food and we hurry to do her will.”
Osmond Enekwe “Broken Pots” Enugu. 2004.

P

rof. Goffredo La Loggia, Headof the Department of HydraulicEngineering and Environmental
Applications (DIIAA), University ofPalermo, invited ATPS to a promotional
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ATPS Board Welcomes its New Chairof Directors, I am confident that thecontribution ATPS is making is on an
upward spiral in making a real and lasting
impact on the lives of communities all overAfrica.
To all our donors, I would like to thankyou for the confidence bestowed upon us
and for entrusting us with the necessary
support to pursue the huge responsibilityof furthering STI policy research and policy
practice in Africa. Through your unrelenting
support, our programmes continue tomake a real and lasting impact in the fightagainst poverty in Africa.
Prof. Sam Wangwe, the new Chairm of the
ATPS Board

A

Amongst the significant structuralchanges in the ATPS governancethat took place last year was theelection of Prof. Samuel Wangwe as the
New Chair of the ATPS Board following the
ATPS 14th Board meeting held on 17 – 19
July 2008. During the 15th ATPS Board
Meeting, that was held on March 31 – April
1, 2009, ATPS held a farewell reception
during which Prof Norah Olembo handed
over the mantle of leadership to Prof
Wangwe.
Speaking during the ceremony, Prof
Olembo said, “I believe ATPS has mademassive strides in building a truly African
science research knowledge hub. As I
step down as chair of the ATPS Board

As the organisation moves on to the nextleg of its journey, I have every confidence
that ATPS will continue this progress under
the leadership and direction of Professor
Sam Wangwe, who takes over the mantle
as the Chairman of the Board and Dr KevinAs the organisation
moves on to the nextleg of its journey, I haveevery confidence that
ATPS will continue tomake significant progressunder the leadership anddirection of Professor
Sam Wangwe...

Members of the ATPS Board of Directors who attended the 15th Annual Board
Meeting in Nairobi; From bottom Left; Prof Turner Issoun, Prof Norah Olembo, Prof
Sam Wangwe, From Top Left; Dr Kevin Urama, Prof Oliver Saasa, Prof Sir BrianHeap and Mr Noel Akossi Bendjo

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Urama, our Executive Director. I have every
faith in their leadership and I will remain an
active member of the ATPS Kenyan Chapter
and continue to support STI capacity
building activities planned under the newstrategic plan.”
The ATPS Board, which sets the broad
policy guidelines, monitors program
implementation and approves the ATPS
program of work and budget, usually
meets twice each year. The 15th ATPS
Board meeting was held March 31 – April
1, 2009. The meeting reviewed existing& planned programs of the Network, andin liaison with the National Coordinator’s
Regional Steering Committee, reviewed
the relationships between the different
arms of the ATPS Network and ways tostrengthen network performance. The
members expressed general satisfaction
with the Secretariat’s level of outputs andpolicy impacts and the general direction
the network was taking.
Prof. Samuel Wangwe is a Professor of
Economics, a former ATPS researcher
who is an expert in policy analyses, STI
for development. He is a Senior Associatewith the Economic & Social Research
Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Prof
Olembo continues to provide support to
ATPS through key programs including the
Women Innovation Challenge Program (WE
CAN).

Outgoing Chair, Prof Norah Olembo
during her farewell reception

New Appointments
Senior Communications Officerboju

la Ochug

Dr. Shei

Dr Sheila Ochugboju joined ATPS on May 1, 2009, formerly she was the Operational Director, Science &Innovation, Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN). She is uniquely competent at balancing
the social, economic and political issues, to enhance economic growth, leadership development andIntercultural dialogue in diverse communities across the world. She is a UK Facilitator for the British Council
Interaction Leadership program in 19 African countries, Jordan and Pakistan. She worked with schools andscience communicators in South Africa since 1999 and launched the African Science Cafes.
She is a biological scientist who moved into the Science and Innovation Directorate at AWEI, through the
management of International Health and Development projects with African Communities in Europe and Africa.
Her Post-Doctoral Research as The Daphne Jackson Fellowship at St Hilda’s College – 1998 – 2000, focused on
genetically modified baculoviruses for pesticide control.
Her fine tuned cultural acuity and communication skills were demonstrated through her management of aportfolio of International Development projects across Europe and Africa for the London based Focus Consultancy.
She is therefore very adept at relationship building, funding raising and winning bids for international capacity
building projects. She is currently a member of the by the Wellcome Trust Arts Committee.

