www.atpsnet.org

African Technology Policy Studies Network

Annual Report 2010
Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

www.atpsnet.org

Wikimedia Commons: This report contains photos licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
All other photos are copyright to ATPS © 2011

Wikimedia Commons: Natural papyrus plants growing in the Ugandan wetlands, picture taken in Kabarole district

Edited by:
Dr. Kevin Urama
Dr. Maurice Bolo
Ms Carol Thuku
Ms Jacinta Kahi
Ms Edel Kwoba

Concept Development,
Editorial and Designby:Printed by:
Kenyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Brand Magnets© 2011 Published by the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)
PO Box 10081 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya

www.atpsnet.org

Table of Contents
Board of Directors

5

Chairman’s Message

7

Executive Director’s Message

9

The 2010 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop

13

Research and Capacity Building

19

International Cooperation and Partnerships

29

Youth and Gender Empowerment Program

39

Training and Sensitization

45

Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage and Policy Advocacy

51

Science Communications and Stakeholder Dialogue

57

ATPS Publications

63

Financial Statement

69

Annexes75

www.atpsnet.org

List of Acronyms:
AAN
AAS
ABS
ABSF
ACP
ACTS
ADB
ADSI
AGM
AGRA
AHPSR
AIAE
AID-ME
AKTP
AMCEN
ANAFE
ARIPO
ASARECA
ASSRT
ATPS
AU
AWFST
AYFST
BCEAO
BOAD
BTA
BTA
CAADP
CAS-IP
CCAA
CDM
CGIAR
CHEA
CIFRES
CLICK
CLICT
COMESA
COP-15COSTECH
CSIR
CSP
CTA
DDRN
DFID
DGC
DGIS
DREA
ECOWAS
EoI(s)
ESA
FARA
FMST
GAN
HENNET
HTP
ICIPE
ICJ
ICPAC
ICT(s)IDRC
IPCC

Africa Adaptation Network
African Academy of Sciences
Access and Beneﬁt Sharing
African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum
African, Caribbean and Paciﬁc Group of States
African Centre for Technology Studies
African Development Bank
African Development Solutions International
Annual General Meeting
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
African Institute of Applied Economics
Academy for International Development – Middle East
Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
African Ministerial Conference on Environment
African Network for Agro-forestry Education
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern
and Central Africa
African Society for Scientiﬁc Research and Technology
African Technology Policy Studies Network
Africa Union
African Women Forum for Science and Technology
African Youth Forum for Science and Technology
Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement
Biotechnology Trust Africa
Biotechnology Trust Africa
Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Progam
Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property
Climate Change Adaptation for Africa
Clean Development Mechanism
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa
Centre International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie
Solaire de Dakar
Centre for Legal Information and Communication in Kenya
Center for Law, Information and Converging Technologies
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen,Denmark
Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology
Council for Scientiﬁc and Industrial Research
Climate Sense Program
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Danish Development Research Network
Department For International Development
Digitization, Globalization and Commercialization
Netherlands Directorate-General of Development Cooperation
Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture
Economic Community of West African States
Expression(s) of Interest
East & Southern Africa
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
Global Adaptation Network
Health NGOs Network
Health Technology Program
Insect Physiology and Ecology
International Commission of Jurists
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
Information and Communication Technology(ies)International Development Research Centre
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IEEE
IGAD
IIEPR
IP
LSC
MDG(s)
M&E
MEMR
MESHA
MoU
MVI

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
Independent International Expert Panel of ReviewersIntellectual Property
Laboratory for Citizenship Sciences
Millennium Development Goal(s)Monitoring and Evaluation
Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture
Memorandum of Understanding
Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Innoveren(Responsible Innovation)
NAFDAC
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
NCCRS
National Climate Change Response Strategy (Kenya)
NCST
National Council for Science and Technology (Kenya)
NEPAD
New Partnership for African Development
NGO(s)
Non-Governmental Organization(s)NOTAP
National Ofﬁce for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (Nigeria)
NSC
National Steering Committee
NSI
National Systems of Innovation
NUC
National Universities Commission
OSS
Sahara and Sahel Observatory
PanAACPan African Agri-Business Consortium
PM&E
Program Monitoring and Evaluation
PMF
Performance Monitoring Framework
PMP
Performance Monitoring Plan
PPESParticipatory Proposal Evaluation System
PPP
Public Private Partnership
RMRDC
Raw Materials Research and Development Council
RSC
Regional Steering Committee
RUFORUM
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture
S&T
Science & Technology
SADC
Southern Africa Development Community
SET-DEV
Science Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developingand Emerging Countries
SRDA
Scientiﬁc Revival Day for Africa
STEP B
Science and Technology Education Post-BasicSTEPRI
Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (Ghana)
STEPS Centre Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to
Sustainability
STI
Science, Technology and Innovation
STR
Scientiﬁc and Technological Research
STRC
Scientiﬁc, Technical and Research Commission of the Africa Union
TK
Traditional Knowledge
ToTs
Training of Trainers
UBC
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
UEMOA
l’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine
UKPOST
United Kingdom Parliamentary Ofﬁce of Science and Technology
UNCST
Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
UNECA
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO
United Nations Education, Scientiﬁc and Cultural Organization
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UniBRAIN
Universities, Business, and Research in Agricultural Innovations
UNU-Merit
United Nations University-Maastricht Economic ResearchInstitute on Innovation and Technology
WCSJ
World Conference of Science Journalists
WE CAN
Women Innovation Challenge
WESP
Water and Environmental Sustainability Program
WFSJ
World Federation of Science Journalists
WSSF
World Social Science Forum
WU
Wageningen University
WWF-EARPO World Wide Fund for Nature- Eastern Africa Regional
Programme Ofﬁce
Y I CAN
Youth Innovation Challengewww.atpsnet.org

Board of Directors:

Prof Sam Wangwe(Chairman)

Prof Turner Issoun

Prof Oliver Saasa

Prof Sir Brian Heap

Prof Oyebanji Oyeyinka

Mayor NoëlAkossi Bendjo

Prof Agnes Mwang’ombeProf. Shaukat Ali
Abdulrazak

Prof Indira NathDr Kevin Urama
Ex Officio Member

VisionMissionOverall Goal

To become the leadinginternational centre of
excellence and referencein science, technology andinnovation systems research,training and capacity
building, communicationand sensitization, knowledge
brokerage, policy advocacy andoutreach in Africa

To improve the quality ofscience, technology andinnovation system, researchand policy making in
Africa by strengthening
capacity for science andtechnology knowledge
generation, communicationand dissemination, use andmastery for sustainable
development in Africa

To develop Africa’s STI
capacity (knowledge
basis and infrastructure,knowledge conditions
and policies) today
for sustainable African
development tomorrow.

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

A cross section of delegates attending the 2010 Annual Conference.

www.atpsnet.org

Chairman’s Message
Dear stakeholder,I am pleased to present to you the 2010 annual
report, which spells out progress that the African
Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) has madeduring the year. In line with its vision to act as a broker
between various actors in the Science, Technology
and Innovations (STI) policy processes, ATPS brings
together top STI experts in academic institutions andother knowledge communities, policy makers, andprivate sector actors in the continent to deliberate on
and prioritize Africa’s response to global challenges.
This is done through STI policy studies, capacity
building and advocacy for policy and institutionalchange in the context of Africa’s socio-economic andenvironmental development challenges.
The ATPS supports capacity building activities in
the area of Science, Technology, and Innovation
knowledge generation, knowledge circulation andnetworking, policy making and policy practices inAfrica for African development. In this regard, we are
happy to register increase in small grants and regional
grants commissioned to national chapters, which areprogressing reasonably well.
The ATPS has also played a role in shaping the STI
agenda through its participation in the developmentof the African manifesto for STI, the lead contribution
to the Africa chapter on the UNESCO led Global
science Report, 2005 – 2010, and leadership in the
Global reports on Sustainable water management.
Participation in the formation of the national systems
of innovation in Nigeria and contributions to national
STI policy dialogues in Kenya, Nigeria, amongst
many other countries are but some of policy impacts
witnessed in 2010.

ATPS will, in the coming year, continue to pursue its ﬁveyear strategic plan with an emphasis on consolidating
the gains made so far whilst simultaneously engaging
relevant gears of acceleration in growth and exemplary
achievement of our core mandate. May I take thisopportunity to thank our partners for their continued
support. I wish to thank my fellow management board
members and the Secretariat staff for their hard work,
which has enabled this progress to be made during
the year.
I re-afﬁrm ATPS commitment to continue championing
this important function in the region. We look forward
to all your continued support in so doing. I wish you
all a prosperous and fruitful 2011.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless Africa!
Prof Sam Wangwe
BOARD CHAIRMAN

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

A section of tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya.

www.atpsnet.org

Executive Director’sStatement
The year 2010 marked 10 years since the birth of a new andautonomous African Technology Policy Studies Network(ATPS). In 2000, ATPS embarked on a new mission as anindependent African Network focused on Science Technology
and Innovation for sustainable development. It is therefore a
critical juncture in the ATPS Network’s evolution as we reﬂect
on the gains made so far and strategize on how to capitalizeon these gains and overcome our challenges in order to fulﬁll
our key mandate of knowledge brokerage and generation of
new and innovative policies that are action-oriented towards
poverty reduction and Africa’s global inclusion.
This report presents a summary of the Science, Technology
and Innovation (STI) capacity building activities andfundraising activities and ﬁnancial position of the African
Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) for the period
01 January 2010 to 31 December 2010. The report also
highlights the key achievements and challenges faced by the
ATPS Secretariat during the reporting period.
The report is organized under the strategic objectives
outlined in the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 - 2012.
These include:
i. Research, Research Capacity Building & Knowledge
Generation
ii. International Cooperation and Partnerships;iii. Youth and Gender Empowerment;
iv. Training and Sensitisation;v. Science Communications and Stakeholder Dialogue
vi. Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge Circulation
and Policy Dialogue
ATPS is half-way through the implementation of the Phase
VI Strategic Plan (2008 – 2012), which was an outcome of aparticipatory and consultative dialogue involving network
members, development partners and key stakeholders. The
implementation of the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan has
been successful thus far with signiﬁcant progress made inachievement of the objectives stated above.
During the year, ATPS was particularly proud to havespearheaded the drafting and launch of the African Manifesto
for Science Technology and Innovation (STI), which is an
outcome of dynamic multi-lateral dialogue amongst partners
and key stakeholders in Africa, Europe and India. The
Manifesto makes a case for Africa’s sovereignty in science,technology and innovation and argues for full socializationand democratic governance of STI in Africa, for Africans andby Africans as a pre-requisite for sustainable development in
Africa. The African Manifesto, which was launched in Cairo
Egypt, Hyderabad India, and Brussels Belgium, provides
a profound blue print for the new renaissance in STI policy
research, policymaking and policy practice in Africa. I am very
delighted to note that the Manifesto has been welcomedby many key African stakeholders Pan African networks andinstitutions responsible for the advancement of science,technologies and innovation in Africa. Prof. Berhanu Abegaz,
the Executive Director for the African Academy of Science,describes the “out-of-the-box thinking that comes out
in the manifesto - like a breeze of fresh air”. Many African
Governments represented at the ATPS annual general
meeting in Cairo where the Manifesto was launched also
adopted the Manifesto principles, and the ATPS national

www.atpsnet.org

Ng’ethu Water Treatment Plant, Kenya (Photo by Marsden Momanyi)

chapters have since started the implementation of its
recommendations. This leaves me with a fresh hope for
African development through democratic governance of
science, technology and innovation.
Another key outcome during the year was the involvementof ATPS in leading the sub-saharan Africa chapter of the
UNESCO Science Report 2010. Published every 5 years, the
UNESCO Science Report provides a barometer for assessing
the progress of science globally. One key lesson from theprocess of drafting the reports was that there is paucity ofdata and information on STI indicators in many Africancountries. This prompted the novel idea for ATPS to initiate
the publication of a Biennial Report on the State of STI in
Africa, a process that is now underway. It is hoped that the
Biennial Report on the State of STI in Africa will address thedata gaps in STI in Africa and also provide a barometer forassessing rewarding excellence in STI governance throughthe ATPS STI Governance Award.
The year 2010 also saw the successful formation of theinter-agency National System of Innovation (NSI) Steering
Committee for in Nigeria. This inter-agency committee brings
together relevant STI Agencies from different Ministries,
including Education, Science and Technology, Agriculture,among others to a common platform to pursue the common
goal of fostering a sustainable National System of Innovationin Nigeria, through collaboration amongst the key actors inthe system.
Another exciting development during the year was the
successful strengthening of ATPS national chapters andrevitalization of activities in Liberia, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe as well as the expansionof the network with new chapters established in Egypt
Morocco, Rwanda, Sudan, and Diaspora chapters in the

United Kingdom and the United States of America. I am
especially pleased to see the work of the ATPS expand to
Northern African countries such as Egypt and Morocco,
to include Africans in the Diaspora, the UK and USA. This
provides a more inclusive platform for all Africans in thecontinent and in the Diaspora to proactively engage in theimportant and urgent business of building Africa’s capacities
through STI. This, in my view, has been the missing link in
Africa’s development struggle. Until Africa builds a criticalmass of indigenous capacity in science, technology andinnovation, we will remain an appendage to the global
economy. With continued low marginal productivity and little
value addition to primary products in Africa’s priority sectors,
such as agriculture and natural resources, Africa will remain
net consumers in the global market.
Other program activities of the ATPS were implemented
as planned while members of the Network have continued
to act as effective brokers of knowledge in relevant STI
global platforms such as the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), the International Resource Panel,and in several activities of sister organizations in Africa andglobally. The ATPS research capacity building program saw
the completion of 12 research projects in eight countries,
involving 47 researchers on different STI subjects. The year
also saw the commissioning of 20 new research projects in
14 countries and involving 77 researchers on various areasof innovation incubation. ATPS’ presence on the STI fora
in Africa and globally also improved signiﬁcantly during
the year with six new Memoranda of Understanding signedwith key policy research institutions in Africa. The ATPS
also continued its efforts to empower the quadruple helix
in STI policy research and science communication throughvarious training activities. Of particular interest is thetraining of journalists to facilitate the communication anddissemination of STI policy issues and research results as wellwww.atpsnet.org

as the continued implementation of activities under the ATPS
Youth and Women Innovation Challenge Programs. The newbilingual website is also a long desired achievement as it now
provides platforms for communication of STI in the three
African union languages: English, French and Arabic. We
have also noted a signiﬁcant increase in the registration for
ATPS membership which rose by more than 200% comparedto the year 2009. Another welcome development during theyear is the increased number of invitations to collaborationand partnerships in STI activities and policy processes that
ATPS received. This underscores the increased visibility of
ATPS and the conﬁdence with which stakeholders regard
it as a robust Network backed with quality and soundexperience, thereby taking us closer to attaining our quest
as a leading international centre for excellence and referencein STI systems research, training and capacity building,communication and sensitization, knowledge brokerage,
policy advocacy and outreach in Africa.
Though all these are welcome achievements during the year,
The ATPS will continue to close the loop through building
Africa’s STI capacity today for sustainable development
tomorrow. To every great story, there are challenges. Even
though our funding portfolio increased signiﬁcantly in 2010,
the work ahead remains substantive. The STI policy support
needs by African countries increased signiﬁcantly in 2010 asthey grappled to respond to the increased global challenges
brought about by the world economic recession, climatechange, poverty, energy and food prices, among others. We
can only meet these needs more effectively if our budget
constraints are relaxed further through receipt of more funding
from development partners. I therefore thank our Partners
for their increased support in 2010 and continue to count on
their continued support for years ahead. I also encourage theAfrican union Commission, the African national governments
and the Private Sector to kindly increase their support to STI

policy research and policy practice in Africa. I also call on
new development partners to support ATPS activities. These
additional resources will provide more impetus to ATPS tosupport enterprise activities through the ATPS National
Chapters which are the tentacles through which the Network
is able to have a wide-reach.
As we move towards the completion of the ATPS Phase
VI Strategic Plan (2008-2012), we will continue harnessing
our collective efforts aimed at unleashing the power for
STI entrepreneurship in Africa, as this provides the missing
links in Africa’s Development. ATPS will continue pushing
forward ﬁve functional domains that include generating theright knowledge that is required for policies, for the rightinvestment, for the right decision making, for the right actions
to drive African development. Disseminating and sharing thisknowledge is at the very core of ATPS as a knowledge broker
to ensure that knowledge generated in Africa does not gather
dust in shelves but can actually be up- scaled and patented.
The achievements recorded in 2010 could only be possible
through the continued commitments and support by the
dedicated team at the ATPS Secretariat, National Chapter
Coordinators, Board Members, Development Partners andall other network members and stakeholders who share in
our common vision of emancipating Africa through STI.
I thank you all very much for the successful 2010 and lookforward to working with you in 2011 and beyond.
We are therefore pleased to share this report as a reminiscenceof our activities for the year 2010, with great conﬁdence thatthe year ahead will be even more rewarding for the ATPS
Network and Africa as a whole.
God bless you all. God bless Africa!
Kevin C. UramaATPS Executive Director

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

A cross section of delegates attending the 2010 Annual Conference.

www.atpsnet.org

Reflection on the 2010
Annual Conference &Workshop

Delegates at the ATPS 2010 Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt

ATPS holds annual international
conference in Cairo

A

BOUT 175 delegates from around the globe
comprising of a diverse ATPS membership andstakeholders among them Policy Makers, Science
Experts, Private Sector Actors, and Civil Society members
working on science, technology and innovation policy researchand practices in Africa, gathered in Conrad Cairo to review
progress and identify priorities for future capacity building
activities.The Conference took place from 25 – 30 November
2010 under the theme “The State of Science, Technology andInnovation in Africa: Implications for Achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)”.
One of the major key highlights of the conference included thelaunch of The African Manifesto for Science, Technology andInnovation which was developed in liaison with partners from
Europe, Africa and India under the auspices of the European
Union funded SETDEV project, and the new initiative on
developing biennial reporting on the State of Science

Technology and Innovation in Africa Report. Also tied to theconference was a Proposal Tournament to identify potential
Grantees for the Climate Change Innovation ChallengeAwards for implementation in 2011.
In his opening remarks, the ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Kevin
Urama appreciated the diverse audience whom he noted were
carefully selected due to their expertise, passion and interestin Africa’s development through science, technology andinnovation (STI). He expressed optimism that the investment
brought together at the conference would add value by
way of better understanding of what needs to be done toadvance Africa through STI as well as building capacity. Dr.
Urama challenged the audience to be part of the solutions incharting the way forward for Africa, setting aside the lethargy
of problems that are sometimes orchestrated to inform thedependency syndrome that has ailed Africa for a long time.
He noted that ATPS and its partners had decided to adopt
this direction by launching the African manifesto for Science,
Technology and Innovation during the conference as a meansof opening a dialogue of charting a new way of renaissance inAfrica through STI.

Reflection on the 2010 Annual Conference & Workshop

www.atpsnet.org

A cross section of delegates attending the 2010 Annual Conference.