Research Officer
Wairimu Mwangi joined ATPS on June 1, 2009 and is is responsible for undertaking research, program andfundraising activities at ATPS. She was previously worked for The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research andAnalysis (Kippra) for the Environment and Development (EfD) initiative.
Wairimu holds a Masters of Science in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics
and Political Sciences (LSE), UK and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology from the Universityof Nairobi, Kenya. She is also a certified Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit expert by the
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). Her experience has been around various issues ofenvironmental and resource management, with stints in both the United Kingdom and in Kenya. She has
good computing skills and has had training in econometric packages such as STATA and Eviews

Ms Wair

Communications & Outreach Officer

Mr Marsden Momanyi

Dr. Waimu Mwangi

Marsden Momanyi joined ATPS on March 16, 2009 as Communications and Outreach Officer.
He has a Masters Degree in Communication from the Institute of Communication Studies – The Universityof Leeds and a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Communication from Loughborough University, UK. His corecompetencies include developing and implementing effective communication strategies in line withorganizations’ corporate strategies to effectively communicate their mission and programs to their publics.
He has extensive work experience in both the public and non profit sector. Previously he worked as a SeniorCorporate Communications Officer at Athi Water Services Board and prior to that as a Media and Public
Relations Officer at African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF).

Post-Doctoral Program

Internship Program

Dr Warigia Bowman joined ATPS on June 19, 2009. Warigia is anassistant professor at the University of Mississippi in the Departmentof Public Policy Leadership. She has earned degrees from
Columbia University and the University ofTexas, and a Ph.D. in public policy from
Harvard University (2009).

William Firestonejoined ATPS on
June 23, 2009
under the Internship
Program. William isan undergraduate
student at Harvard withneFirestoa special interest in theWilliamrole of scientific expertisein politics - a dynamic
he believes varies widely
across nations. His researchexperience
includes working as a lab assistant at the Chemical
Engineering Laboratory of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and in the Department
for Science, Technology and Society, Harvard
University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

rigia Bowman

Her research spans the areas ofgovernance, development, technology,
environment and politics in SubSaharan Africa. Her dissertation “Digital
Development: Technology, Governanceand the Quest for Modernity in East Africa”
investigates the development of informationand communications technology policy in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda from1990 to the present.

Board of Directors

Responsible STI Policy Advisory Council

Prof. Sam M. Wangwe (Chair)Prof. Aggrey AmbaliProf. Norah K. Olembo

Ms. Bitrina D. Diyamett

Chairman, Daima Associates Limited
Daima House, Makumbusho Street,
Kijitonyama
P.O. Box 75027 Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-277 1954
Fax: +255-22-277 1949
Cell: +255-754-325 487
Email: swangwe@daima.co.tz
or swangwe@yahoo.com

Acting Director & Advisor
NEPAD Office of
Science and Technology
Tel:(+27) 12 841-3653
Fax:(+27) 12 841-4414
aggrey@nepadst.org

Executive Director,
African Biotechnology
Stakeholders Forum
P. O. Box 66069
Nairobi 00800
Kenya
Tel: + 254-20-444 4558
E-mail: absf@absfafrica.org
or noraholembo@yahoo.com(ATPS National Chapters – Eastern
Africa Representative)
ATPS-Tanzania National Coordinator
Senior Scientific Officer
Tanzania Council for Science andTechnology (COSTECH)
Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Tel : +255 222 700745/752
Email: bitrind@yahoo.com

Coordinator
African Science, Technology& Innovation Indicators(ASTII) Initiative
NEPAD Office of
Science & Technology
Tel. +27 (12) 841 4347
Mobile: +27 (83) 258 6104
Fax: +27 (12) 841 4414
e-mail: pkmawoko@nepadst.org
Website: http://www.nepadst.org

Prof. HODGE, Ian David,

Prof. Michael C. Madukwe

Prof. Wiebe E. Bijker

Dean, Faculty of Pure andApplied Sciences, Mona Campus,
The University of the West Indies
Kingston 7, Jamaicae-mail: ishenkumba.kahwa@gmail.com

Prof. Turner T. Isoun (Member)
Former Honourable Minister
Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
New Federal Secretariat
Shehu Shagari Way,
PMB 331 Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234-9-523 3397
Fax: +234-9-523 4390
E-mail: isoun@aol.com

Prof. Oliver Saasa (Member)Managing Consultant
Premier Consult
P.O. Box 38163
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260-1-290056
Telefax: +260-1-290581
E-mail: oliver-saasa@coppernet.zm or
premier-consult@coppernet.zm