The opening keynote address was delivered by Prof. Maged ElSherbiny, the President of Scientiﬁc Research and Technology(ASRT) who is also the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of
Scientiﬁc Research, policy making and Government, Cairo,
Egypt. In his address, the minister appreciated the focus of
the conference on seven key themes which are all inter-related
and critical to Africa’s development. He acknowledged theintegrated roles played by various stakeholders towards
Science and Technology in Africa noting that this serves toassert the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). He further
appreciated the timeliness of the conference adding that
African countries need to tap into the resources offered byexisting networks to facilitate the implementation of Science,
Technology and Innovation as this will ultimately contributetowards the attainment of the MDGs.
To add excitement to this conference was an ATPS family
retreat that saw the main arms of the ATPS family engage ina series of facilitated participatory activities. Teams also sat inworkshops for the mid-term review of the implementation of
the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2007 – 2012, and the reviewof the governance reforms implemented so far in responseto the SWOT analyses carried out in 2007 at the Secretariat
and National Chapter levels. These review workshops andthe team building activities were facilitated by Professional
Consultants to ensure full participatory dialogue and priority
setting. A Corporate Governance and Network Management
training for the ATPS Secretariat Management staff, National
Chapter’s Regional Council Members and National Chapter
Coordinators was also conducted during the Conference.

The forum also formed the platform for the Annual General
Meeting (AGM) and the 18th meeting of the ATPS Board.
Corporate Governance and Network Management
Training
Key network members including ATPS Board Members,
National Chapter Coordinators, Regional Steering Committee
Members, Executives of AYFST and AWFST, as well as the
Secretariat were taking through various issues in Corporate
Governance during the conference in Cairo. The training
covered key principles and practice of corporate governance,
the effective board, corporate control, ﬁnancial reportingand corporate accountability and disclosure. 36 participants
beneﬁted from this training.
ATPS National Chapter Coordinators’ Meeting
One of the side events that took place during the annual
conference was the National Coordinators meeting to discuss
strategies and ways of strengthening the chapters. The
Secretariat shared the challenges that they encounter whileadministering ATPS work through the chapters. One key issue
that emerged from this meeting was the need to institutionalize
the chapters within the councils of science and technology
and/or relevant ministries of science and technology. The
communiqué produced at the regional council meeting heldin Accra, Ghana in July 2010 was adopted at this meetingwith national coordinators committing to cooperate fully with
Secretariat during the implementation. 20 National Chapter
Coordinators attended the meeting.

www.atpsnet.org

Reflection on the 2010 Annual Conference & Workshop

Strengthening National Intellectual Property Policy andlegal framework in Eastern and Southern Africa- Annual
meeting held
During the 2010 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop, a
regional meeting underthe Intellectual Property Programme was held as a side eventon 26 and 27 November 2010, to discuss traditional knowledge
access and beneﬁt sharing as well as effective IP Systems. The
regional meeting brought together all stakeholders currently
engaged in the programme including National Chapter
Coordinators, Regional Steering committee members,
National Steering committee members, Training of Trainers
participants and the Principal Investigators undertaking
regional IP studies.
The meeting also featured presentations on the ARIPO
protocol for protection of Traditional Knowledge andFolklore, seed systems and Access and Beneﬁt Sharing.
Key resource persons among them Dr. Niels Louwaars ofCentre for Genetic Resources, Wageningen University and IP
Regional Committee member and Dr. Joep van den Broek,
Delegated Advisor Agriculture, Embassy of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands (EKN) in Ethiopia, shared their expertise withthe participants through a series of presentations.
National chapter coordinators from the eight countries
involved in the IP program (Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe) also discussed
the development of a work plan for 2011.
ATPS Holds Proposal Tournament in Cairo
The Proposal Grants Tournament was held during the2010 Annual Conference and Workshop in Egypt on 27th
November 2010. Following the 18th meeting of the ATPS
Board and in relation to the tournament, 24 grants for various
research and innovation incubation projects were awarded tomembers in 11 countries. Grants were issued to support theimplementation of all projects which passed the thresholdfor fundable proposals based on scores received fromthe National Chapter Coordinators and the Independent
International Expert Panel of Reviewer (IIEPR), following the
rigorous Participatory Proposal Evaluation System (PPES)

adopted by the ATPS in 2008.
The proposals received for the ATPS grants competitionin 2010 were commendable. Out of 49 proposals received
in response to the call, 25 were shortlisted for the proposal
tournament, and 24 were fully funded following the PPES
process at each stage. ATPS is grateful to the researchers,
National Chapter Coordinators and the IIEPR members
who participated in the process in 2010 and look forward
to working with them during the project implementation in
2011. As usual, the selected projects are designed to address
the strategic goals, milestones and objectives of the ATPS
Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 – 2010 and each are domiciledin speciﬁc thematic programs.
To support the implementation process, the ATPS will
appoint two Technical Coordinators who will work with the
Researchers to ensure that the technical and scientiﬁc qualityof the research outputs will be of the required standards. In
addition, to ensure relevance to the local policy contexts andfull embedding of the research process in the local conditions
and ATPS policy procedures, a small budget has been
provided for each National Chapter to cover administrative
costs of providing supervision to all the grantees in thechapters. As per the resolutions of the National Chapters’
Regional Steering Committee dated 10 July 2010 andadopted by the ATPS General Assembly the costs have been
set at 5% of the total budget for each grant accordingly. Thismeans that only 5% administrative budget shall remain with
the Regional Secretariat to provide regional coordination andfacilitative services to these programs. The regional teams willplay a key role in ensuring speciﬁc projects in chapters meet
objectives, milestones and deliverables speciﬁed in the Grant
Agreement.
ATPS is currently working on the concept note for the callfor proposals for the 2011 competition and the ATPS annual
conference 2011. These will be based on gap analyses ofcurrent programs and the general theme of Health Innovation
Systems, and STI governance.

Reflection on the 2010 Annual Conference & Workshop

www.atpsnet.org

A cross section of delegates attending the 2010 Annual Conference.

The Launch of the African
Manifesto for Science andTechnology
The African Manifesto for Science and Technology was ofﬁciallylaunched on 26th of November at the African Technology
Policy Studies Network 2010 Conference in Cairo, Egypt.
The production of the manifesto was led by the African
Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) in collaboration
with African, Indian and European partners and stakeholders,
under the framework of SET-DEV.
The African Manifesto for STI makes a case for Africa’s
sovereignty in Science, Technology and innovation. It argues
for full socialization and democratic governance of STI in
Africa, for Africa, by Africans as a pre-requisite for sustainable
development in Africa.
It is historic development aimed at closing the STI gap between
Africa and the rest of the world including nations in Asia whichwere at par with many African countries four decades ago.
According to Wiebe E. Bijiker who is a professor of Technology& Society at the University of Maastrich, “The launch was acelebration of science and technology, what I liked most isthat there were not only top
policy makers but also young
engineers with projects thatthey wanted to work on
half a year and then make adifference in the world.”“It was a celebration of Scienceand Technology and as mucha celebration of democracy
because the conference wasrun in a way that the youth,
women, policy makers andvarious scientists participatedequally.” Prof Wiebe said.
“We discussed how science Prof Wiebe Bijiker
and technology should also
help make Africa more democratic and positively change its
governance,” Prof Wiebe added.
Prof Wiebe Bijiker helped to create and was the ﬁrst scientiﬁccoordinator of the European master’s degree program onSociety, Science and Technology (ESST), carried out by some
18 universities in 10 European Countries. His research focuseson the relation between technology, society and science.

www.atpsnet.org

Reflection on the 2010 Annual Conference & Workshop

Prof Alfonso Alfonsi who
has also been a major
driving force behind SETDEV said that “the launchof the manifesto is a greatthing and whatever I haveheard here – in Cairo- is
lived throughout the year
by various leaders including
those in this conference;
the youth leaders, thewomen leaders, people
leading in research and in
the universities, decision
makersandpolitical Prof Alfonso Alfonsileaders.”
They are all trying to advance Africa and its destiny throughscience and technology by taking responsibility of what thesecan do or should do and this conference had a lot of strategic
thinking showing practical and viable solutions, Prof Alfonsoadded.

“There were lots of brilliant ideas aimed at innovations
and what can be done on issues that affect the daily lives of
millions in Africa. The manifesto is Africa’s response to global
challenges through STI.”
Professor Alfonso Alfonsi outlined the activities of the SETDEV, European Commission funded project aiming to support
the research system of India and Kenya by assisting them indeveloping their own perspectives on the socialization ofscientiﬁc and technological research. A component of SETDEV was the production of manifesto initiative “aims to bringscience closer to African societies and to promote collective
responsibility towards science and technology through the
democratization of science.”
Originally conceived as a manifesto for Kenya, the ATPS
decided to extend the initiative to cover the whole continent
following consultation with members also committing someof their own funds to enable this extended scope. Therewas general support for the idea of an African Manifesto
on STI, written by Africans, for Africa, echoing many of thebroader presentations highlighting the need for home-grownenterprises to drive the continent’s development.

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

Maize an important factor for food security in Africa

www.atpsnet.org

Research and Capacity
BuildingA

LL ATPS research capacity building programs
address Science Technology and Innovation
capacity building priorities of African countries
identiﬁed by network members and partners, African
national governments and African stakeholders. These
programs speciﬁcally focus on knowledge generation andcirculation, knowledge basis and infrastructure, knowledge
circulation and networks, as well as knowledge conditions
and policies for sustainable development in Africa.
The key concern of the ATPS Research and Research
Capacity Building Programs is therefore to close the loop
through generation and valorization of new knowledge
in areas where there are obvious Science Technology
and Innovation policy gaps, through training, outreach,knowledge brokerage, dissemination and advocacy in key
thematic areas identiﬁed by members and stakeholders.
These programs focus on facilitating innovation capacity
development at individual, institutional, country andregional levels.

Regional Research Projects
Agricultural Innovations Program
The ATPS Agricultural Innovations Program is aimed atcontributing to the achievement of the UN Millennium
Development Goal number One (MDG 1) which calls
for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger andhalving hunger and poverty by 2015 in relation to 1990.
To realize this Africa must build its institutional capacities
in Agricultural science, technology and innovation. A
fundamental analysis of the underpinning national andregional strategies, policies, institutions and actors in the
agricultural and allied sectors as well as the inter-linkages
amongst them is required to form the basis for responsible
innovation responses to the complex challenges in the
agricultural systems for development. This forms the main
focus of the ATPS Agricultural Innovations Program.

Since the inception of the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan,
two initiatives have been launched under the Agricultural
Innovations Program. One being the Regional studies on
Agricultural Innovations and Emerging Technologies for
Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Africa
and the second being the Universities, Business andResearch in Agricultural Innovations (UniBRAIN) For moreon the UniBRAIN Programme see pages 27 and 30.
Agricultural Innovations and Emerging Technologies
for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in
AfricaThe ATPS is currently conducting regional research on
agricultural innovations for climate change adaptationin Africa. The regional grant call for proposals targeted
applications from West Africa Anglophone (Nigeria,
Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, The Gambia), West &Central Africa Francophone (Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire,
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon & Mali), and Southern
Africa (Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa).
The speciﬁc objectives outlined in the Call for Proposals
were six-fold, namely:i. To mainstream the concept of innovation in African
agriculture through targeted training and ﬁeld
demonstrations in selected countries,
ii. To identify and document indigenous and emerging
innovations and good practices for improving foodsecurity in the face of climate change in Africa andelsewhere,iii. To develop a system based integrated innovation
systems framework for improving agricultural
productivity in Africa taking into consideration climatechange and global ﬁnancial crisis.
iv. To build the capacities of African Young Professionals,
Women and Policymakers on agricultural innovation
systems through an integrated capacity building
training programs including hands-on case studies,farm placements and country tours to show case andlearn from good practices elsewhere.

Research and Capacity Building

www.atpsnet.org

Dairy farming in Moi’s Bridge. Photo | BENJAMIN SITUMA

v. To enhance individual and institutional behavioral
changes towards sustainable farming and other agribusinesses innovations in Africa.
vi. To support the implementation of the NEPAD CAADP
program through popularization and policy advocacy.
A total of ﬁfteen (15) proposals were received from Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria. The proposals were
subjected to intensive peer and expert review culminatingin the commissioning of three (3) regional grants targeting
the Western Africa region. The ﬁrst regional grant for
US$50,000 covers Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone under
the Principal researcher Agwu Agwu Ekwe together withresearchers Festus Amadu (Sierra Leone) and Mustapha
Sawi (Liberia) who are putting together a paper entitled
Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation
and Food Security in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria,
Ghana and Sierra Leone.
The second grant amounting to US$40,000 covering
Ghana and Gambia was released under the principal
researcher Akon -Yamga Gordon, assisted by Paul Boadu(Ghana), Joyce Amoako (Ghana), Beatrice Darko Obiri(Ghana) and Fatou Janha Mboob (Gambia). Together
they are working on the topic, Agricultural Innovations for

Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in Africa:
The Ghanaian Perspective
The third regional grant for US$40,000 covers Cameroon,
Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea. Underthe research leadership of Ngoh Siri Bella, Mafany
George, Teke Sylvester and Ndeso Atanga are all working
on the paper Agricultural Innovations and Indigenous
Knowledge as Keys to Ensuring Food Security in theSouth West Region of Cameroon.
For a summary of the regional grants covered under thisactivity, please see Annexe 1.
Intellectual Property Rights Program: Regional
Steering Committee Inaugurated
Twelve renowned IP Experts from relevant institutions
were identiﬁed and invited to serve on the Regional
Steering Committee to spearhead the effective runningof the regional network on IP. The composition included
the IP National Steering Committee (NSC), IP researchersand members of the ATPS National chapters in the IP
implementing countries, relevant national and regional
IP ofﬁces as well as relevant Ministries. Out of these,
eleven experts, representing key institutions have been
conﬁrmed as members of the RSC for the IP program.

www.atpsnet.org

The Regional Steering Committee will provide theplatform for external peer review of the IP program
implementation, knowledge sharing, coordination of theregional IP network, capacity building and sensitization.
Other institutions that have been invited to the RSC
include World International Property Rights Organization(WIPO) and selected state institutions such as the National
Ofﬁce to Technology Acquisition and provision (NOTAP)of the Federal republic of Nigeria.
The RSC was formally inaugurated on 29th April, 2010.
Seven of the twelve members of the committee were inattendance from key institutions including the African
Union (AU), Wageningen University (WU), the Netherlands;
the ATPS, Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA); Associationfor Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern
and Central Africa (ASARECA), African Biotechnology
Stakeholders Forum (ABSF). Also in attendance were Mr.
Peter Munyi an IP expert and the Chief Legal Ofﬁcer at
the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology(ICIPE), representing Dr. Victoria Henson-Apollonio.
National Steering Committees on IP Program
established
To ensure proactive engagement of the National Chaptersin the coordination of the IP program, the ATPS liaisedwith the National Chapter Coordinators to establisheda 5-person IP national steering committees (NSCs) in
Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, Swaziland, Kenya, Lesotho,
Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Selection of members of thecommittee followed a rigorous process of identiﬁcation of
relevant institutions and IP experts in the national chaptersby the National Chapter Coordinators and review/shortlisting and appointment of members by the ATPS andher partner, Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA). These
committees have since been running and networking
with relevant institutions in their respective countries.
The processes of establishing NSCs in Mozambiqueare in progress. The ATPS is taking care to ensure thatmembership of the NSCs includes relevant IP institutions
and experts in the selected countries to ensure effective
ownership and implementation of the program outputs
and policy recommendations, upon completion.

Research and Capacity Building

National Case Studies on IP Programme Making
Good Progress
Following the call for proposals on Traditional Knowledge
Systems and Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing ofIntellectual Property in Africa issued in September
2009, the proposal tournament held in Abuja Nigeria
in November 2009, and subsequent approval of theshortlisted proposals by the 16th ATPS Board, ﬁve
country case studies have so far been commissioned
in Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho and Tanzania. The
sixth case study from Uganda national chapter was ﬁnallycommissioned following the submission of a different
proposal by a different team after the initially approved
proposal failed to satisfactorily address comments fromthe Independent International Expert Panel of reviewers
and national chapter coordinators.
Prof. D.M Ndetei leading a team of researchers in Kenya
comprised of Anne Mbwayo, Victoria Mutiso and Lincoln
Khasakhala is working on Traditional Medicine: Mental
Health and Behavioural Practices. In Malawi Principal
Researcher Phiri Dorica Suvye assisted by Chapusa
Domino Phiri is working on Ascertaining the Nature of
Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
and the Search for Legal Options in Regulating Access inMalawi. Tanzanian Shemdoe Georges leads the researchthat he and Loy Mhando are undertaking entitled National
Policies and Legal Frameworks Governing Traditional
Knowledge and Effective Intellectual Property Systems
in Southern and Eastern Africa: The Case of Traditional
Healers in Tanzania.
The research undertaken by Ethiopia is now complete.
Principal Researcher Solomon Tibebu worked with
Wondwossen Belete, Getahun, Dechasa Angecha andHabtamu Gujabayu on the Assessment of Possible
Intellectual Property Protection Options of Traditional
Knowledge System in Ethiopia. In Lesotho Principal
Researcher Lebese Lekholoane is still working with
Pitso Masupha, Thlako Mokhoro, Maseqobela Williams,
Lieketseng Tjokotsi, Sekoja Phakisi, Lefa Thamae andMamolise Falatsa on the title The Impact of Intellectual
Property Rights and Multi-Media on Acquiring andManaging Traditional Knowledge Systems. Job
Wanakwakwa leads the team comprising of Munabi
Catherine, Lwanga Herbert and Dr. Muhumuza Denis

Research and Capacity Building

www.atpsnet.org

in the research paper entitled Empowering Traditional
Herbalists in Uganda to beneﬁt-share better fromtheir knowledge and skills in collaboration with otherResearchers and Innovators in the Government, Civil andBusiness sectors.

Proposals targeted a series of country case studies
planned to map and document indigenous and emerging
agricultural technologies and innovations for climate
prooﬁng agriculture in Africa. The speciﬁc objectives of
the research activities under this call were three-fold.

All these studies on Traditional Knowledge Systems &Increasing Access to Beneﬁt Sharing of Intellectual Property
in Africa are now at advanced stages and some ﬁnal
reports were presented at the ATPS Annual Conference
and Workshops, 2010. Some working papers produced
from this study are now in the ATPS Publications pipeline.

i. To identify and document effective indigenous andemerging technologies and innovations for climatechange adaptation and resilience in Africa;
ii. To build the capacities of African Young Professionals
and Women to adapt to climate change impacts in theircommunities, localities and countries; andiii. To enhance behavioral changes towards climate change
adaptation measures at individual and institutional levels.