Mayor Noël Akossi Bendjo(Member)
Mayor and Vice Governor
Abidjan District
B.P. V 261 Abidjan
Cote d’Ivoire
Tel: +225 20 254902
Fax: +225 20 333039
Cell: + 225 05 59 59 51 / 08086969
Email: Bendjo51@yahoo.com

Prof. Sir Brian Heap (Member)
Vice-President
European Academies Science
Advisory Council
The Royal Society of London SW1Y 5AG
And Honorary Fellow
St Edmund’s College
Cambridge CB3 0BN, UK
Tel: +44 1223 248509
Email: rbh22@cam.ac.uk

Prof. Banji OyeleranOyeyinka(Member)
Director, Monitoring & Research Division
UN-HABITAT, UN, Gigiri
P.O. Box 30030-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254-020-7623041
Fax:254-020-7624736
Email: oyebanji.oyeyinka@unhabitat.org

Dr. Kevin Urama (Ex-Officio)
Executive Director
African Technology Policy Studies Network
3rd Floor, The Chancery, Valley Road
P.O. Box 10081-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-271 4098/168/498
Fax: +254-20-271 4028
Email: kurama@atpsnet.org

Dr. Philippe Kuhutama
Mawoko (PhD)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Maastricht University
PO Box 616 , NL-6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-43-388 3321
E-mail: W.Bijker@TSS.unimaas.nl
Website: http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/
staff/bijker

Prof. Norman Clark
The Open University,
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA,
United Kingdom
Email: n.clark@open.ac.uk or
norman18542@yahoo.co.uk

Professor of Rural Economy,
Department of Land Economy,
University of Cambridge
19 Silver Street,
Cambridge CB3 9EP
Tel: +44 1223 337134;
Fax: +44 1223 337132
E-mail: idh3@cam.ac.uk

Prof. Ishenkumba Kahwa(ATPS National Chapters – Western
Africa Representative)
ATPS-Nigeria National Coordinator
Professor, Department of Agricultural
Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Tel : +234 42 771019
Email: madukwe@hotmail.com or
madukwemichael@yahoo.com

Prof. Lynn K. Mytelka

Professorial Fellow
UNU-MERIT
35, rue Lhomond
75005 Paris, France
CODE de LA PORTE: 357B
Tel : +33 1 47 07 37 90
E-mail: Lmytelka@gmail.com

Dr. George O. Essegbey

Prof. E.R Orskov
IFRU
Macaulay Institute
Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Tel : +44 1224 395286 (Direct),+44 1224 395000 (Main);
Fax :+ 44 1224 395035
E-mail: b.orskov@macaulay.ac.uk
boboskov@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.orskovfoundation.
org/

Prof. Andy Hall

Researcher
United Nations University – MERIT
Maastricht ,The Netherlands
E-mail: hall@merit.unu.edu or
andyhallmails@yahoo.com

Prof. Peter H. May

PresidentInternational Society of Ecological
Economics (ISEE)
Chair, Department of Development,
Agriculture and Society
Federal Rural University of
Rio de Janeiro
BrazilTel: +55 21 2551 1320
E-mail: peter@rebraf.org.br

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Director, STEPRI-C.S.I.R.
P.O. Box CT 519
Accra , Ghana
Tel : +233-21-779401/773856
Email: george_essegbey@yahoo.co.uk

Prof. Francis Mutua

National Project Coordinator
Applied Training Project
Nile Basin Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 208 0371
E-mail: fmutua@nilebasin.org or
fmmutua@gmail.com

Dr. Kevin Urama(ATPS Secretariat Representative)
Executive Director
African Technology Policy
Studies Network (ATPS)
P.O. Box 10081-00100
Nairobi , Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2714028
Fax: + 254 20 2714028
E-mail: kurama@atpnet.org

Dr. Musa A. Dube
(ATPS National Chapters – Southern Africa
Representative)
ATPS-Swaziland National Coordinator
Senior Lecturer & ATPS National Coordinator
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Swaziland
Tel : +268 527 40 21
Email: madube@agric.uniswa.sz

National Coordinators
Benin
Dr. Roch L. MONGBO
Senior Lecturer & Researcher
FIDESPRA/Univ. of Abomey Calava
and CEBEDES – XU dodo
02 BP 778
Cotonou, Benin
Tel: +229-21304139
Cell : +229 95 96 64 46
Email: rmongbo@intnet.bj or
Rochl_mongbo@yahoo.com

Botswana
Dr. John MOTHIBI
Lecturer, Faculty ofEngineering & Technology
University of Botswana
P/Bag 0061
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: +267 3554348
Fax:+267 3952309
E-mail: mothibij@mopipi.ub.bw