All these studies are now at advanced stages andsome ﬁnal reports were presented at the ATPS Annual
Conference and Workshops, 2010. Some working A total of 22 proposals were received from nine African
papers produced from this study are now in the ATPS countries including Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Publications pipeline.
Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda. The
Background Study on IP in Eastern and Southern
Africa concluded
A study on IP Environment in eight countries including
Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,Swaziland, Tanzania, and Uganda has been concluded.
The report of the study is currently under review. For
monitoring and evaluation, a mid-term review was heldfrom 24 to 26 May, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. The ATPS
and BTA have continued to work with these countries
to build necessary capacity to implement the studies
successfully and to achieve the required impacts. A ﬁnal
review workshop was held on 27 November 2010 in Cairo,
Egypt where ﬁnal outputs from four of the six case studies
commissioned were presented. The four case studies
presented were from Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho andTanzania. Unfortunately, researchers undertaking the casestudy in Malawi were unable to attend the workshop andtherefore their outputs were not presented. The sixth casestudy commissioned in Uganda which commenced laterin August 2010 is well under progress. Two more proposals
are also expected from Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

Small Grants Research
Indigenous and Emerging Technologies for Climate
Change Adaptation in Africa- eleven small research
grants effected
This activity aims to support case studies on indigenousand emerging agricultural technologies and innovations
for climate prooﬁng agriculture in Africa. The Call for

proposals were subjected to thorough peer and expert
review which saw the commissioning of eleven small
grants under this program with a budget of US$13,500
each. The grants were commissioned in six countries
including Egypt, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, and Tanzania.
Nigeria under this programme undertook a research on
the Assessment of the incidence of Climate Change andIndigenous Innovative Adaptation Measures in Northern
Nigeria. This research was under the principal leadershipof Kaletapwa Farauta assisted by Yusuf Lawan Idrisa andVictoria Chinwe Agu. Lesotho presented a paper on
the Assessment of the Impact and Adaptive Capacityof the Machobane Farming System to Climate Change
in Lesotho. This study was done under the principal
guidance of Godeto T.W with Olaleye A.O, Mekbib S.B,
Mokhothu, M.N and Masia J as the Co-researchers. Boththe Nigeria and Lesotho studies are completed and theworking papers, research papers and policy briefs areunder review.
In Tanzania Shemdoe Riziki undertook a study on Tracking
Effective Indigenous Adaptation Strategies on Impactsof Climate Variability on Food Security and Health ofSubsistence Farmers in Tanzania, while Nzeadibe Chidi
assisted by Nnaemeka, Chukwuone Victoria, Chinwe
Agu and Nassi H. Mandu all of Nigeria did a study on
Climate Change Awareness and Indigenous Adaptive
Technologies in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Boththese studies are completed and the working papers,
research papers and policy briefs taken to press.

www.atpsnet.org

Dr. K.Adebayo, worked with S.O Iposu, J.J. Atungwu,
F.O.A George, Temitope Ayinde, A.O.S Ayanwale, O.S.
Fashola, T.A Dauda and S.L Rikko from Nigeria, worked
on a study entitled Emerging and Indigenous Technology
for Climatic Change Adaptation in the Farming Systemsof Southwest Nigeria. In Ghana, Mahu Seth Agbeve
and Vadim Belotserkovsky conducted a study on Wind
Resource Assessment for Sustainable Development in
Rural Ghana- A Science, Technology, and Innovation
Research Capacity Building Initiative. These two studies
are also completed and the working papers, research
papers and policy briefs taken to press.
An Assessment of Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation
Practices in Smallholder- Agriculture of Southeast Nigeria
is a study that was done under the leadership of Enete
Anselm, assisted by Ignatius Madu, E.A Onwubuya, A.N
Onyekuru, Mojekwu Josephat and Staff Sgt (rtd) Fidelis
Eze. The Study of Technological and Farming Systems
Adaptation to Climate Change in Farming Communities
of Enugu State, Nigeria was done by Emeka Celestine,Peter Nzeh and Rita Ogugua. Both of these studies from
Nigeria are completed and the working papers, research
papers and policy briefs taken to press.
Morlai Teddy led a team of researchers from Sierra Leone
comprised of Kelleh G. Mansaray and Gibril Vandi in
the study of Knowledge based Integrated Mapping of
Climate Change Adaptations: Indigenous Responses,
Techno-Scientiﬁc Observations and Future Outlook for
Food Security, Health and Disaster Management in Sierra
Leone. Samra Manal and Ahmed Abdel Hamid of Egypt
carried a study on Sensitizing and Building the Capacityof Women towards Climate Change Consequencesin Northern Lakes of Egypt. A study on Enabling Rural
Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation and Livelihood
Security was done under the principal guidance of
Magombo Tennyson assisted by Mutisungirire Kachulu,
George Kanthiti, Hilda Kabuli and Grace Chawezi Phiri allof Malawi. The three studies have since been completed
and the working papers, research papers and policy briefs
taken to press.
A summary of the small grants can be found in Annexe 1.

Mid- Term Review Workshop on ATPS Programs
To evaluate and monitor the progress of the studies implemented,
ATPS convened a progress review and methodology workshop
from 24 – 26 May 2010 for all the researchers who received the
grants. The workshop brought together the grantees and the

Research and Capacity Building

Coordinators of each program for progress reporting andpeer reviews of ongoing work. The workshop also featured
methodology training and covered a wide range of subjects
including undertaking of ﬁeld work, quantitative and qualitative
data analyses tools needed for the successful analyses of the
project outcomes, in-depth review of the relevant science areas,
as well as technical and ﬁnancial reporting requirements, among
others. A ﬁnal review workshop was held in November 2010 at the
ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop in Cairo, Egypt.
Overall, there have been signiﬁcant achievements with mostprojects at the ﬁnal stages of completion. The projects havealso been able to demonstrate good scientiﬁc and innovation
quality, and local relevance that are scalable in the region. The
CSP program on building resilience capacity has therefore beenvery timely and instrumental in raising awareness amongst thetarget stakeholders on the need for resilience capacity building
for climate change adaptation in the selected case studies.
National Study on Greening the Kenyan Economy
This activity is planned for 2011 with ongoing logistical planning andnegotiations with the Kenya Government as we await the release of
the necessary funding from UNEP. Initial implementation meetings
were held with UNEP and with Honorable Rachel Shebesh, of the
Kenya Parliament to organize a kick off Parliamentary round table
meetings to kick start the process.

International Collaborative
ResearchPartnership with FARA, ANAFE and PANAAC on
Agricultural Innovation and Agribusiness Incubation the UniBRAIN Initiative
In 2010, ATPS collaborated with the Forum for
Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), African Network
for Agro-forestry Education (ANAFE) and Pan African
Agri-Business Consortium (PANAAC) to implement
Agricultural Innovation and Agribusiness Incubation. Thisinitiative was undertaken through universities, and was
dubbed Universities Business and Research in Agricultural
Innovation (UniBRAIN)UniBRAIN which was approved by the Danish Government
in December 2009, aims at promoting innovation andproducing graduates with entrepreneurial business skills
and research-based knowledge that is relevant to thedevelopment of African agriculture and agribusiness byseeking to improve teaching, learning and knowledge
sharing in agriculture, agric-innovation and agri-business.

www.atpsnet.org

Research and Capacity Building

The ﬁrst phase of the program commenced in January2010 with ATPS facilitating formation of innovation
incubations and parks and providing the framework for
intellectual property on the project.
Visit to Universities and Incubation Camps in Africa andEuropeATPS team joined other members from ANAFE andUniBRAIN Coordinator, Ralph Kauffman, in visiting
selected universities and relevant innovation incubation
initiatives in Africa and Europe with a view to popularize the
UniBRAIN concept. The visits also focused on sensitizing
stakeholders on the need for agribusiness innovation
incubation in Africa while gaining insights from current
practices in existing innovation initiatives. The study tours
conducted under this program are summarized below.
Agribusiness Incubators’ Workshop, 6-7 August 2010
ATPS organized an Agribusiness Incubator’s Workshop
from 6 – 7 August 2010 at the Nairobi Safari Club, Kenya.

The workshop was part of an ongoing collaborative
UniBRAIN project. The workshop brought together 31
agribusiness incubator stakeholders from four Africancountries namely Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa
to share their ideas on factors that contribute towards the
success of incubators and also learn from each other. The
workshop provided a platform for stakeholders to interact
and forge links that will contribute to the success of the
UniBRAIN initiative. The Proceedings of the workshop andvisits to agribusiness innovation incubators/incubatees
in Africa have been prepared and sent to the press for
publication.
UniBRAIN Study Tours and Management Meetings
ATPS Executive Director, the CEO and Executive Secretaryof PANAAC and ANAFE, together with the UniBRAIN
Program Coordinator visited selected universities andagribusiness incubators in Denmark. The meeting also
featured management review meetings with DANIDA
ofﬁcials and collective reﬂections on the way forward.

Table 1: Country Study Tour to Agricultural innovation incubators/incubatees in Africa
Country
Institutions Visited
Kenya
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya
Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute, Kenya
UgandaMakerere University, Uganda
Kyambogo University of Technology, Uganda
Egypt

Ghana

Benin

t'PPE5FDIOPMPHZ$FOUSF '5$ t4&,&.*OJUJBUJWF
t"HSJDVMUVSBM3FTFBSDIFS$FOUFS "3$ PGUIF.JOJTUSZPG"HSJDVMUVSFBOE-BOE3FDMBNBUJPOBOEUIF
International Trade and Marketing Company (ITM), Egyptt$PVODJMGPS4DJFOUJmDBOE*OEVTUSJBM3FTFBSDI $4*345&13* t(IBOB(BSNFOUT$MVTUFS
t8PPE$MVTUFS*OJUJBUJWFt#FOJO$IBNCFSPG$PNNFSDF
t.JOJTUSZPG4NBMMBOE.FEJVN4DBMF&OUFSQSJTFTt"HFODZGPS'JOBODJOH-PDBM%FWFMPQNFOUt40/()"**OUFHSBUFE4ZTUFNT

www.atpsnet.org

Research and Capacity Building

Salma Khashaba, an AYFST member from Egypt addresses the gathering at the annual conference. ATPS

The inception phase of the UniBRAIN project wasevaluated by external reviewers appointed by DANIDA.
The review workshop which took place in Nairobi featured
a critical review of the work in progress and reports byeach UniBRAIN partner. The work plan and budgets forthe start-up phase, 01 August – 31 December 2010, wasalso reviewed.
The review reports were largely favorable with someamendments of the planned implementation activities
recommended by the reviewers. The work plan andbudget for the start-up phase, is however yet to beapproved by FARA which holds ﬁduciary responsibility forthe grant. UniBRAIN has since agreed on the work planand budgets and submitted the funding request to FARA.
A monitoring and evaluation workshop was organized by
FARA on October 26-27 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, for UniBRAIN
members as provided in the programme document. The
workshop focused on developing an overarching M&E
system that will make maximum use of the existing systemsof partners (ATPS, ANAFE, PANAAC and FARA) and add new
requirements where existing systems do not provide sufﬁcient
coverage. It also aimed at developing the Performance
Monitoring Framework (PMF), Performance Monitoring
Plan (PMP) and budget for M&E activities. The workshop
was fruitful in re-aligning projected milestones, activities andindicators for UniBRAIN in line with its strategic objectives.

Overall, implementation of UniBRAIN project has
progressed well and it is hoped that the pace of
implementation will progress even faster in the coming
year particularly because pending issues on funding havenow been ironed out with FARA.
UniBRAIN Monitoring & Evaluation Workshop, October2010
A monitoring and evaluation workshop was organizedby FARA on October 26-27 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, for
UniBRAIN members as provided in the programme
document. The workshop focused on developing an
overarching M&E system that will make maximum useof the existing systems of partners (ATPS, ANAFE,
PANAAC and FARA) and add new requirements where
existing systems do not provide sufﬁcient coverage. It
also aimed at developing the Performance Monitoring
Framework (PMF), Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP)and budget for M&E activities. The workshop was
fruitful in re-aligning projected milestones, activities
and indicators for UniBRAIN in line with its strategic
objectives.
Overall, implementation of UniBRAIN project has
progressed well and it is hoped that the pace of
implementation will progress even faster in the coming
year particularly because pending issues on funding havenow been ironed out with FARA.

www.atpsnet.org

Research and Capacity Building

A cross section of delegates keenly follow the proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference. Photo | ATPS

Science, Technology and Innovation Governance
Programs
Collaboration with SET-DEV partners to draft an African
Manifesto for STI
2010 saw the continued implementation of the European
Framework 7 funded INCO program on: “Science Ethics
and Technological Responsibility in Developing andEmerging Countries” (SETDEV). The SETDEV project
culminated in drafting of four outputs, namely, two
manifestos - an African and an Indian manifesto for
Science, Technology and Innovation, and two handbooks
on Socialization of Scientiﬁc and Technological Research(STR) for Kenya and India. The outputs will be productsof multi-lateral dialogue between the SETDEV partners in
Africa, Europe and India, and key stakeholders in Africa,
Europe and India.

The University of Maastricht (Netherlands), Laboratorio di
Scienze della Cittadinanza, (Italy),Max Delbrueck Centrum
fuer Molekulare Medizin (Germany), Minerva Consulting& Communication Sprl (Brussels), Lunds Universitet(Sweden), National Centre for Research (Italy), Universityof Central Lancashire- Lancashire Business Schools (UK),Centre for Law, Information & Converging Technologies(UK), University of Hyderabad (India), Centre for World
Solidarity (India) as well as boundary partners andstakeholders in America and Canada.

ATPS leveraged SETDEV program to produce a manifesto
for STI in Africa. The content and vision of the manifesto
was shaped by a dynamic multi-lateral dialogue amongst
SETDEV partners and key stakeholders in Africa collated
through targeted focus group discussions, bilateralinterviews and high level meetings with key ofﬁcials,
round tables, workshops, international conferences andcase studies in selected countries across the continent.

ATPS was invited to present the draft manifesto at theRoyal Society in England alongside other ongoing
manifesto drafting processes in India and globally.
The STEPS Centre UK, who published the ﬁrst manifesto
for STI in the 1970’s, engaged ATPS while the manifesto
was under preparation. STEPS expressed interest to workwith ATPS to produce articles and funding proposals
on the basis of the manifestos from both organizations.
One outcome of these discussions is an opinion article
prepared by Dr. Kevin Urama (ATPS) and Dr. Adrian Ely(STEPS, UK) for SciDev.Net which was published on 15
June 2010. The article titled “Adrian Ely and Kevin Urama
call for a new politics of innovation built around diversity,
poverty reduction and environmental sustainability” canbe accessed at http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/wemust-nurture-a-new-innovation-politics.html.

The manifesto is an outcome of the engagement of a large
number of key expertise and diverse experiences among
SETDEV partners in Africa, among them Intermedia-NCG,

Following extensive review by partners in Africa, India,
and Europe, the Manifesto was published and launchedon 27th November 2010 at the 2010 ATPS Annual

www.atpsnet.org

Conference and Workshop in Cairo, Egypt. The Manifesto
was well received by the invited delegates who viewed asboth timely and resourceful.
Focus Group Workshop on Science Communication andReview of the African Manifesto for STI
ATPS organised a focus group discussion in March 2010
where the zero draft of the manifesto was presented toparticipants. Prof Osita Ogbu, former Executive Directorof ATPS reviewed all multi-lateral dialogue leading to
the development of the draft manifesto and provided
a synthesis of the manifesto drawing on his wealth ofexperience in STI policy research, policy advocacy andexperience as a policy practitioner on the ground.
Drafting the Handbook for socialisation of STI in Kenya
A handbook for socialization of STI in Kenya based on
lessons learned from the multi-lateral dialogue andfocused group workshops and ethnographic case studies
carried out in Kenya is in its drafting stage. ATPS and its
European partners carried out a series of focus group
workshops and ethnographic research focusing on thegood practices at the Kenya National Council for Scienceand Technology, Egerton University. Ms Wairimu Mwangi,
ATPS Research Ofﬁcer, liaised with the partners to carryout the case study research.
The information gathered from these participatory
studies went towards the development of a handbook
containing operational standards and protocols toimprove the capacity of Kenyan research institutions, civilsociety Organizations, business associations and public
administration in the socialization of Science, Technology
and Research. One of the conclusions drawn reached fromthe rapid assessment of the two institutions indicated that
there was some degree of adherence to certain principles
which, under the current SET-DEV project, have been
deﬁned as core principles. Another conclusion drawn wasthat such principles are of relevance and signiﬁcance to
STR operations. There is also evidence that some of theareas of socialisation of STR identiﬁed under the SET-DEV
Project are already being focused upon.

Research and Capacity Building

National Conference on Privacy and Data Protection
Law in Kenya
As part of its ongoing implementation of the SETDEV
project, a national conference on Privacy and Data
Protection was held on 21 September 2010 in Nairobi,
Kenya. This initiative was led by Prof Joseph Canatacciof the University of Central Lancashire one of the elevenpartners in the SETDEV consortium.
Coincidentally, this conference tackled the theme of Privacy
and Data Protection barely a month after promulgationof a new constitution in Kenya which introduces radical
new provisions on privacy and access to information insections 31 & 35. Among other things, the conference
looked at different options for laws which would act asenabling legislation for the new constitutional provisions.
It also presented ground-breaking new research on theattitudes towards privacy in some of Kenya’s indigenous
people and will include a presentation by one of the EU’s
leading experts on the ﬁeld of privacy and data protection.
The conference was attended by 19 stakeholders fromkey institutions in Kenya invited by ATPS, including theCommunications Commission of Kenya (CCK), Centre for Legal
Information and Communication in Kenya (CLICK), Kenya ICT
Network, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)-Kenya
and the Ogiek Peoples Development Program. ATPS was
represented at the meeting by Ag. Senior Communications
and Outreach Ofﬁcer Mr Marsden Momanyi.
Nanotechnologies for Development
ATPS hosted two African PhD students and supported
PhD and post doctoral students from India and Denmark
researching Nanotechnologies for Development.
The topic centered on creating a Framework for
Democratic Governance of Risks in Developing Countries
and was done in collaboration with Maastricht University
and the University of Hyderabad. ATPS has continued
with implementation of the integrated program on“Nanotechnologies for Development in India, Kenya andthe Netherlands which will address the inevitable risks
and beneﬁts associated with emerging technologies,
such as nanotechnology. ATPS role in the project involves
establishing and hosting the NANODEV website toenhance its role as a knowledge broker in the emerging
ﬁeld. The project is led by Prof Wiebe Bijker.

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

Ms. Lucy Muchoki, CEO of PanAAC and Dr. Kevin Urama, the ATPS Executive Director, exchange greetings after signing an MoU between the two institutions.

International Cooperation
and Partnerships

Dr H.M Chimoyo (right) and Mr. Marsden Momanyi exchange greetings after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the ATPS Malawi chapter and the
NCST Malawi for collaboration between the two institutions.. ATPSATPS has continued to place a premium onbuilding partnerships and collaborations. In 2010,
ATPS continued consolidating partnerships andcooperation with relevant STI institutions in Africa andglobally. Six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) weresigned and a number of partnerships are under discussion.

International Round Table Discussion Forums
ATPS has continued to engage in international policy
dialogues in various fora including relevant global
panels, Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change
Adaptation, the International Panel for Sustainable
Resources Management, African Adaptation Network
and interventions at the 7th African Development Forum
Union hosted by the African Union. Other engagements
have been with the United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa and the African Development Bank amongst
many others.
ATPS Executive Director plays key role as a lead author for
the IPCC-SRREN report and chairs the working group of
the UNEP Resource Panel. He also co-chairs the African

Adaptation Network and was a resource person for the
African Development Forum section on harnessing STI in
addressing climate change in Africa. ATPS role in theseinternational forums has led to increased visibility for the
network on the continent and globally. As a result, wehave been approached for partnerships on some of ourprograms by a number of key stakeholders including the
UNECA and other international players.
Trainer of Trainers to promote awareness on
intellectual property
A Training of Trainers (ToT) was conducted at the ATPS
conference and workshop on November 26 2010 in
Cairo, Egypt. The objective was to promote awarenessof traditional knowledge, access and beneﬁt sharing
and effective IP seed systems at the grass root levels to
encourage integration of concerns to National IP Policy
and Legal Framework making in participating countries.
Two experts were identiﬁed from each participating
country to beneﬁt from the ToTs which also featured
participation from members of the national steeringInternational Cooperation and Partnerships

committee as well as national chapter coordinators. The
ToT included assessment of available data from national
chapters and deliberations on available promotional
materials and those that need to be developed for
creating awareness.
Developing a Framework for Interactive Collaborative
Environment (ICE) for Climate Change Adaptation
This aim of this activity is to design and implement a
web-hosted Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE)for climate change adaptation and resilience capacity
building in Africa for climate change knowledge circulationand knowledge valorization. ICE will be web-hosted andwill function as a climate market place where stakeholders
can ask questions and receive leading answers anddirections from core experts. ICE addresses the needto strengthen climate resilience by providing quadruple
helix stakeholders with an integrated collaborativeenvironment where easy access to better structured
and interconnected knowledge and intelligence tools
can enhance capacities to understand, harmonize andcooperate in efforts to build climate resilience in Africa
and elsewhere.
Generally, ICE will have the latest digital development,
including web-wikis, blogs, forums, ﬁle sharing and secure
threaded discussions. Participation in the ICE can be inreal time or off-line, depending on the topics and type ofparticipation. ICE will put in place a team workspace, for
implementing document management, web calendars,
workﬂows and all group working support functions.
Real time tools will allow stakeholders to implement
virtual conferences on speciﬁc climate change related
tasks (policy development, modeling challenge, data
management, research questions, etc). This platform will
be a module-based solution scalable in terms of number ofusers that can access it and functions performed throughfurther integration according to the future developmentof the action.
The ATPS has also put in place a framework and is in
the process of developing an Interactive Collaborative
Platform (ICE) for climate change knowledge circulationand knowledge valorization. The ICE will be web-hosted
and will function as a Climate market place wherestakeholders can ask questions and receive leading
answers and directions of core experts to be contacted
for further advice and/or available relevant resources.

www.atpsnet.org

Joint Participatory Dialogue on STI Policy Issues
Training of NAFDAC on National Systems of Innovation& Clinical Trials
ATPS participated in NAFDAC capacity building
workshop on National Systems of Innovation and Clinical
Trials in Abuja, Nigeria. With the successful signing of
the MoU on National Systems of Innovation in Nigeria, inAugust 2010, plans are underway to ensure its continued
implementation in the year 2011.
UNESCO Global Science Report for 2004-2010
Dr Kevin Urama was invited by UNESCO to partnerwith other colleagues to write the African chapter of the
UNESCO Science Report, 2010. This UNESCO led bookvolume is published every 5 years on the state of Scienceand Technology globally. During the process, ATPS
discovered that there is paucity of data and information
on STI indicators in many African countries, hence theproposal to start a biennial publication on the subject.
The chapter is now complete and has been published by
UNESCO with due acknowledgements given to the ATPS
as lead contributing authors for the African chapter. The
editor of the global report, Ms. Susan Schneegans from
UNESCO Paris attended the ATPS annual conference andworkshops in Cairo, November 2010 and presented thereport’s key ﬁndings to the delegates.
Launch of the Biennial Publication on the State of STI in Africa
Following the approval by the 17th ATPS Board, ATPS
secretariat launched and is in the process of publishingbiennial report on the State of STI in Africa. Key experts
were identiﬁed and invited to the ﬁrst workshop to reﬁneand harmonize the indicators of measuring progress in STI
for development across the continent. An initial template
was circulated to ATPS national chapters for comments
during the process of drafting the African chapter on theState of STI in Africa – a book chapter in the UNESCO
Science report, 2010. Contributions to the biennial
report were received from delegates who attended the2010 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop held in
November 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. Key experts were given
an opportunity to make presentations on STI related
issues with perspectives from their respective countries.
The revised manuscripts from the presenters are currently
under review with an aim of publishing them in thebiennial report.

www.atpsnet.org

ATPS/RMRDC/NUC/NOTAP/World Bank & STEP B
Project Collaborative Conference
Dr. Kevin Urama represented ATPS at various meetings
held with partners to plan for the joint activities under the
ATPS/RMRDC MoU for the year 2010. Following successful
discussions and negotiations, the Director General of
the RMRDC offered to allocate an ofﬁce for the National
Systems of Innovation (NSI) Steering committee which
is chaired by the ATPS. This is in addition to provisionof equipment, stationery and other ofﬁce facilities anddelegation of a dedicated RMRDC staff, NOTAP Staff and
NUC staff for the effective running of the NSI Secretariat.
The ATPS Secretariat has encouraged ATPS-Nigeria
National Coordinator, Prof Michael Madukwe to explore
ways of leveraging this opportunity to strengthen thepresence of the ATPS Nigerian Chapter in Abuja. ProfMadukwe and other key ATPS members in Nigeria arealso members of the NSI Steering Committee.
International Panel for Sustainable Resource
Management (the Resource Panel in Kenya, Belgium,
Sweden, Israel and South Africa)
In 2009, Dr Urama was appointed a member of the
UNEP Resource Panel for Sustainable Natural Resources
Management, 2009 – 2011. He was subsequently
appointed chair of the Sustainable Water Management
Working Group of the Panel. ATPS received a contractfrom UNEP to support the publication of a book volume
on Decoupling, Water Efﬁciency and Water Productivity
with case studies globally. The Panel also supports Dr
Urama’s participation in the Resource Panel’s meetings
with the Steering Committee comprised of many UN
Member Governments globally. This provided a costeffective avenue for popularizing work done under the
ATPS Water & Environmental Sustainability Program andmainstreaming STI in these global policy dialogues.
ATPS hosted the Water Working Group of the Resource
Panel with delegates from Europe, South America, USA,
India and Africa in March 2010, to discuss the First Report of
the Working Group. This activity is expected to produce fourglobal reports on water and environmental sustainability
with contributions from leading experts in Europe, Asia,
North, America, Australia China, Thailand, Japan, thePhilippines, and Africa. Dr Urama has participated insubsequent meetings in Brussels, Belgium (June 2010),
Stockholm, Sweden (September 2010) and Tel Aviv Israel(November 2010) to discuss the progress of the reports as
the compilation and preparation process unfolds.

International Cooperation and Partnerships

This activity has played a key role in mainstreaming STI
in UNEP’s response to the global sustainability challenge
and also provided opportunities for popularizing STI
amongst the key Stakeholders and members governments
associated with the Panel.
Fourth Lead Author’s Meeting for the IPCC-SRREN, 2024 September 2010, Mexico
Dr Urama was appointed Lead Author for theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate
Change Mitigation. He was subsequently invited to the
Fourth Lead Authors’ Meeting in Mexico, at which he wasnominated as part of the team to draft the Summary for
Policy Makers for the Fourth IPCC report. This invitation
followed his earlier invitation to the IPCC Working Group
III meeting held in Washington DC in February 2010 as
an Expert Reviewer. IPCC is a key authority deliberating
renewable energy and climate change issues and hence
provides useful contacts and resources for the ATPS
Climate Sense Programme activities.
Strengthening Partnerships among the Quadruple
Helix
MoU between ATPS and AID-ME, Egypt
ATPS signed an MoU with the Academy for International
Development – Middle East (AID-ME) of Egypt thatwill see both organizations collaborate in the joint
development and implementation of mutually relevant
projects, knowledge and information exchange and joint
fundraising. Under the MoU, Ms. Manal Moustafa Samra
was appointed the National Focal Point Coordinatorresponsible for overall supervision of all ATPS activities
in Egypt in liaison with ATPS Regional Secretariat
Management. The MoU will also allow AID-ME tocoordinate the process of securing formal registrationof ATPS National Chapter in Egypt as an afﬁliate chapterof the ATPS in Egypt by the year 2012, coordinated by
a National Coordinator to be elected in accordance with
ATPS Policies and Procedures. AID-ME collaborated with
ATPS to host the 2010 Annual Conference and Workshop
in Cairo, Egypt and facilitated the participation of key
delegates to the conference including Prof. Maged ElSherbiny, the President of Scientiﬁc Research andTechnology (ASRT) who is also the Assistant Minister inthe Ministry of Scientiﬁc Research, policy making andGovernment, Cairo, Egypt.

International Cooperation and Partnerships

www.atpsnet.org

Ms Manal Samra, the focal point coordinator ATPS Egypt chapter. ATPSMoU between ATPS and NCST Malawi
Further to the decisions of the 17th ATPS Board, ATPS
and the Malawi National Commission for Science andTechnology entered into a partnership that will see both
institutions work together. The partnership will see ATPS
provide leadership in STI through evolving thematic andnon-thematic strategic priorities while the NCST Malawi
hosts the ATPS national chapter in Malawi. Mr Marsden
Momanyi was in Malawi in September 2010 to represent
the Executive Director at the signing ceremony of the
MoU ﬁrming up this partnership. The event was coveredby the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation and other media
organizations present at the event.
MoU for Establishment of a National Systems of
Innovation for Nigeria
On August 13 2010, ATPS entered into a joint MoU with the
National Universities Commission (NUC), Raw Materials
Research and Development Council (RMRDC), National
Ofﬁce for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)
and the Science and Technology Education Post Basic
Project (STEP-B) all based in Abuja, Nigeria. The MoU isgeared at establishing a National Systems of Innovation(NSI) for Nigeria. Under the MoU, the four agencies
which constitute the National Steering Committee (NSC)
purposed to promote the sharing of information among

themselves on all relevant innovation related activities
to ensure synergy and strategic pool of resources forsustainable development. The NSC is chaired by the
ATPS represented by Dr Kevin Urama.
MoU between ATPS and Science Africa Ltd
On July 22 2010, ATPS signed an MoU with Science Africa
that will see both institutions collaborate in conducting
training programs on sciences, technology and innovation
policy tailored for journalists and artists. The MoU will
also see the two organizations jointly conduct at least
one training program for journalists and artists. Under
the MoU, Science Africa will provide media and publicity
services and produce reports for these training programs.
MoU between ATPS and PanAAC
A MoU between ATPS and Pan African AgriBusiness
Consortium (PanAAC) was signed on 20 May 2010. Under
the MoU, both parties will continually explore and develop
areas of collaboration that aim to harness and improvemutually beneﬁting capacities and networking resources.
They will also work to sustain evidence-based knowledge
about target sectors/industries through mutually arranged
mechanisms including task-oriented staff exchanges,
knowledge-based dialogue, research communicationand joint programs with afﬁliate organizations.

www.atpsnet.org

MoU between ATPS and RUFORUMA MoU between ATPS and Regional Universities Forumfor Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) was
signed on 16 May 2010. Under the MoU, both parties
will continually explore mechanisms of strengthening
the existing collaborations and partnerships. The MoU
will also see the two organizations collaborating in joint
fundraising on subjects of mutual interest as well as
conduct training programmes on sciences, technology
and innovation policy designed for policy makers, policy
analysts, parliamentarians, journalists and researchers.
Partnership with the Kenya National Council of Scienceand Technology (NCST)
ATPS Secretariat has also strengthened partnership with
relevant STI and state institutions in Africa including
the Kenya National Council of Science and Technology(NCST). The council has been receptive to the idea of
engaging the ATPS-Kenya chapter in discussions on how
to ensure that the chapter takes a proper stage in national
STI policy dialogues in Kenya. The NCST partnership has
further been consolidated with the appointment of the
NCST Executive Secretary, Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak to
the ATPS Board. Discussions are ongoing regarding thehosting of the ATPS Kenya by the NCST Kenya accordingly.
African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
Dr. Iba Kone of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has
expressed a willingness to partner with ATPS especially on
their climate change programs. Discussions on potential
MoU between ATPS and the AAS on how to take forward
the partnership is currently ongoing.
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Dr. Urama has initiated discussions with AERC regarding
possible collaboration. The Executive Director of AERC
has expressed interest in taking forward the discussion.
Areas of potential collaboration include the ATPS role indisseminating research results to policy makers throughits network of national chapters and also initiatives of the
AERC on the economics of climate change, among others.
Other Ongoing Collaborations and Institutional
Networks
During this period, the ATPS has continued to build andstrengthen partnerships and collaborations with key
stakeholders in Africa and internationally. Some of theinstitutions that have continued partnering with ATPS for
implementation of STI relevant activities during the year

International Cooperation and Partnerships

include the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology(FMST), Federal Republic of Nigeria; Raw Materials
Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Federal
Ministry of Environment, Nigeria; and Africa Nations
Development Program (ANDP) among many others.
Indication of willingness to work with the ATPS has
been received from the NCST Kenya, Uganda National
Council of Science and Tehcnology (UNCST), TanzanianCommission for Science and Technology (COSTECH),
African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Africa Climate Policy
Center (ACPC), Social, Technological and Environmental
Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre, UK, and others.
These partnerships will signiﬁcantly increase ATPS’ role inknowledge brokerage, valorization and policy advocacy
both in Africa and beyond. These partnerships havealso enhanced ATPS’ engagement with like-minded
institutions in building STI capacity in Africa throughcollaboration. Brief reports on ongoing discussions onsome of these partnerships are discussed in relevant
sections of this narrative report.
Support to NEPAD, AU and Other Regional Bodies
Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture
in Africa, Speke Resort & Conference Centre Munyonyo,
Kampala, Uganda, 15-19 November 2010
The ATPS in collaboration with the Regional Universities
Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) andother development partners including the Development
Research Network (DDRN) organized a Ministerial
Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa(CHEA). The conference took place at the Speke Resort andConference Centre Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda from
15-19 November 2010.
As part of the conference, ATPS together with RUFORUM
and DDRN conducted a Pre-Conference workshop on
Strengthening University Competence and Practice forEngagement with Policy from 13-14 November, 2010
following which a parallel event was held on 16 November,2010 on Placing Agricultural Tertiary Education in Policy
Agenda in Africa. The outputs/outcomes from the one
day parallel session were used to feed into the plenary
session of the Ministerial Conference on Higher Education.
The event was used to brainstorm and synthesize relevant
recommendations on how to get tertiary education role
integrated into country development strategies andpolicies.

International Cooperation and Partnerships

www.atpsnet.org

Shongweni spillway equiped by fusegates during ﬂood . WIKIMEDIA COMMONSThe immediate beneﬁciaries will be universities in Africa andhigher education networks concerned with informing policy
debates with research based knowledge and advocating
for the need to give the highest priority to African tertiary
education in agriculture and natural resource; participantsin the Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in
Agriculture, especially in the parallel session on Theme
5: Placing Agricultural Tertiary Education on the Policy
Agenda and in the long term farmers and other agricultural
stakeholders on the continent will beneﬁt from returns fromhigher education
A key outcome of the conference was a Ministerial
Communiqué adopted by ministers from 10 countries
including Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique,
Niger, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The
Communiqué called on the need for renewed and vigorousemphasis by African governments on restoring the qualityof higher education in agriculture. It also called for increased
investment in higher education in agriculture in Africa andto be included as an integral agricultural development
investment in CAADP Country Compacts and Medium Term
Agricultural Productivity Programmes, through structured
fore sighting.

African Development Forum-VII, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
10-15 October 2010
The Seventh African Development Forum (ADF-VII) was
held at UNECA from 10-15 October 2010 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. The forum brought together many participants
including Heads of State and Government, African member
states, development partners, other United Nations
agencies, inter governmental and non-governmentalorganizations, academia, development practitioners,
civil society and other stakeholders. The theme of the
ADF-VII was Acting on Climate Change for Sustainable
Development in Africa and it provided a multi-stakeholder
platform to discuss Africa’s interests in preparation of the
16th Conference of parties of the United Nations Climate
Change Conference scheduled to take place in Cancun,
Mexico in December 2010. Dr. Urama’s participation in theconference was funded by the AU and UNECAIn recognition of the strategic role that ATPS plays in STI
and its pioneering leadership in mainstreaming STI in
the global climate dialogue, Dr. Kevin Urama was invited
to the conference as a discussant for one of the Focus
Breakout Session on the sub-theme: Science, technology,
innovation and capacity building. Dr. Urama’s participation
at the conference was very instrumental as an opportunity
to share some of the initiatives of the network with key

www.atpsnet.org

delegates at the conference. The invitation also enabled
ATPS to establish useful contacts that can be followed up
to forge links with UN-ECA and the African Union (AU).
The third African Congress for Scientiﬁc Research andTechnology, 2 - 4 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt
ATPS championed the success of its youth and gender
empowerment programme at a regional forum - the third
African Congress for Scientiﬁc Research and Technology
held in Cairo, Egypt from 2-4 November 2010. The
Acting Senior Communications and Outreach Ofﬁcer,
Mr. Marsden Momanyi represented ATPS at the meeting
which brought together youth and women organizations
from across Africa, with a focus on science, technology andinnovation as the engine for development in Africa. The
objective of the congress, which was co-sponsored by theAfrican Union’s Human Resources, Science & Technology
Cluster Social Affairs Cluster ECOSOCC and the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa among others,
was to increase awareness and interest in science,engineering and technology-based professions with afocus on the role of Scientiﬁc Research and Technology
in Africa’s Development and in attaining the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). Mr. Momanyi presented
a paper titled Mindset Change – From problems tosolutions which focused on the ATPS Youth Innovation
Challenge Programme. The meeting discussed strategies
to develop an Africa-wide database of youth and women
involved in STI which the ATPS is well positioned tocontribute towards.
During the congress, challenges and opportunities forbuilding the capacities of Africa’s youth and women wereshared as well as best practices by similar initiatives inAfrica. It sought to build synergies between the various
youth and women STI actors in Africa.
Other partners who sponsored the meeting include:
African Society for Scientiﬁc Research and Technology(ASSRT), the National Research Center of Egypt, African
Alliance for Women Empowerment (AFRAWE), FEMNET
and the Science and Technology Committee of theEgyptian Business Women Association.
Convening of Rockefeller Foundation Climate Change
Adaptation and African Agriculture Grantees, February
4, 2010The ATPS was invited to present its activities to theRockefeller Foundation at a grantees’ convening held