Burkina Faso
Dr. Benoit KABORE
Université de Ouagadougou
01 BP 4487
Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Tel: 226 812008/380715
Email: benkabor2003@yahoo.fr

CameroonDr. Sylvester NDESO ATANGA
Lecturer, Epidemology &Public HealthFaculty of Health Sciences
University of Buea
P.O. Box 63
South West Province
Republic of Cameroon
Tel: + 237-75816047
Cell: +237-99841433
Email: ndesoatpscamnet@
rocketmail.com

Côte d’Ivoire
Dr. Arsène KOUADIO,
Associate Professor, University of
Abidjan-Cocody ; Researcher, CIRES
Director, Laboratoire decroissance Economique
Executive Director, Institut pourle Développement (IPD),
Coordinator, ATPS Côe d’Ivoire,
Coordinator, RIA Côte d’Ivoire,
Fellow Researcher, AERC, Poverty
Economic Policy (PEP),
Cocody, Boulelevard Latrille
08 B.P. 1295 Abidjan 08,
Côte d’Ivoire
Tel : +225 22 44 60 99
Fax: +225 22 48 82 84
Mobile : +225 07 98 46
80 / 05 95 97 91
E-mail: arsene.k@ipd-ci.org,
arsenekk@yahoo.fr
arsenekouadio@hotmail.com

Mali

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cell: +251911607060
E-mail: belaynet@yahoo.com

Dr. Sidiki Gabriel DEMBELE
Agrochimie/Agroforesterie
et Fertilité des sols
Bureau Ouest-Africaind’Appui Organisational et deTechnologies Appropiées
B.P. E 3730, Bamako, Mali
Tél. : (223) 226 2012
Fax : (223) 226 2504
Cell : (223) 71 3806
Email: sidikigabriel@hotmail.com
or ousmanenia2000@yahoo.fr

The Gambia
Mr. Ernest R. AUBEE
Senior Programme
Operations Advisor
UNDP , UN House
5 Kofi Annan Street, Cape Point
PO Box 553
Banjul, The Gambia
Tel: +220 495071/74/89
Fax: +220 494758
Email: ernest.aubee@undp.org

MozambiqueEng. Lourino Alberto CHEMANE
ICT and Planning Advisor
Executive Secretariat, ICT
Policy Commission
Bairro da Coop
Rua Particular Dr. Antonio de Almeida
61 R/C Direito, Maputo
MoçambiqueTel: +258 21 309398
Fax: +258 21 302289
Cell : +258 82 3110700
Email: chemane@infopol.gov.mz

Ghana
Dr. Fred AMU-MENSAH
Senior Research Scientist
CSIR Water Research Institute
P.O. Box M.32
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233-24-4748197
Fax: +233 21 77 7170
Email: assabil@aim.com orobeyie@gmail.com

Kenya
Mr. Kenneth W. ADUDA(Acting Coordinator)
Projects & Resource
Mobilization Manager
Kenya Industrial Research
Development Institute (KIRDI)
P.O. Box 54139-00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 609498
Fax: +254 20 556362
Cell: + 254 721 466444
Email: adudakwo@yahoo.com

Nigeria

LesothoProf. Femi OLOKESUSIProf. Michael C. MADUKWEProfessor, Department ofAgricultural Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Tel: +234 42 771019
Fax: +234 42 771500
Cell: +234 803 700 6968
Email: madukwe@hotmail.com or
madukwemichael@yahoo.com

Dr. Spirit TLALI
Dean, Faculty of Science& Technology
National University of Lesotho
P.O. Roma 180
LesothoTel: +266 22 340601
Fax: +266 22 340000
Cell: +266 63884488
Email: sb.tlali@nul.ls

Nigerian Institute for Socialand Economic Research (NISER)
P.M.B 5 UI Post Office
Oyo Road, Ojoo, Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel: +234 2 8103345/8102904
Fax: +234 2 2413121
Email: femioloke@yahoo.com

SenegalDr. Papa Alioune Sarr NDIAYEESP BP 15475 DAKAR Fann
SénégalTél : Bureau (221) 864 54 18
Fax : (221) 864 21 43
Domicile (221) 820 23 88
Cellulaire (221) 634 58 88
Email: pndiaye@ucad.sn or
papealiounen@yahoo.fr

Liberia(Vacant)

MalawiDr. Julius H. MANGISONI
Senior Lecturer, Agricultural
Economics/ Natural Resourceand Environmental Econ.
University of Malawi
Bunda College of Agriculture
Rural Development Department
P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
Tel: +265 01277434/419/222
Fax: +265 01 277364
Email: mang@sdnp.org.mw
or jmangisoni@yahoo.co.uk

Sierra Leone
Mr. Chris SQUIRE
Head, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Fourah Bay College
University of Sierra Leone
Mount Auroel
PMB Freetown Sierra Leone
Tel: +232 22 227831
Fax: +232 22 227453

Ethiopia
Mr. Belay FEKADU (Acting
Coordinator)
Asmara Road
P.Box- 170609

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Cell: +232 76 610600
Email: chris@sierratel.sl or
Chris_b_squire@hotmail.com

South Africa
Dr. Rubin PILLAY
Senior Lecturer
Department of Management
University of Western Cape
Bellville, Capetown, South Africa
Tel: + 27 21-959-3214
Fax: +27 21-391-3026
Cell: +27 82 465 2010
Email: rpillay@uwc.ac.za

Swaziland
Dr. Musa DUBE
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Swaziland
Luyengo Campus
P. O. Luyengo, Swaziland
Tel: +268 527 40 21
Fax: +268 527 40 21
Cell: +268 618 15 79
Email: madube@agric.uniswa.sz

Tanzania
Ms. Bitrina D. DIYAMETT
Senior Scientific Officer
Tanzania Council for Scienceand Technology (COSTECH)
P.O. Box 32183
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +007 222 700745/752
Fax: +007 222 775313
Cell: +007 784 420850
Email: bitrind@yahoo.com

UgandaMr. John OKUONZI(Acting Coordinator)
Kyambogo University
P.O Box 1
Kyambogo – Kampala
Tel: +256 782 353034
Email: okuonzijohnie@yahoo.com

ZambiaMs. Charlotte M. WONANI
LecturerDevelopment Studies Dept.
University of Zambia
P.O. Box 32379
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260 1 252514/292884
Fax: +260 1 253952
Email: cmwonani@yahoo.com

Zimbabwe

Mr. Benson ZWIZWAI
Deputy Director
Institute of Development Studies
P. O. Box 880
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 333341/3
Fax: +263 4 333345
Email: bmzwizwai@science.uz.ac.zw

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African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) Network -Newsletter

National Coordinator’s Regional
Steering Committee (NCRSC)

Secretariat

Dr. Kevin Urama, Chair

Dr Kevin Urama

Executive Director

Executive Director
African Technology Policy Studies Network
P.O. Box 10081-00100 , Nairobi , Kenya
Email: kurama@atpsnet.org

Richard Murimi

Finance & Administration Manager

David Kiereini		

Accounts Officer

Dr Sheila Ochugboju

Senior Communications Officer

National Coordinator, Côte d’Ivoire,
representing the Francophone Chapters.
Contact: ATPS Côte d’Ivoire,
E-mail: arsenekk@yahoo.fr
arsenekouadio@hotmail.com

Maurice Bolo		

Senior Research Officer (On Study Leave)

Carol Thuku		

Senior Secretary/Administrative Assistant

Susan Hinga		

Receptionist

Prof. Femi Olokesusi,

Richard Muchesia

DriverNational Coordinator, Nigeria,
representing the West African Chapters
Contact: ATPS Nigeria,
E-mail: femioloke@yahoo.com

Mary Satsiru		

Office Assistant

Nelson Akenga		

IT AssistantWairimu Mwangi

Research Officer

Marsden Momanyi

Communications Officer

Dr. Arsène Kouadio,

Prof. Michael Madukwe
National Coordinator, Nigeria(Eastern Region),
representing the Western Africa.
Contact: ATPS Nigeria,
E-mail: madukwemichael@yahoo.com

Ms Bitrina Diyamett
National Coordinator, Tanzania ,representing the East African Chapters
Contact: ATPS Tanzania ,E-mail: bdiyamett@costech.or.tz
bitrind@yahoo.com

Dr. Musa Dube,National Coordinator, Swaziland ,representing the Southern African Chapters
Contact: ATPS Swaziland ,E-mail: madube@agric.uniswa.sz

Dr. Sylvester Atanga

National Coordinator, Cameroon,
Anglophone – Francophone Liaison
Contact: ATPS Cameroon ,E-mail: ndemasa2001@yahoo.com

Dr. George Essegbey , ex-officio
memberFormer National Coordinator, Ghana,representing previous National Coordinators
Contact: ATPS Ghana,E-mail: george_essegbey@yahoo.co.uk

ATPS Secretariat
The Chancery, 3rd Floor, Valley Road
P.O.Box 10081-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-271 4092/271 4498
/272 7925
Fax: +254-20-271 4028
Website: www.atpsnet.org

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