International Cooperation and Partnerships

on February 4, 2010, with the aim of harmonizing areasof collaboration, partnerships and adjustments. At themeeting, Dr. Nicholas Ozor, ATPS Post-Doctoral ResearchOfﬁcer made a presentation on the ATPS activities
supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. This paved
way for creating linkages with other grantees working in
related areas. The grantees also discussed the way forward
and proposed to form a network, details of which will becirculated as the process unfolds.
Jatropha Carcas derived Bio fuel Industry in Africa,
February 22 – 23, 2010
The ATPS participated at a meeting on Jatropha Carcas
derived Bio fuel Industry in Africa from February 22 –23, 2010. Dr. Nicholas Ozor, who represented ATPS at
the meeting presented a paper titled Roadmap for
Sustainable Renewable Energy through Policy. The
meeting provided a forum for garnering more in-depth
knowledge on Jatropha Carcass and institutions actively
involved in promoting sustainable renewable energy inAfrica. At the meeting, other organizations in attendance
expressed interest in ATPS work, the most notable being
Eng. Ishmael N. Machiya from the Zimbabwe Academy of
Science who provided a useful link to his country’s Ministryof Science and Technology. ATPS will continue to pursue
the contacts gained from this meeting.
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Development, January
27 – 29, 2010
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-EARPO) invited
ATPS to a meeting dubbed Naivasha II: Poverty Network
in Africa which was held from 27-29 January 2010. The
meeting was a follow up to another meeting, also heldin Naivasha, Kenya, that resulted in the WWF adopting
a position paper on poverty. Ms. Wairimu Mwangi, ATPS
Research Ofﬁcer represented ATPS and presented akeynote paper on Climate Change, development andbiodiversity at the meeting. The meeting built on previous
interactions between ATPS and WWF-EARPO and it
presented a great opportunity for ATPS to introduce theangle of technology and innovation as a tool to achieveboth WWF’s objectives.
African Carbon Forum, March 3 – 5, 2010
Ms. Wairimu Mwangi, represented ATPS at the African
Carbon Forum held at the UNON ofﬁces in Gigiri, Nairobi
from March 3 – 5, 2010. The purpose of ATPS’s participation
at the meeting was to explore how carbon markets canprovide solutions for climate change management and inInternational Cooperation and Partnerships

www.atpsnet.org

A farm in Mpumalanga South Africa. Photos | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

charting a green economic path for Africa. There is huge
unexploited potential for greening Africa particularly inthe area of renewable energy technologies and clean
technologies. Most of the developed countries expressedinterest in supporting and investing in this area. The
meeting provided particularly useful information which
ATPS can use to develop its climate sense programand also further explore the proposed project on newtechnologies for a Green Economy.
Water Utilization in African Beverage Industries: Current
Practices and Prospects, March 24, 2010
A delegation of three ofﬁcials from ATPS attended a meetingon Water Utilization in African Beverage Industries: Current
practices and prospects on March 24, 2010 at the UNEP
headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi. The meeting provided aforum for engaging dialogue on the water efﬁciency debate

particularly on the industrial perspective and was also an
informative forum where participants were made aware of
the need to participate in the ongoing work on the Resource
panel Water Working Group. Dr. Urama made a presentationon the ongoing work under the Resource Panel’s Water
Working Group, in which ATPS is taking a lead role.
Sustainable Water Management Working Group of theInternational Resource Panel, March 28 – 29, 2010
During the reporting period, the ATPS hosted the Water
Working Group of the Resource Panel with delegates from
Europe, South America, USA, India, and Africa in March
2010, to discuss the First Report of the Working Group. This
activity is expected to produce four global reports on waterand environmental sustainability with contributions fromleading experts in Europe, Asia, North, America, Australia
China, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa.

www.atpsnet.org

Rockefeller Foundation Africa Grantee Convened
ATPS delegates amongst other grantees funded by theRockefeller Foundation (RF) participated in a three day
Grantee Convening organized by the Foundation in Nairobi,
Kenya, from May 14 – 16, 2010. The objective of the meeting
was to share the work that the Foundation is supporting
across the region. It also provided an opportunity for RF
to share with its grantees current thinking in moving theirinitiatives towards utilization of results based management,
revamping of the grant making process and also share theavailability and the application process of their facilities at
Bellagio in Italy for conferences and other residential uses.
ATPS gave a presentation about ATPS and its activities andits science communication initiatives. The event offereda useful platform for ATPS to raise its proﬁle amongst agathering of Rockefeller grantee organizations and donors
present and to share its experience in promoting science,technology and innovation policy research, dialogue andpractice for African development. The Managing Directorof the Rockefeller Foundation’s Africa Regional Ofﬁce
Mr James Nyoru, expressed interest in the ATPS YouthInnovation Challenge (Y I CAN) and Women Innovation
Challenge (WE CAN) Programs. This engagement wasvery beneﬁcial to ATPS as it identiﬁed fertile grounds to
explore future strategic linkages between the Rockefeller
Foundation and ATPS, particularly in communicating STI
with policy-makers in Africa. The meeting also created abetter understanding for the grantees on the expectations
from the Foundation as they implement their activities.
The ATPS has now been invited by Rockefeller Foundation
to lead a proposal on engaging policy makers to use theresearch results. The proposal will be in partnership withleading African institutions in this area from Ghana, South
Africa and Kenya. ATPS also had an exhibition desk at theevent where ATPS outputs were disseminated.
Roundtable on Economics of Adaptation to Climate
Change for Africa for Policy Makers, Development
partners and Experts, 27-28 April 2010
Roundtable discussions on Economics of Adaptation to
Climate Change for Africa for Policy Makers, Development
partners and Experts took place in April 2010 in Tunis,
Tunisia. The two day meeting was organized by the SaharaInternational Cooperation and Partnerships

and Sahara Observatory, (OSS) in collaboration with theStockholm Environment Institute, Oxford (SEI-Oxford)
through the support of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), African Development Bank (AfDB)
among others. The meeting engaged in evidencebased discussions on the potential costs of adaptation
for Africa, which included presentations of recent projectwork including sectoral results from the UNEP sponsored
AdaptCost project, as well as updates from ongoingwork by UNDP, AfDB and the World Bank. The meeting
identiﬁed urgent investment priorities, high-level messages
and strategic policy responses, and a way forward for postCopenhagen. ATPS was represented by Dr. Nicholas Ozor,
the Post-Doctoral research Ofﬁcer.
National Council for Science and Technology (NCST)
Kenya Conference on Harnessing STI for National
Development, 03 – 07 May 2010
The Kenya National Council for Science and Technology(NCST) invited ATPS to its 3rd National Conference on
Dissemination of Research Results and Exhibition of
Innovations which was held in Nairobi, Kenya from May 03– 07, 2010. Dr. Kevin Urama gave a keynote presentation on
Science, Technology and Innovation, and poverty alleviationin Africa at the conference whose theme was “Harnessing
STI for National Development”. The delegation at themeeting included Dr. Peter Ndemere, Executive Secretaryof Uganda National Council for Science and Technology(UNCST), Dr. Nicholas Nyange, Chief Research Ofﬁcer,
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology(COSTECH) and other delegates from UK and Japan. The
conference was also graced by Hon.William Ruto, EGH,MP
then Minister for Higher Education, Science & Technologyof the Republic of Kenya.
Experts Workshop to Discuss the Draft African Strategy
on Climate Change, 16th - 19th November, 2010, Nairobi,
Kenya
The Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA)
of the African Union organized an Experts Workshop to
discuss the draft African Strategy on Climate Change. ATPS
was invited to share its expertise at this event which serves
as an indication of its growing visibility amongst regional
institutions, and role in shaping policies on the continent.

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

Courtesy | PHOTOS.COM

Youth and Gender
Empowerment Program

The launch of the Youth Innovation Challenge Program.

Y

OUTH AND GENDER empowerment
represents an important pillar for Africa’s
growth and development. ATPS hasleveraged its scale and depth of knowledge toinvest in this segment of the population with theaim of encouraging innovation and rapid adoptionof science of technology which will percolate to thebroader community.
In 2010, ATPS accelerated its effort to build thecapacities of Africa’s youth to engage in STI policy
research, dialogue and practice, through the YouthInnovation Challenge (Y I CAN) Program. These efforts
were aligned to ATPS Phase VI program on youth
and gender empowerment - a strategic initiative thatmakes speciﬁc commitments to youth and genderissues.
ATPS invited a call for concept papers for the 2010
Youth Climate Change Innovation Award. The aimof this initiative was to build the capacity of Africa’s
youth in climate change adaptation, mitigation

and resilience through science, technology andinnovation. Additionally, the challenge was supportedby the Climate Sense Program (CSP) which aims topromote climate change dialogue and encourage
new scientiﬁc breakthroughs, new technologies andinnovations to address the climate challenge at alllevels of the African society.
African Youth Forum for Science and Technology(AYFST)
Regional Competitions on Innovation Incubation for
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (Y I CAN)
In 2010 ATPS initiated regional competitions on STI
relevant subjects under the AYTST and YICAN witha speciﬁc focus on innovation incubation for climatechange adaptation and mitigation, agricultural
innovations, poverty alleviation and entrepreneurshipprograms. This competition provided a great platform
for innovation which can only grow. Concept papers
from the following categories were invited.

Youth and Gender Empowerment Program

www.atpsnet.org

Tana river after busting its banks.. Photo | WIKEMEDIA COMMONS

i. Ongoing Research Project that includes a tangible“make” or “design” perspective and demonstrates
how it will lead to tangible technologies,
organizational reforms, or new policies foraddressing tangible climate induced problems
at local levels. Applications in this category wererequired to include the full manuscripts on the
research project describing tangible technologies,
organizational reforms, or new policies andidentiﬁed funding linkages to impact investors.
ii.

Prototypes of new technologies requiring
incubation and up scaling to innovations for climatechange adaptation, mitigation and resiliencebuilding. Applications in this category needed
to be accompanied by letters of support by theprospective Incubation Centres or identiﬁable
funding linkages to impact investors.

iii.Tangible propositions for local or international
Internships/Mentorships and Innovation Incubation
Initiatives in selected STI institutions, the formal
private sector, or government agency in Africa andelsewhere. Applications in this category needed
to be accompanied by letters of support by theprospective Incubation Centres, institutions,
government agency or private sector establishments,
describing how the “budding innovative idea”

will be incubated into tangible technologies andinnovations for development in Africa.
iv. Empirical case examples of sustainable indigenous
knowledge practices in climate change adaptation,
impact mitigation and resilience capacity building
in rural African communities. This would include
indigenous practices by local communities who
might not otherwise be able to submit proposals.
v. Best-case examples on how the challenge andopportunities of climate change can be effectively
communicated to policymakers, private sector
actors, scientists and the civil society in Africa. Inline with the CSP objectives, each application had tomake tangible contributions to better understandingof the science, economics, politics, and innovative
opportunities in the challenge of climate change,
and inform better response strategies through STI.
After successfully launching the competition, diverse
and impressive entries were received from 12 Africancountries, making the selection process not an easy
one given the innovativeness, relevance and potential
impact on livelihoods among the submissions. 15
concept papers passed through the preliminary
stage of review and were shortlisted for further
interrogation during the next stage of the selection

www.atpsnet.org

process based on their tangible contributions tobetter understanding of the science, economics,
politics, and innovative opportunities in the challengeof climate change, and their potential to inform better
response strategies through STI. The second round
involved the participation of the lead proponents in
a Proposal Tournament organized by ATPS on 26th
November 2010, as a parallel event during the 2010
ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop held in Cairo,
Egypt. All the 15 proposals shortlisted under thiscategory passed the threshold for fundable proposals
as per the scores received from the National Chapter
Coordinators and the Independent International
Expert Panel of Reviewer (IIEPR) following the
rigorous Participatory Proposal Evaluation System(PPES) adopted by the ATPS in 2008. Subsequently,
the 15 proposals were approved for funding by
the 18th meeting of the ATPS Board. The National
Chapter Coordinators and the IIEPR members who
participated in the selection process will be actively
engaged throughout the implementation stages of
the research studies which will be commissioned in
the year 2011. Refer to Annex 1 (AYFST)AYFST and Youth Innovation Challenge Programme:
Steering Committee Meetings
The 5th AYFST Steering Committee meeting andworkshop was held on August 9-11, 2010 in Ghana.
The Ghana National Chapter of ATPS hosted thethree-day event in Accra, the symbolic birthplace of
AYFST. The meeting brought together members from
Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia.
The AYFST event was a follow-up to the 4th AYFSTSteering Committee Meeting and launch of the Y I
CAN initiative that were held from July 13 – 16, 2009
in Mombasa, Kenya as well as the planning meetingfor the 2010 Youth Climate Change Innovation Award,
held on November 27, 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Book on Innovation for Climate Change Adaptationand Mitigation in Africa to be published
Leveraging on entries from the regional youth
challenge and other research material, a book volume
on response to climate change is planned. The bookvolume is expected to be completed in the year 2012.

Youth and Gender Empowerment Program

Support to ATPS Youth Internships and Post-Doctoral
Summer Placement Program
To accelerate investment in Africa’s youth, ATPS
introduced student internships. In 2010, seven interns
were hosted at the headquarters. They include
Ms Hannah Adari a biotechnology graduate fromthe University of Nairobi and Mr Pascal Ouandji, ajournalism graduate from Ottawa University, Canada,
Mr Cyprian Nyamweno a Bachelor of Commerce
graduate from the University of Nairobi, Mr. Josiah
Owiti a Biochemistry graduate from the University of
Nairobi, Ms. Sarah Ngetha an International Relations
graduate from the United States International
University, Nairobi, Ms Joyce Omondi a graduate
from Knoxx College, USA and Mr William Firestone a
Harvard University graduate. The interns were engaged
in the Finance and Administration, Communications
and Outreach and Research departments.
The ATPS Secretariat has continued to receive
applications for internships and short-term summer
placements from experts around the world wishing tostrengthen their networks and skills on STI in Africa.
The Secretariat hopes to expand this facility in future
as a cost effective way of building STI capacity andglobal network. This is particularly signiﬁcant for
African youth who can potentially learn and gain
exposure by engaging in peer to peer knowledge
circulation and knowledge networking. To motivate
student interns and facilitate their work, they receive
KES 8,000 per month as a contribution to their local
transport while working at ATPS. International interns
and/or their sponsors are expected to cover the costof their ﬂights, accommodation and subsistence while
undertaking internship in Kenya.
African Women Forum for Science and Technology(AWFST)
Regional Competitions on Innovation Incubation
for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (WE
CAN)
Generally, Africa lags behind in regard toadvancement of women as relates to involvementin Science, Technology and Innovation. There’s
therefore a critical need to create an enabling
environment for developing women folk to engage in
STI. Subsequently, regional competitions on Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) were initiatedYouth and Gender Empowerment Program

www.atpsnet.org

A vegetable seller in the city center of Kumasi, Ghana Photo | WIKEMEDIA COMMONS

under the auspices of the African Women Forumfor Science and Technology (AWFST) and its twin
program the Women Innovation Challenge Program(WECAN). AWFST is an innovative idea which seeks
to provide a vehicle through which African womencan express their ideas, contribute their expertise andparticipate in policy and decision-making processesin Africa. Additionally, to build capacity of womenon climate issues, a call for proposal on Climate
Change Innovation Award, 2010 was circulated to thewider ATPS network and beyond with the following
objectives:
i. To identify, document, induce and upscale
indigenous and new technologies and innovation
for climate change mitigation, adaptation, risk
reduction, preparedness and resilience capacity
building in Africa

ii. Harness new ideas, prototype technologies
and ground breaking scientiﬁc research and/or
craftsmanship in designing ‘workable solutions’for addressing the climate challenge and harness
the development opportunities in “climate change
industry” for African developmentiii. Mobilize and support African women to harness
and incubate their innovative capacities andentrepreneurship skills in addressing climatechange challenges and opportunities in Africa. The
Award winners will receive long term mentorship as
Climate Innovators in Africa
iv. Mobilize women across the continent and amplify
their voices in making sense of climate science,
economics, politics, and opportunities in Africa; andv. Mainstream a culture of innovation among African
women in ﬁnding solutions to development
challenges such as climate changewww.atpsnet.org

The research output is expected to include a tangible“make” or “design” perspective and demonstrate
how it will lead to tangible technologies, organizational
reforms, or new policies and best practices foraddressing tangible climate induced problems at
local levels.
20 proposals were received from eight countries
namely: Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya,
Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania and the United Kingdom(UK). Out of these, 10 proposals were selected fromsix countries namely Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt,Tanzania and the United Kingdom (UK). The selection
process was informed by local relevance, scientiﬁc andinnovation quality, policy relevance of the activities
and regional representation of the proposals. The
selection process utilized the ATPS Participatory
Proposal Evaluation System (PPES) where pre-advice
and peer review comments were provided by an
Independent International Expert Panel of Reviewers(IIEPR) and the respective ATPS National Chapter
Coordinators to inform the preliminary short listingof proposals for presentation at ATPS Proposal
Tournament held on 27th November 2010 as a parallel
event during the 2010 ATPS Annual Conference andWorkshop held in Cairo, Egypt.
The tournament provided opportunities for further
review of proposals by the general assembly of the
ATPS Network and the IIEPR. Of the 10 proposals
shortlisted under this category, 9 were approved forfunding by the 18th meeting of the ATPS Board. The
research grants will be implemented between January
and December 2011. Refer to Annex 1 (AWFST)AWFST and WECAN Steering Committee meetings
conducted
During the launch of the AWFST program on July
17 2009 in Mombasa, Kenya, an Interim Steering
Committee (ISC) was formed to steer the activities
and provide governance for the AWFST activities.
A resolution was passed with a commitment ofYouth and Gender Empowerment Program

conducting an election to conﬁrm the steeringcommittee members within a year. To fulﬁll thisrequirement, a 2nd Steering Committee meeting
was held in Accra, Ghana on 9-11 August, 2010. The
main objective of the meeting was to hold a formal
election of the AWFST Steering Committee as per
the resolutions agreed on at the 1st Interim Steering
Committee (ISC) and to deﬁne the organizational
structure and framework for implementation of
the ﬂagship programs and activities. The speciﬁc
objectives of the three-day meeting were to conduct:i. Mid-term review and reﬂection of the ATPS Technicaland Financial Report
ii. Conﬁrmation of the AWFST Steering Committee
Membershipiii. Constitution and Terms of Reference for the AWFST
Steering Committee
iv. Strategic Plan of Action
v. Review of the Climate Innovation Challenge Awards
for African Women
vi. WECAN Program Implementation Strategy
vii. Presentation of individual activity report for each
ISC member
The
Steering
Committee
members
weredemocratically elected during the meeting andthey will be instrumental in planning and steering
gender inclusive activities in both the African region
and the Diaspora in the coming years. The regional
representation on the committee includes: West
Africa, North Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa,
East Africa, Francophone; Lusophone and theDiaspora.
Book on Women Innovation in Climate Change to be
Published
As a result of the value gained from the regional
competitions in terms of content and innovation
ideas, ATPS will publish a book on women and theirinnovation in climate change issues. The content isbeing reviewed and packaged with the publicationslated for 2011.

www.atpsnet.org

THE
ENGAGEMENTIN UGANDAFOSTEREDPOSITIVE
THINKING
TOWARDSSCIENCECAREERSAMONG THESECONDARYSCHOOLSTUDENTS AND
ENCOURAGED
INTERACTIONAND
NETWORKINGAMONG YOUTH
WITH INTERESTIN SCIENCE
BASEDScience, Technology and Innovations
CAREERS.

for African Development

Mrs. Nadia Hassan Sidahmed, the Sudan chapter coordinator, addresses grantees attending a methodology workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.

Training and sensitization

Neils Louwaars moderates an IP discussion session at the 2010 Annual Conference.. ATPSA

S a key Pan-African institution playing
a strategic role in enhancing STI, ATPS
understands that Training and Sensitization
plays a crucial role in building a body of knowledge andsharing information to a wide variety of stakeholders
which is crucial to moving Africa forward throughinnovation. Training and sensitization is therefore amajor theme and strategic area of focus.
Training of Journalists, Artists and Policy Makers on
STI Policy Issues
ATPS collaborated with Science Africa Ltd to host asensitization workshop aimed at strengthening thecapabilities of Africa’s science journalists to report more
effectively on the centrality of STI in addressing global
challenges such as climate change. The workshop
attracted 30 print, radio and television journalists drawn
from 14 ATPS member countries including Burkina Faso,
Lesotho, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi,

Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania,
Uganda and Zambia. This network of science journalists
will be useful in disseminating research results and impact
of STI policy and capacity building interventions across
Africa.
Besides improving their reporting skills, the workshop
came up with strategies to bring the various national
science journalists’ networks together under the umbrellaof the rejuvenated and reorganized African Federation of
Science Journalists (AFSJ). Members of the AFSJ led by
the president Mr Diran Onifade presented a request to
ATPS to host the federation’s secretariat. A working group(ATPS/AFSJ Steering Committee) was constituted to carryforward this process. The team was tasked with developinga mechanism for collaboration, deﬁne governancestructures, draft terms of reference, coordinate meetingsand prioritize activities.

Training and Sensitization

Other training and sensitization activities held under thisobjective are discussed below:Launch of the ATPS World Café model
ATPS partnered with Green Drinks Nairobi to launch theWorld Science Café on Climate Change in Africa at the
National Museums of Kenya on 26 May 2010. Green Drinks
Nairobi is an informal network of people working in theenvironmental ﬁeld who meet monthly as part of a global
network. The forum has a lively mixture of people from the
UNEP complex in Gigiri Nairobi, alongside participantsfrom NGOs, academia, government and business. Green
Drinks is an organic, self-organizing network where many
people have developed new ideas, projects, partnerships
and had moments of serendipity.
The partnership with Green Drinks Nairobi intends toharness the power of an informed environmental network
which exempliﬁes the quadruple helix to create change in
Africa. The basic concept behind this initiative is to create akind of carousel on topical STI issues with the aim of coming
up with a paper that can hopefully lead to a policy brief. This
engagement allows ATPS to have a unique selling point as
most other similar engagements involve mostly dialogue
but without production of tangible outputs. The World
Science Café meeting fuses the existing methodologies
and stakeholder community established by the Greenwww.atpsnet.org

Drinks Nairobi Network. Following the successful inaugural
event, Green Drinks Nairobi and ATPS will explore thepossibility of having this as a regular event in other citiesof Kenya or African countries where ATPS networks exist.
This activity was coordinated by Dr Sheila Ochugboju, ATPS
Senior Communications and Outreach Ofﬁcer in liaison withMr Philip Osano and Ms Wairimu Mwangi, ATPS ResearchOfﬁcers.
Development of UNESCO Science Technology &Innovation Policy Making Manual
ATPS collaborated with the UNESCO Nairobi Regional ofﬁce
to develop an electronic STI training manual which aims at
providing a hands-on self training on basic principles of STI
policy formulation. The manual will be expected to provide
an overview of the concepts of science, technology andinnovation. It also focuses on the deﬁnitions of STI, its aims
and objectives, distinctions between science, technology
and innovation and how these relate to basic research anddevelopment. Other focus areas include implications for
STI policy making and policy implementation spanningfrom R&D to STI policy and elucidating why STI policy
is the necessary catalyst for economic development of
nations. The draft training manual was led by Prof Michael
Madukwe, ATPS National Chapter’s Regional Steering
Committee Representative for West Africa. The manual
has already been submitted to UNESCO.

www.atpsnet.org

Training of NAFDAC on National Systems of Innovation& Clinical Trials
ATPS Executive Director Dr Kevin Urama was invited
to serve as faculty at the NAFDAC Capacity Building
Workshop held on April 26-29, 2010 at Transcorp
Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Urama gave a keynote
presentation on The Nigerian National Innovation
Systems and Globalization of Clinical Trials at the meeting
which was organized by Clintriad Pharma Services basedin the USA.
Popularisation of Science and Technology: African
Scientiﬁc Revival Day 2010
The ATPS National Chapters were invited to submit
expressions of interest to commemorate the African
Scientiﬁc Revival Day on June 30 2010 in their respective
chapters. The budget available to support the event waslimited to US$10,000 which was adequate to support
only two chapters to a tune of about US$5,000 each.
Nevertheless, ATPS made arrangements to make grants
to ﬁve national chapters who expressed interest in hosting
the Scientiﬁc Revival day celebration in their country. These
include: Nigeria, Mali, Sierra Leone , Senegal, Uganda and
Cameroon.

Training and Sensitization

Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Nigeria
ATPS Nigeria chapter collaborated with the Raw Materials
Research and Development Council and the Federal
University of Technology (FUT), Yola to host the 23rd African
Scientiﬁc Revival Day at the FUT Yola Multipurpose Hall.
The theme of the event was dubbed Science, Technology
and Innovation Policy for Sustainable Agro-industrial Raw
Materials and aimed at provoking discussions on Nigeria’s
S&T policies and making appropriate recommendations.
Among those in attendance were the Vice Chancellor of
the FUT, Yola, Prof Bashir Haruna Usman and the ATPS
Executive Director, Dr Kevin Urama. The workshop
was attended by over 300 delegates who discussed
major issues relevant to the theme. High quality papers
were presented and they were well received by thedelegates as demonstrated by their enthusiasm during
the lively conference discussions. ATPS Nigeria National
Coordinator, Prof M C Madukwe emphasized the need forgovernment ministries, parastatals, NGOs, schools, civilsocieties and the media to create Science and Technology
Policy Units within their organizations to enable them
analyze and keep track of developments. The event wassponsored by the RMRDC, ATPS Secretariat Nairobi, FUTYola, and World Bank STEP-B project, Abuja.

Training and Sensitization

Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Cameroon
On 30th September 2010, ATPS in collaboration with
the AYFST-Cameroon chapter celebrated the African
Scientiﬁc Revival day in Buea, Cameroon. The occasion
took place at the capitol residence hotel in Buea. The
theme was “Making Information Systems Work for Health
Sectors in Cameroon”. Over 30 participants, majorityof who are members of the AYFST-Cameroon and the
media, attended the meeting. The ATPS coordinatorfor Cameroon, Dr. Ndeso Atanga and the South West
Regional delegate of Public Health, Cameroon chaired
the event. Worth mentioning was the presence of the
Cameroon South West Regional delegate at the Ministryof Scientiﬁc Research and Innovation and other dignitaries
from this Ministry and that of Public health in Yaoundé.
Presentations were made at the meeting and deliberations
on the various topics presented and recommendations
made to be presented to the Cameroon Minister for
Public Health and Minister for Scientiﬁc Research andInnovation through their representatives present at therevival day. Delegates who attended the event expressedsatisfaction and pledged their commitment to ensure thesuccess of AYFST in its mandate.
Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Mali
On August 4 2010 the ATPS Mali chapter held asymposium at the INRSP conference hall Bamako, Mali
to commemorate the Scientiﬁc Revival Day. The theme ofthe symposium was Capitalization of the achievements ofscience and technology in the health care system in Mali.
The national health policy in Mali is based on the universal
principle which made it a fundamental right for all citizensof Mali. The objective of the symposium was to create
better understanding of the health system in Mali. Speciﬁc
objectives of the symposium were to understand thestate of the health system in Mali and also to identify thealternatives of synergies to improve collaboration between
both modern and traditional medicine. The meeting waschaired by the Hon Sidi Traore and facilitated by the
Deputy Director General of IPR/IFRA Prof Mamoudou.
Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Sierra Leone
The ATPS Sierra Leone chapter commemorated theScientiﬁc Revival Day by showcasing evidence-based local
scientiﬁc researches and innovations that would contributeto national development of Sierra Leone and other parts

www.atpsnet.org

of Africa. This was be followed by public debates fromscience students from four tertiary institutions.
Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Uganda
ATPS Uganda chapter partnered with the Uganda
National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)
and Café Scientiﬁque to mark the African Scientiﬁc Revival
Day as part of the events of the 2010 Uganda National
Science Week (NSC). One of the highlights for the week
was a scientiﬁc debate for secondary schools under thetheme Socializing Science and Technology Today for
Sustainable Development Tomorrow. The event was heldin Kampala, on September 21 2010 and brought together
20 secondary school students, teachers, ATPS members
and key resource persons to debate on selected pertinentscience topics. The debate popularized science among
the students, teachers and the public by providing arelaxed but interesting approach to understanding
the place of science in everyday living. Further, theengagement fostered positive thinking towards science
careers among the secondary school students andencouraged interaction and networking among youth
with interest in science based careers.
Scientiﬁc Revival Day in Senegal
ATPS Senegal chapter collaborated with the Centre
International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie
Solaire de Dakar (CIFRES) to commemorate the African
Scientiﬁc Revival Day. An event by the theme Promoting
Research among African Youth for Africa’s Development
was organized and the report from this activity is expectedsoon.
CIFRES is an organization that provides training andresearch opportunities on renewable energies such as
solar energy, and photovoltaic and wind turbine. The
scientiﬁc revival day enabled the ATPS-Senegal chapter
to reach out to a wide audience (universities, government
departments, parliamentarians, embassies) on the
popularization of Science and technology. It also provided
a chance to show-case the importance that ATPS attaches
to the empowerment of the young African researcherswhich is one of the best levers to the development ofAfrica. The event took place on June 30, 2010 at the Ecole
Supérieure Polytechnique – Dakar focusing on a seriesof presentations on energy and the environment, fromyoung African researchers from the Senegalese University
community.

www.atpsnet.org

Training and Sensitization

Dr. Edwardina Ndhine of the Ministry of Science and Technology – Kenya addressing science journalists during a training workshop on effective reporting of STI

Policy Advocacy
Round Table Breakfast Meeting with the Kenya
Parliament
ATPS is collaborating with UNEP to organize a roundtable breakfast meeting with the selected Chairs of
Parliamentary Committees in Kenya to take forward theinitiative towards a climate change policy for Kenya.
An initial breakfast meeting was held with Hon Rachel
Shebesh. The member expressed interest in ATPS
activities including the Women Innovation Challenge(WE CAN) and the Youth Innovation Challenge (Y I CAN)
programs, respectively. The round table is expected tobring together Kenyan Parliamentarians for a followup discussion on the outcomes of the Parliamentarysensitization workshop held in 2009. The implementationof the roundtable was signiﬁcantly delayed due tothe unavailability of legislators who were engaged
in constitution making activities. Efforts are currently
ongoing to seek availability of the legislators to ensure
the success of the workshop.
Training for ATPS National Coordinators
Training for key stakeholders including Secretariat
Management Staff, Board Members and National
Coordinators took place at the Annual Conference andWorkshop in Cairo, Egypt in November 2010. The training
covered Principles and Practice of Corporate Governance,
The Effective Board, Corporate Control, Financial
Reporting, Corporate Accountability and Disclosure.

www.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

Kenya’s environment minister, Hon John Michuki addresses parliamentarians during a conference on sensitizing parliamentarians on climate change in Mombasa, Kenya.

Outreach, Knowledge
Brokerage, Knowledge
Circulation and Policy
Dialogue

UniBRAIN ﬁeld visit at KIRDI Leather Centre, Kenya. ATPS

Support to ATPS National Chapters
The ATPS national chapters remain very instrumental to thesuccessful implementation of activities under the ATPS Phase
VI Strategic Plan program, 2008-2012. During the reporting
period, the ATPS Secretariat continued to liaise closely with
the national chapters on the design and implementationof ATPS activities accordingly. The ATPS secretariat sends
regular quarterly updates to the national chapters on
items of interest and distributes biannual newsletters. The
2009 annual report and audited accounts was also sent to
all national chapters. These reports are also uploaded to
the ATPS website for easy access by all members and thegeneral public. In addition the chapters are engaged on a
day to day basis through e-mail communication, telephone
discussions and visits where necessary. Refer Annex 8.
Speciﬁc activities carried out with national chapters during
the reporting period include:

National Chapter Coordinators’ Regional Steering
Committee Meeting
The NCRSC meeting (also referred to as the Regional
Council) was held in Accra, Ghana from July 9-10 2010. The
aim of the meeting was to achieve a collective and objective
internal review on the implementation of the ATPS Phase VI
Strategic Plan 2008 – 2012 and to assess progress made so
far towards achieving the agreed strategic goals of the planand the overall mandate of the ATPS.
The meeting was attended by three representatives of theSecretariat Management Committee (SMC) and regional
representatives of the National Coordinators including Dr
George Essegbey (Ex-Ofﬁcio member), Dr Musa A Dube
(Southern Africa), Prof Femi Olokesusi (Western Africa),
Chief Ndeso Atanga (Central Africa), Mr Kenneth Aduda(Eastern Africa) and Dr Arsene Kouadio (Francophone Africa).
At the meeting, the Regional Council and the Secretariat

Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge Circulation and Policy Dialogue

Management reﬂected on the ongoing governance reforms
that have been implemented in response to the SWOT analyses
carried out by the ATPS Secretariat (June 2007) and the ATPS
National Chapter Coordinators (November 2007) as well asother recommendations by the ATPS Stakeholders in Africa
and beyond during the process of drafting the ATPS Phase VI
Strategic Plan, 2008 – 2012. The Regional Council produced aCommuniqué and some resolutions on the Reform Agenda of
the ATPS.
New Chapters
Sudan and USA joined the list of countries including
Madagascar, Mauritius, Tunisia and Egypt from where ATPS
has received expressions of interest to form new national
chapters. Subsequent to decisions of the ATPS National
Chapter Coordinators and the 16th ATPS Board to establish
focal points in the new countries, the delegates from Egypt
and Sudan were invited to join the ATPS Grantees convening
in May 2010. The aim was to accord them opportunity tofamiliarize themselves with the Network’s activities and tofurther discuss the requirements and their expectations
with the ATPS Management. The focal points also held
meetings with ATPS Research department and conﬁrmed
their intention to become Focal Points of the ATPS in theircountries pending the formation of national chapters at alater stage. The development of the Egypt chapter has gonea step further with the signing of an MoU with the Academy
for International Development – Middle East (AID-ME) of
Egypt that saw Ms Manal Moustafa Samra appointed aswww.atpsnet.org

the National Focal Point Coordinator responsible for overall
supervision of all ATPS activities in Egypt in liaison with ATPS
Regional Secretariat Management. Other expressions ofinterest to establish new chapters of the ATPS were received
from Morocco, the UK and USA (Diaspora chapters andtheir applications were reviewed and approved at the 18th
ATPS Board Meeting. New links have also been forged in
Liberia and Zambia in efforts to revitalize the chapters anddiscussions have also been initiated in Rwanda. These
consolidated efforts to establish new chapters and revitalize
old chapters will ensure that ATPS is able to effectively
champion its cause across the continent and beyond.
Visits to National Chapters
The IP and the UniBRAIN programs enabled the ATPS
secretariat to visit a number of national chapters during
the reporting period. These visits provided opportunities
for the ATPS Secretariat to conduct on ground assessmentof the status of the national chapters visited and also
an opportunity to visit relevant STI institutions andstakeholders in the respective countries. The visits are
expected to continue leading to a report on the second
assessment of the status of ATPS national chapters,
identiﬁcation of potential national institutions with interest
and capacity to host ATPS national chapters following the17th Board decision on institutionalization of national
chapters. The list of chapters visited is provided in thefollowing table.

www.atpsnet.org

Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge Circulation and Policy Dialogue

Table 2: ATPS Secretariat Visit to National Chapters in 2010

Chapter
VisitedSwaziland
Kenya

UgandaEgypt

Ethiopia

Nigeria

MalawiObservations
Chapter is active and enjoys the support of the University of Swazilandt$IBQUFSJTBDUJWFBOEIBTBGVODUJPOBMTUFFSJOHDPNNJUUFFUIBUUBLFTEFDJTJPOTPODIBQUFS
activities.
t1MBOTBSFVOEFSXBZUPIBSNPOJ[FUIFDIBQUFSTFGGPSUTJODPMMBCPSBUJPOXJUIUIF,FOZBNational Council for Science and Technology.
t$IBQUFSJTBDUJWFBOEFOKPZTUIFTVQQPSUPGLFZJOTUJUVUJPOTTVDIBTUIF6HBOEB/BUJPOBM
Council of Science and Technology (UNCST); Uganda National Academy of Sciences(UNAS)t$IBQUFSJTJOJUTGPSNBUJWFTUBHFT$PVSUFTZWJTJUTQBJEUIF"DBEFNZGPS*OUFSOBUJPOBM
Development –Middle East (AID-ME) which has expressed interest in hosting the chapter.
t5IF$IBQUFSIBTCFFOTFOTJUJ[JOHPUIFSTUBLFIPMEFSTJOUIFRVBESVQMFIFMJYPOUIF
presence of ATPS in Egypt.
t"DUJWJUJFTJOUIFDIBQUFSIBWFCFFOGBJSMZTMPXGPMMPXJOHUIFEFQBSUVSFPGUIFGPSNFS
coordinator for further studies
t.FFUJOHTIFMEXJUIUIF&UIJPQJBO*OEVTUSJBM1SPQFSUZ0SHBOJ[BUJPO &*10 5IF%JSFDUPS
of Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Transfer at EIPO, an old ATPS Ethiopia
member identiﬁed to steer chapter activities in an acting capacity until the chapter
coordination issues are streamlined.
The Nigerian Chapter is very strong. There is a good working relationship of members
and stakeholders at the local, state and national levels. Successful co-ordination of CSP
and Agricultural Innovations programs are ongoing. The NSI has been established with anofﬁce at Abuja.
t$IBQUFSJTTUSPOHBOEFOKPZTUIFTVQQPSUPGUIF.BMBXJ/BUJPOBM$PVODJMPG4DJFODFBOE
Technology which has signed an MoU with ATPS.
t5IFBDUJOHDIBQUFSDPPSEJOBUPSJTBMTPWJCSBOUBOEJTQBTTJPOBUFBCPVUTUFFSJOHUIF
chapter forward

South Africa t4UFMMFOCPTDI6OJWFSTJUZJTXFMMTVJUFEBOEQSFQBSFEUPIPTUUIF"5144PVUI"GSJDBNational Chaptert1MBOTVOEFSXBZUPFOUFSJOUPBO.P6XJUIUIF6OJWFSTJUZGhana
The Chapter is active and there is a good working relationship between ATPS members
and the National Coordinator. The former National Coordinator in the country has also
been very resourceful.
Benint5IF$IBQUFSJTZFUUPQJDLVQOutreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge Circulation and Policy Dialogue

Knowledge Brokerage Program
Traditional Knowledge Systems and Access to Beneﬁt
Sharing of Intellectual Property
ATPS committed to liaise with the National Chapter’s
Regional Steering Committee members and the National
Chapters to organize formal inauguration ceremoniesof the national chapters. The aim of this activity was toenable the secretariat staff to visit the national chaptersand support them in reaching out to relevant STI
institutions in their countries for popularization of the IP
program and the ATPS in general, to formally inaugurate
the IP National Steering Committee and to meet with
the ATPS members in the national chapters and explore
the potentials for institutionalization of the ATPS in eachcountry. Another purpose of the visit was to discuss
measures for strengthening national chapters. Eachnational chapter coordinator was to receive a grant toorganize the activity in liaison with the ATPS secretariat,
and the National Chapter’s Regional Steering Committee
representative for each region. In this regard, visits to fourchapters have been made including Ethiopia, Malawi,
Swaziland and Uganda.
Inauguration of IP Steering Committee in Swaziland
Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba, Mr Wekundah and Dr Kevin Urama
visited the Swaziland National Chapter on 17-21 February2010 to inaugurate the national steering committee. Dr
Musa Dube had arranged visits to relevant institutions
including the IP ofﬁce in Swaziland and Luyengo
University where they visited with the Vice Chancellor,
relevant Deans of Faculty and the Director of Research.
These stakeholders expressed great interest in ATPS
and pledged their support to the work being done by
Dr Dube and his team at the national chapter. The Vice
Chancellor of the University of Luyengo welcomed thesuggestion to institutionalize the ATPS in Swaziland andexpressed support for the activities of ATPS in Swaziland,
spearheaded by Dr Musa Dube.
Inauguration of the IP Steering Committee in Uganda
ATPS delegation comprising of Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba,
Dr Nicholas Ozor, Mr Marsden Momanyi, and Mr
Wekundah visited ATPS Uganda national chapter on 20th
-22nd May 2010 for the inauguration of the IP National
Steering Committee in Uganda. During the visit, the
ATPS team also met relevant state institutions including,
the Uganda National Council for S&T (UNCST) and the
Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS). Bothwww.atpsnet.org

the UNCST and UNAS expressed interest in hosting the
ATPS National Chapter. The Executive Secretary of the
UNCST had visited the ATPS Secretariat and held initial
discussions with Dr Urama, Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba and Dr
Nicholas Ozor regarding the possible signing of an MoU
with ATPS to host activities of the network in Uganda. The
activity was coordinated by Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba, ATPS
Senior Research Ofﬁcer.
Inauguration of IP Steering Committee in Ethiopia
Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba, Mr Joseph Wekundah and Mr
Marsden Momanyi visited the Ethiopia National Chapter inAugust 2010 to inaugurate the national steering committee
in Ethiopia. Meetings to relevant institutions including the
IP ofﬁce in Ethiopia were organized and coordinated by
Mr Tibebu Solomon, a member of the ATPS-Ethiopia
and a grantee under the IP regional studies. The purposeof the Ethiopian Chapter visit was to understand the IP
environment, identify key stakeholders, establish an IP
Steering Committee, institutionalize the ATPS Chapter in
Ethiopia and to review the case study on IP.
To achieve the above, Mr Tibebu arranged for the IPteam to visit and hold discussions with the Head of
the Medicinal Plants in the Institute of Biodiversity
Conservation, the Ethiopia Agricultural ResearchInstitute IP ofﬁce, Director of IP in the Ministry of
Science and Technology, Director General of IP in thesame Ministry, Policy Research Director of the same
Ministry, the IP Group, ﬁeld visit to a herbalist andlaunch of the newly formed steering committee. Oneof the key achievements made was to receive up-todate information about the IP environment, and theestablishment of the IP NSC under the IP ofﬁce as wellas identiﬁcation of Mr Wondwossen Belete of the EIPO
ofﬁce as the acting National Coordinator.
Inauguration of IP Steering Committee in Malawi
Mr Joseph Wekundah and Mr Marsden Momanyi
visited the Malawi National Chapter in September 2010
to inaugurate the national steering committee. The
meetings were organized and coordinated by Prof Henry
Mloza-Banda, the acting National Coordinaor of ATPSMalawi and a former grantee under the successfullycompleted ATPS Water and Environment programme.
The team visited various centres and had interactions withIP stakeholders. They also visited the Malawi National
Council of Science and Technology where an MoU with
ATPS was signed.

www.atpsnet.org

Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge Circulation and Policy Dialogue

Consultants for technical support to ongoing regionaland small grants case studies
To ensure proper coordination of ATPS thematic
activities, international experts in the relevant ﬁelds as
program coordinators are engaged for each activity.
Following discussions with national chapters, ATPS
now engages the experienced national chapterscoordinators and members of the network as wellas other international experts in the coordination of
ongoing ATPS activities. This decision is backed by
the fact that many of the national chapter coordinators
are now international experts in their respective ﬁelds.
This move is aimed at consolidating the experiencesof the network members and also enhancing sharedlearning and knowledge circulation within the network.
As much as possible, ATPS aims to maintain the
African viewpoints by engaging African experts in theimplementation and coordination of its programs andactivities while engaging international experts in peer
review and other forms of quality control processes
accordingly.
Progress review workshops for IP, Agricultural
Innovation Studies and Climate Innovations Studies
ATPS convened a progress review and methodology
workshop for researchers from 24-26 May 2010 in Nairobi,
Kenya. 34 delegates from 11 countries participatedin the workshop. The workshop brought together the
grantees and the coordinators of each program forprogress reporting and peer review of ongoing work. In
addition, the activity also featured methodology training
and lecture provided by Prof Michael Madukwe, leadprogram Coordinator for the Agricultural Innovations

Program; Dr Nicholas Ozor, ATPS Contact for the
Agricultural Innovations Program; Dr Olumyiwa Alaba,of the Intellectual Property Rights Program; Mr Richard
Muriuki, ATPS Finance and Administration Manager;
amongst others. These methodology lectures covereda wide range of subjects including ﬁeld work tips,
quantitative and qualitative data analyses tools needed
for the successful analyses of the project outcomes, indepth review of the relevant science areas, as well as
technical and ﬁnancial reporting requirements. The
meeting also emphasized the importance of researchers
ensuring that they adhere to the donor requirements
by submitting their deliverables in a timely manner
and ultimately producing high quality outputs. A ﬁnal
progress review workshop was held in November 2010at the ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop held in
Cairo, Egypt
Support staff travels for network management,
knowledge circulation and knowledge valorization
activities
Staff were supported to travels to various destinations
on ofﬁcial duties. Some of the travels included theongoing IP and UniBRAIN national chapter visits. Mostof the international travels undertaken by the Executive
Director during the year were supported by the inviting
institution including the United Nations Agencies, theAfrican Union, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate
Change (IPCC), among others. This has enabled theSecretariat to maintain a lean staff travel budget for theyear. Staff travels are an ongoing activity throughout theyear and has been discussed in various sections of thisreport.

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

www.atpsnet.org

Science Communications
and Stakeholder Dialogue

E

FFORTS are ongoing to create a comprehensive
resource centre of international standards at
the ATPS secretariat. Unless science outputs aretaken from the library shelves and scientiﬁc journals tothe public, policy-makers, businesses and farmers, thevalue added to funded research programmes will besigniﬁcantly reduced. During the reporting period, ATPS
raised awareness of major STI policy issues with the aimof bridging the gaps between various actors in the STI
valorization chain through media and advocacy.
By facilitating documentary and news coverage including
appearances on televised talk shows, ATPS raised
the proﬁle of wide range of STI issues affecting Africa
including climate change, the importance of innovations
for development in Africa and the role of women andyouths in STI for sustainable development among others.
Video documentary
ATPS produced a feature video documentary about theAfrican Youth and Women in Science and Technology
Steering Committee meetings, which took place in
Ghana in August. The short 21-minute feature depicts theoutcomes of the meetings including the achievements of
the AWFST/AYFST programmes since their inception andtheir implications for sustainable development in Africa. Itfeatures eminent women as well as youth innovators fromacross Africa and Diaspora talking about their vision for
the two programmes.
The documentaries developed will be available online
through the ATPS multimedia archive and can be offered
to any station. The multimedia archive should ensure thatthe knowledge gained during the implementation of the
ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan is available to inform key
STI policy dialogues in the future and as a learning tool
contributing to longer-term impact beyond the strategicplan’s life cycle. The documentary can be viewed at thislink. http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/video/media.
php?lang=1&id=1
Media outreachAs part of the ATPS media outreach programme, technicalstaff of ATPS are encouraged to utilize available media
platforms including publishing articles in the print media,
and participating in televised and radio broadcast talkshows to disseminate STI ﬁndings, share success stories,
case studies and programme interventions to the public
in order to promote STI and upscale best practices.
To this end ATPS appeared on the Kenya Broadcasting
Corporation (KBC) live morning show “Good Morning
Kenya” to discuss “The African Manifesto for STI in Africa– Why now.” On K24 ATPS discussed, “The role of science,technology and innovation in achieving the MDGs in
Africa.” In Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) 9o’clock news interview, ATPS launched collaboration
between ATPS and the Government of Malawi throughthe National Commission for Science and Technology.
ATPS was also featured in Ghana Web in an online science
news web article, which carried the headline “Scientists say
farmers need programmes to cope with climate change.”
The story was in relation to a study under the theme:“Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation
and Food Security in West Africa: The Case of Ghana and
The Gambia”, which is funded by ATPS and implemented
by CSIR-STEPRI. In July ATPS was featured in an online
article titled, “Does Africa really need new idealism?” inrelation to the launched African Manifesto for Science,
Technology and Innovation. Ms. Wairimu Mwangi
participated in a recorded Television interview with the
Kenya Broadcasting (KBC), which featured discussions on
African Women and Energy. In January – February 2010,
The ATPS Executive Director Dr Kevin Urama represented
ATPS in a series of live televised feature shows in the “EcoShow programme,” aired on the Kenya Broadcasting
Corporation (KBC). in discussions regarding:www.atpsnet.orga) Urama K.C. and Philip Osano (2009). Economics andthe Environment- Need for Decoupling Growth fromenvironmental degradationb) Urama K.C. and Philip Osano (2009). Climate Change Policy
and CoP15 conference – Policy advice to Global Leadersc) Urama K.C., Olumuyiwa Alaba, and Philip Osano (2009).
Intellectual property Rights and innovation: African
perspectivesd) Urama K. C. and Brian Heap (2010). Climate Change: theoutcomes of the CoP15 conference and road ahead.

Subscription to international journals, Magazines,
reports, newspapers, and literature
ATPS’ role at the heart of STI research and research
capacity building requires the network to provide accessto world-class and up to date publication and researchmaterials for its members. The period under review saw
the beginning of implementation of the resource centre
strategy developed during the second quarter to guidethe refurbishment, re-stocking and management of the
ATPS resource centre.

ATPS Multi-Media Publications & Websites

In pursuit of its vision, to become the leading centre of
excellence and reference in STI, ATPS has expanded its
resource centre to provide its members with access to awide range of current and updated STI research materials
including electronic journals, core books, sciencemagazines, theses and various multimedia resources.
During the reporting period, ATPS announced its latest
online journal subscriptions, which are hosted by SAGE,
one of the world’s leading academic and professional
publishers. They include:a) Science, Technology & Societyb) Public Understanding of Sciencec) Progress in Developmental Studiesd) International Journal of Rural Managemente) Margin-The Journal of Applied Economic Researchf) Journal of Environment & Developmentg) Journal of Education for Sustainable Developmenth) Journal of Asian and African Studies

Below is a summary of publication produced by ATPS
during the reporting period, January – December 2010.
a) 1 Reportb) 2 Book volumesc) 2 Book Chaptersd) 4 ATPS Newsletterse) 8 Conference Proceedingsf) 5 Journal Articlesg) 13 ATPS Working Papers Seriesh) 11 ATPS Research Paper Seriesi) 12 Technopolicy Briefsj) 3 Multimedia Publicationsk) 10 Press Releasesl) 3 Other publications (ﬂyers & prospectuses)m) 17 Conference Papers and Keynote presentationsn) 2 Translation of outputs into Frenchwww.atpsnet.orgi) Gender, Technology & Developmentj) Bulletin of Science Technology and Societyk) Action Research(Refer to: http://www.atpsnet.org/publications/online/
index.php )In addition, Journal Storage (JSTOR) has waived its
participation fees for ATPS as part of its African Access
Initiative. ATPS network members will receive access to all
current and available content in the archive and content
added to the archive during the period of participation.
A complete list of our Available Collections can be foundon the JSTOR web pages http://about.jstor.org/contentcollections/journals
Hosting of the ATPS website and other subsidiary websites
With a view of seeking to enhance ATPS visibility online,
the ATPS launched its newly re-designed site which went
online on 28th June 2010. The site now has state of theart multi-media capabilities, a new and improved lookwith major sections easily accessible from the homepage.
The aesthetically advanced interface contains a new login
facility that allows registered members access to speciﬁc
restricted areas such as the online journals for research
purposes. It also provides special privileges including
posting and commenting on the blogs and updating of
selected content material.

There is a blog section that provides room for cluster
members to actively participate in discussions forumson various topics related to Science, technology andinnovation (STI) and ongoing program activities. The
home page also features a series of visual icons thatguide and link visitors directly to major ATPS programs aswell as ATPS social media sites such as Facebook, Twitterand You-Tube. In addition the homepage also contains
an events calendar and an ‘In-Focus’ icon that highlightsfeatured ongoing stories and events.
The new site is multi-lingual with French and English
options that are active with plans to incorporate the Arabic
version soon. The new site has made it easier to develop
and maintain mini sites for the ATPS national chapters andserve as a means of effectively communicating chapter
activities; with each chapter mini site, all the news, eventsand activities related to that chapter can now be uploaded
to the site’s sub domain therefore providing visibility forthe chapters. The same also applies for the program minisites.
The new media centre has the capability of handling thelatest interactive electronic media such as podcasts andvideos. It is also capable of streaming uploaded videos,playing sound clips in form of podcasts and supporting
ﬂash animation. There is an elaborate photo gallery
with a search and retrieval feature that contains neatly
catalogued photos under designated categories.

www.atpsnet.org

The ATPS website has now become interactive with
the improved membership registration module thatprovides for subscription to newsletters, as well as assigns
registering members passwords which they can use toaccess the site. There is also a feedback form that will
be used to collect the views of the site’s users and otherrelevant information that they would like to pass to the
ATPS secretariat. The site also provides RSS subscriptionthat will alert visitors who subscribe to them every time thesite is updated, and also allows for sharing of information
to their networks via the share facility icon.

Nanotechnology for Development Project Website
Developed
ATPS Communications and Outreach department held
discussions with Netherlands’ Maastricht University andUniversity of Hyderabad, India to develop a website for
the Nanotechnology project. The website was successfully
developed and hosted by the ATPS and is currently being
updated with the project details. It can be accessed at
http://www.nano-dev.org

Since its launch, the new website has continued to receive
improved visits from all over the world. Access to the site
has improved with every new month. The analysis of thesite statistics has also changed to focus on the visitor
behaviour on the site for a more accurate analysis of thesite’s accessibility. The new parameters aretPage Load – this gives the number of times the website
pages have been visited.
tUnique Visitor – this gives the total number of visitors to
the sitetFirst Time Visitors – this gives the number of new visitors
to the website.
tReturning Visitors – this gives the number of people
returning to view the website after their ﬁrst visit.
The site received a total of 28,448 page loads between
June and December. The number of unique visitors
to the site during the period stood at 10,549 while thatof ﬁrst time visitors was 7,791.The monthly statistics
show a steady rise of activity on the site from the dateof launch on all the four fronts. The steady increase in
website activity can be attributed to the high number ofactivities that the ATPS was engaged in over the months,
which have been regularly updated on the website; andin turn necessitated access to the site for references.
June recorded the lowest number of page loads, uniquevisitors and ﬁrst time visitors. This is due to the fact that it
is in June that the new website went live and access may
have been hampered due to the migration delays, and as
we stabilised there was a sharp increase in the visits. Of
signiﬁcant importance is the fact that the site has showna steady increase in the number of visitors who return tothe site for subsequent visits, which could mean a steadyinterest in ATPS programs and activities. The revamped
website can be accessed at http://www.atpsnet.org.

Secretariat Staff Trainning
ATPS is committed to ensuring that members of staff
beneﬁt from its capacity building mandate. The Secretariat
Management Committee has been addressing skills gaps
through continued in-house coaching and mentoring,and in some cases support long term training. As part ofthis ongoing process, ATPS has supported various staff
members who have beneﬁtted from training grants. During
the year in review two staff members were sponsored topursue a French course at Alliance Française and a diploma
in Business Administration respectively. Another staff hasreceived part contributions to pursue a bachelors’ degree
at the Africa Nazarene University, Nairobi. Staff members
are also encouraged to undertake short courses thatare relevant to their work to enrich them with skills thatwill enable them add value to their work and ultimately
contribute to the realization of ATPS objectives. In addition,
training is provided on collective basis on matters of Human
Resources and Team Building as the need arises. This year
staff collectively received training on Stress Management.

Staff Training and Development

Due to work constraints not all staff members recommended
and approved to receive training grants were able to take theirtraining within the year. For instance the Communications
Ofﬁcer had been granted sponsorship to undertake training
in video-graphy and multimedia communication skills but
was unable to commence studies due to work commitments.
Management staff will also plan to pursue training courses inleadership within 2011.The training assessment needs for all
staff members are discussed and reviewed during the ATPS
Performance Review and Appraisal process.
Staff Team Building
ATPS held the annual staff retreat in Mombasa, Kenya on
December 20-21, 2010. Independent consultants from Resource
Associates were engaged to facilitate the team building activities.

www.atpsnet.org

ATPS Annual staff retreat in Mombasa, Kenya.

The consultants conducted psychometric evaluation tests –Personal Proﬁle Analysis. This assessment tool was meant
to empower staff through understanding of individual
performance motivators and traits. Staff received theirindividual results of the psychometric evaluation test andgained more insight into each individual’s unique traits. Thisin effect was meant to enhance cohesiveness and strengthen
the team working towards a common objective.
Summary of Key Achievements and Policy Impacts for
the Year 2010
The key achievements of the ATPS for the year are brieﬂyhighlighted below:i.

Production and successful launch of the African
Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation incollaboration with SETDEV partners in Europe, India
and Africa
ii. Facilitation of the completion of a handbook forSocialization of Science, Technology and Innovationin Kenya in collaboration with SETDEV partners in
Europe, India and Africaiii. Production of the sub-Saharan Africa chapter in the
UNESCO World Science Report published every 5
years
iv. Initiation of the production of a biennial report on theState of STI in Africa with the ﬁrst volume currently
underway. This report will inform the future UNESCOWorld Science Reports

v. Successful formation of the inter-agency National
Systems of Innovation (NSI) Steering Committee for
the Nigerian Government
vi. Contribution to the IPCC-SPREN report and SPM
vii. Successful implementation and realization of mostof the expected milestones and outputs from thesmall grants and regional grants commissioned underthe ATPS Climate Sense Program (11 small grants);
Agricultural Innovations Program (3 regional grants);
and Intellectual Property Program (6 country casestudies).
viii. Launch of a new revamped ATPS website with state of
the art multi-media capabilities which enhances ATPS
visibility to the online community and policy dialogue
by stakeholdersix.
Formal inauguration of the Regional Steering
Committee to oversee the implementation of the IP
program at the regional level
x. Initiation of activities under the Universities, Businessand Research in Agricultural Innovation (UniBRAIN)
Initiativexi. Successful implementation of the Training of Trainers(ToTs) program under the ATPS-IP programxii. Successful commissioning of 24 small grants researchunder the Climate Change Innovation Challengeawards under the ATPS Youth and Women Innovation
Challenge Programs
xiii. Initiation of a dialogue with the Kenya Government
to host a parliamentary roundtable of Greening thewww.atpsnet.org

From Left: Cyprian Nyamweno; Wairimu Mwangi; Richard Muchesia; Dr. Maurice Bolo; Carol Thuku; Stephen Otieno; Dr. Kevin Urama; Mr. Philip Osano; Belinda Makadia,
Murimi Muriuki, Dr. Nicholas Ozor; Nelson Akenga

Kenyan Economy
xiv. Strengthened partnerships with key institutions in
Africa including the signing of six (6) Memoranda ofUnderstanding with AID-Me, Egypt; NCST, Malawi;
ScienceAfrica Ltd, Kenya; PanAAC, Kenya; RUFORUM,
Uganda and NSI, Nigeria.
xv. Successful collaboration with RUFORUM at the
Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in
Agriculture in Africa
xvi. Intensiﬁcation of policy advocacy and STI
communication through media presence on print
and TV channels as well as providing training to
30 journalists to facilitate the communication anddissemination of STI policy issues and research results
xvii. Successful commemoration of the Scientiﬁc Revival
Day in Africa in ﬁve countries namely Cameroon, Mali,
Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda
xviii. Facilitation of the production of two global reports
on Sustainable Water Management in collaboration
with the UNEP Resource Panelxix. New Program to develop trans disciplinary curricula
for Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria
xx. 57 civil society members (youth, media representatives,private sector actors) trained in relevant STI policy

issuesxxi. 68 policy makers trained in relevant STI policy issues
xxii. 190 science experts trained in relevant STI policy
issuesxxiii. Three (3) methodology workshops held under the
Climate Sense, Agricultural
Innovation andIntellectual Property programsxxiv. Five (5) new ATPS National chapters initiated in Egypt,
Morocco, Sudan, United
Kingdom andthe USA (the last two representing the Diaspora)xxv. Twelve (12) ATPS National chapters strengthened– Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Ghana,
Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Swaziland, Uganda
and Zimbabwe
xxvi. Increase in the ATPS Publication Series including the
production of 1 Report; 8 Book
volumes; 2Book Chapters; 4 ATPS Newsletters; 8 Conference
Proceedings; 5 Journal
Articles;xxvii. 13 ATPS Working Papers Series; 11 ATPS Research
Paper Series; 12 Technopolicy Briefs; 3 Multimedia
Publications; 10 Press Releases; 3 Other publications(ﬂyers & prospectuses); 17 Conference Papers andKeynote presentations; 2 Translation of outputs into
Frenchwww.atpsnet.org

ATPS Publications
ATPS network disseminates its resurch results throughpublications to its stakeholders. Among its range of
publications are the working paper series, Research
paper series, Special papers series and Technopolicy
briefs.
Working paper Series:
Papers published under the Working Paper series (WPS)
are produced from the ATPS small grants process or fromregional projects. The ATPS researchers are encouraged
to produce ﬁnal drafts of their research reports in aneasy -to-read and understand form. These are ﬁrst
published as WPS and disseminated widely.Researchers
are encouraged to address any comments received fromstakeholders before submitting articles to international
journals for publications.The following are the WPS
published in 2010.
1. Nzeadibe T. C., Chukwuone N. A., Agu V. C., Mandu
H. C., (2010), Climate Change Awareness andAdaptation in The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Adebayo, K., Dauda T.O., Rikko L. S., George F. O.
A., Osuntade O. B., Fashola O.S., Atungwu J. J.,
Iposu S. O. and Shobowale A.O. (2010), Emerging
and Indigenous Technology for Climate Change
Adaptation in Southwest Nigeria
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps57.pdf
2. Agbeve M.S., Titiati A., Quaye W., (2010), Emerging
Technologies for Building Resilience to Climate
Change Effect – A Case Study in Dangbe East Districtof the Republic of Ghana
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps55.pdf
3. Nzeh E.C., Eboh O.R., (2010), Technological
Challenges Of Climate Change Adaptation In Nigeria:
Insights From Enugu State
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps52.pdf
4. Shemdoe R.S., (2010), Tracking Effective Indigenous
Adaptation Strategies on Impacts of Climate
Variability on Food Security and Health of Subsistence
Farmers in Tanzania
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps51.pdf

5. Morlai T., (2010), Enhancing Agricultural Yields by
Small-holder Farmers through Integrated Climate
Change Adaptation Programme in Sierra Leone
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps54.pdf
6. Anselm, A. E., Ignatius I. M., Elizabeth. A. O., Anthony
N. O., Josephat C. M., and Fidelis E. 2010. An
assessment of indigenous climate change adaptation
practices in stallholder agriculture of southeast
Nigeria.
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/wps53.pdf
7. Mekbib. S.B, Olaleye, A.O., Mokhothu, M.N., Johane,M., and Tlali, S. M. 2010. An assessment of adaptive
capacity of the Machobane farming system to climatechange in Lesotho (In Press).
8. Magombo, T. M., Kachulu, M., Kanthiti, G., Kabuli,
H., and Phiri, G. C. 2010. Assessment of incidence ofclimate change innovative adaptation practices andLivelihood security in Malawi (In Press).
9. Akon-Yamga G., Boadu P., Darko Obiri B., AmoakoJ., and Mboob F. J., (2010) Agricultural Innovations
for Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security in
Africa: The Cases of Ghana and The Gambia. ATPS
Working Paper (In Press)
10. Ngoh M. S., Mafany G. T., and Atanga N. S. (2010)
Agricultural innovations and Adaptations for climatechange effects and food security in central Africa:
Case of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Central
Africa Republic. ATPS Working Paper (In Press)
11. Agwu A.E., Amadu F.O., Egbule C.L., Morlai, T.A.,
Wollor E. T., and Cegbe L.W. (2010) Agricultural
Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation and Food
Security in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria, Sierra
Leone and Liberia. ATPS Working Paper Series (InPress)
12. Osano P.M (2010), Balmford A., Rouget M., TurpieJ., Thuiller W., (2010) Estimating Land Prices andOpportunity Costs of Conservation in a Megadiversity
Country (In Press)
13. Mwangi. W. (2010). Potential for Carbon Markets in
Kenya. Working paper (under peer review)

ATPS Publications

ATPS Research Paper Series:
Research Papers are produced from small grants
process or from the regional projects. These papers are
subjected to three external reviewers and are adjudged
to be of high academic standards before publishing. The
Research Paper series published in 2010 include:
1. Mwangi. W. (2010). Household level determinantsof risks in a smallholder rural environment in Kenya.
Research paper. (Manuscript under preparation).
2. Adebayo, K., T.O. Dauda, L. S. Rikko, F. O. A.
George, O. B. Osuntade, Fashola O.S., Atungwu J.
J., Iposu S. O. and Shobowale A.O. (2010) Emerging
and Indigenous Technology for Climate Change
Adaptation in Southwest Nigeria (In Press)
3. Nzeh, E.C., and Eboh. O R. (2010). Study oftechnological and farming systems adaptation toclimate change in farming communities of Enugu
state, Nigeria. (In Press)
4. Morlai T., (2010). Enhancing Agricultural Yields by Smallholder Farmers through Integrated Climate Change
Adaptation Programme in Sierra Leone (In Press)
5. Mekbib. S.B, Olaleye, A.O., Mokhothu, M.N., Johane,M., and Tlali, S.M. (2010) An assessment of adaptive
capacity of the Machobane farming system to climatechange in Lesotho. (In Press)
6. Magombo T. M., Kachulu, M., Kanthiti, G., Kabuli, H.,
and Phiri, G. C. (2010) Assessment of incidence ofclimate change innovative adaptation practices andLivelihood security in Malawi. (In Press)
7. Anselm A. E., Ignatius I. M., Elizabeth. A. O., Anthony
N. O., Josephat C. M., and Fidelis E. (2010) An
assessment of indigenous climate change adaptation
practices in stallholder agriculture of southeast
Nigeria. (In Press)
8. Shemdoe R.S., (2010) Tracking Effective Indigenous
Adaptation Strategies on Impacts of Climate
Variability on Food Security and Health of Subsistence
Farmers in Tanzania (In Press)
9. Agbeve M.S., Titiati A., Quaye W., (2010) Emerging
Technologies for Building Resilience to Climate
Change Effect – A Case Study in Dangbe East Districtof the Republic of Ghana (In Press)
10. Nzeadibe T. C., Chukwuone N. A., Agu V. C., Mandu H.
C., 2010. Climate Change Awareness and Adaptationin The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria (In Press)
11. Leeuw J., D., Osano P. M., Said M., Kifugo S., Kaelo
D., Henniger N., Homewood K., (2010), Payments forwildlife conservation and tipping points in East Africanarid and semi-arid lands (Under Peer review)www.atpsnet.org

Technopolicy Briefs:
Technopolicy Briefs are commissioned short papers
written by experts from all over the world specially toaddress current science and technology policy concernsand questions in Africa. The briefs are also summaries oftechnical papers published under our WPS, SPS and RPS
written to highlight signiﬁcant policy recommendations.
The materials are designed for general readership and help
advance the advocacy and knowledge brokerage roles of
the ATPS. The technopolicy briefs published in 2010 include:
1. Nzeh, E.C., and Eboh. O R. (2010). Technologicalchallenges of climate change adaptation in Nigeria:
insights from Enugu State (In Press)
2. Mwangi W. and Urama, K. (2010). Why Policies do notwork in Africa. Policy Brief (under peer review)
3. Wekundah J., (2010) Why Access and Beneﬁt Sharing
Policy and Legal Frameworks are Important for Africa– (under peer review)
4. Wekundah J., (2010) Why Protect Traditional
Knowledge? – In Press
5. Adebayo, K., T.O. Dauda, L. S. Rikko, F. O. A. George,
O. B. Osuntade, Fashola O.S., Atungwu J. J., Iposu
S. O. and Shobowale A.O. (2010). Building climatechange resilience in Nigerian farming communities
through science technology and innovation. (Under
peer review)
6. Morlai T., (2010) Goals of sustainable agriculture in
Sierra Leone: Can they be achieved in the Absenceof Climate Change Capacity Building of Small-holder
Farmers? (Under peer review)
7. Nzeadibe T. C., Chukwuone N. A., Agu V. C., Mandu
H. C., (2010). What policy options can promoteclimate change awareness and adaptation in Niger
delta region of Nigeria? (Under peer review)
8. Mekbib. S.B, Olaleye, A.O., Mokhothu, M.N., Johane,M., and Tlali, S.M. (2010). Building climate change
resilience in Lesotho farming communities throughscience technology and innovation. (Manuscript
under preparation)
9. Magombo, T. M., Kachulu, M., Kanthiti, G., Kabuli,
H., and Phiri, G. C. (2010). Building climate change
resilience in Malawian farming communities throughscience technology and innovation. (Manuscript
under preparation)
10. Anselm, A. E., Ignatius I. M., Elizabeth. A. O., Anthony
N. O., Josephat C. M., and Fidelis E. (2010). Building
climate change resilience in Nigerian farming
communities through science technology andinnovation. (Under peer review)
11. Shemdoe R.S., (2010). Building climate change
resilience in Tanzanian farming communities throughscience technology and innovation. (Under peer review)www.atpsnet.org

12. Agbeve M.S., Titiati A., Quaye W., (2010). Building
climate change resilience in Ghana rural communities
through science technology and innovation.
(Manuscript under preparation)
Other than the WPS, RPS and SPS, ATPS has otherpublications which include:
ATPS Reports
1. Momanyi M., Urama, K. C., (2009) Science, Technology andInnovations for African Development; ATPS Annual Report
http://www.atpsnet.org/publications/annual_
reports/2009/index.php
Book volumes
1. Urama K. C., Ogbu O., Ozor N., Alfonsi A., Bijker W.,
and Gomes N., (ed.) (2010) The African Manifesto for
Science, Technology and Innovation. Prepared by The
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) under
the auspices of the Science, Ethics and Technological
Responsibilities in Developing and Emerging Countries(SETDEV) Project (ISBN: 9966-7434-5-6)
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/the_african_manifesto_
for_st&i.pdf
2. Urama K. C., Mutua F., (ed.) (2010) Science, Technology
and Innovations for Sustainable Water Management in
Africa (manuscript under preparation).
3. Urama K. C., Alaba O., and Wekundah J., (ed.) (2010)
The State of Intellectual Property Rights, Accessand Beneﬁt Sharing in Africa and its implication fordevelopment, (manuscript under preparation).
4. Urama K. C., Alaba, O., Ozor, N., (ed.) (2010) Africa’s
Response to Global Challenges through Science,
Technology and Innovation; (manuscript under preparation).
5. Ozor N., Akenga N., Thuku C., Momanyi M. andUrama K. (2010) Book of Abstracts: A compendiumof the 2010 ATPS Annual Conference and Meetings;
106p. http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/2010_atps_annual_
conference_program.pdf
6. Ozor N. (2010) Mainstreaming Climate Change into
University Curricula - Issues, Needs and Processes (InPress).
7. Madukwe M. C., Ozor N., and Alaba F., (2010)
Household Demand for Potable Water Supply in
Nigeria: Economics, Ethics, Social Psychology andInstitutions. ATPS Research Paper.(under peer review)
8. Ozor N and Urama K. C. (2010) Agribusiness
Innovation Incubators in Africa: Experiences on the
Visits under the Universities, Business and Researchin Agricultural Innovations Initiative (UniBRAIN)(manuscript under preparation).

ATPS Publications

Book Chapters
1. Urama, K. C., Nicholas Ozor, O. Kane and M. Hassan(2010) The State of Science, Technology and Innovationin sub Saharan Africa. United Nations Educational,
Scientiﬁc and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Science
Report 2010. UNESCO Publishing. Available online at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/
images/0018/001899/189958e.pdf
2. Urama, K. C., (2009) Higher Education for Sustainable
Development in Africa: Association of African
Universities (ISBN: 978-9988-46-6)
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/hesda.pdf
ATPS Newsletters
1. Urama K.C., Momanyi M., Thuku C., (2008) ATPS
Newsletter July – Dec 2008 http://www.atpsnet.org/
pubs/newsletter/ATPS%20Newsletter%202008b.pdf
2. Urama K.C., Momanyi M., Thuku C., (2009) ATPS
Newsletter July – Dec 2009http://www.atpsnet.org/pubs/newsletter/ATPS%20
Newsletter%202009.pdf
3. Urama K.C., Thuku C., (2010) ATPS Newsletter January– July 2010 (manuscript under preparation).
4. Urama K.C., Thuku C., (2010) ATPS Newsletter July –December 2010 (manuscript under preparation).
Conference Proceedings
1. Momanyi M., and Urama K. C., (2010), Nothing for us
Without Us: Workshop Proceedings Report; African
Youth Forum for Science and Technology (AYFST) 5th
Steering Committee Meeting and Workshop (ISBN:
9966-7434-6-4)
http://www.atpsnet.org/Files/ayfst_scm_proceedings.pdf
2. Mwangi, W. and Urama, K. (2010). There is plenty of roomat the top because no one cares to get there. Proceedings
report: African Women Forum for Science and Technology(AWFST) 2nd Steering Committee Meeting and workshop(under peer review).
3. Urama, K. C., Ozor N., Olago D., Krhoda G., Amadi
A., Mutua F., (2009), Kenya Talks Climate Change:
Parliamentarians Climate Change Sensitization Workshop
Report - In Press
4. Urama, K. C., Ozor N., Bolo.M, (eds.) (2010), Africa’s
Response to Global Challenges through Science,
Technology and Innovation: Annual Conference
Proceedings Report, Abuja Nigeria, 24 – 27 November
2009, (manuscript under preparation).
5. Ozor N. (2010) Mainstreaming Climate change into
University Curricula: Issues on Pastoralism, Needs andProcesses. Proceedings of the Climate Change Adaptationin Africa- Supported Conference on Pastoralism andClimate Change Adaptation in Africa held 24-28 May at theEgerton University, Kenya. Link available at:

ATPS Publications

http://www.ccaa.iccamnet.org/Downloads/
CONFERENCE%20PROGRAMME.pdf
6. Ozor N., Oguguah N., and Ugwuoke M., (2010)
Sharing the Lagos Mega-City Experience in the
Integrated Management of Sea-level Rise andFlooding. Proceedings of the 1st World Congress on
Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change held 28-30
May in Bonn, Germany. Link available at:
http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/ﬁleadmin/sites/resilientcities/ﬁles/docs/C3_Descr_20100526.pdf
7. Ozor N., and Nnaji C., (2010) Why Farmers Find
it Difﬁcult to Adapt to Climate Change in Enugu
State, Nigeria. Paper presented at the 15th Annual
Conference of Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria(AESON), held from 10-14 May 2010 at Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
8. Momanyi M., Urama K., (2010) Proceedings of the ATPS
Africa-Wide Workshop on “Effective Reporting on
Science Technology and Innovation” held on 26 – 28
July 2010 Nairobi, Kenya, Organized and Conductedby: ATPS and Science Africa (Under Peer Review)
Journal Articles:
1. Urama, K. C. and Ozor N., (2010) Impact of climatechange on water resources in Africa and the roleof adaption. Our Planet, Cambridge (In Press). Link
available at: http://www.ourplanet.com/climateadaptation/climate-adaptation.php
2. Ozor N., and Nnaji Cynthia (2010) The Role ofExtension in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
Change in Enugu State, Nigeria. Journal of
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
3. Ozor N., Enete A., and E. Amaechina (2010) Drivers of
rural urban interdependence and their contributions
to vulnerability in food systems in Nigeria – A
framework; Climate and Development (In Press)
4. Mwangi W. and Adero N., (2010). Enhancing the
adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs)
under the Clean Development Mechanism. Energy for
Sustainable Development Journal (In Press)
5. Ozor, N. and Nnaji Cynthia (2010) Difﬁculties in
adaptation to climate change by farmers in Enugu
State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension; Vol.
14(2): 106-122. Available online at:
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jae/article/
viewFile/64127/51924 .
Multimedia Publications:
1. Video documentary: African Youth and Womenin Science and Technology Steering Committee
Meetings, August 9 -11, 2010, Accra, Ghana
2. Parliamentary workshop DVD: Towards Kenya’s
Climate Change Policy

www.atpsnet.org

3. Tears for Mother Nature DVD: Recitation on Climate
Change and its Impacts.
Press releases:
1. Momanyi M. and Owiti J., (2010), ATPS and theMalawi National Commission for Science andTechnology enter into partnership
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.
php?article=47
2. Momanyi M. and Owiti J., (2010), Nothing for
Us, Without Us: Africa’s youth pledge to adopt a
proactive approach to Science, Technology andInnovation policy dialogue and practice
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.
php?article=42
3. Mwangi W., (2010), There is plenty of room at the top
because no one cares to get there: Report from the
2nd AWFST Steering Committee Meeting held in
Accra, Ghana http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/
news/article.php?article=44
4. Momanyi M. and Owiti J., (2010), ATPS Brings
African Science Journalists together to Enhance
Reporting of Science, Technology and Innovation
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.
php?article=46
5. Momanyi M. and Urama K., (2010), African Manifesto
on Science, Technology and Innovation receives
Praise at the Royal Society in London
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.
php?article=40
6. Mwangi W., Momanyi M., (2010) ATPS to Collaborate
with AIAE in “Innovative Alternatives to Prosperity
Metrics in Africa (IAPMA)” Initiative;
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.
php?article=5
7. Ozor N., Owiti J., (2010) ATPS to host a major
International Conference on the State of Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa: Implications
for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs)
http://www.atpsnet.org/conferences/index.php
8. Momanyi, M., (2010) ATPS Calls for Strengthening of
National Systems of Innovation for Poverty Alleviation
http://www.atpsnet.org/media_centre/news/article.
php?article=41
9. Momanyi, M., (2010) ATPS Convenes First Regional
Steering Committee Meeting Intellectual Property
Programme
10. Momanyi, M., (2010) ATPS Promotes STI fordevelopment at Rockefeller Africa Grantees
Conveningwww.atpsnet.org

Other publications
1. Urama K. C., Momanyi M., Kauffman R., Ozor N.,(eds.) (2010), Realizing the Potential of Africa’s Youth:
Linking University education, research and business insustainable agriculture; UniBRAIN Flyer – In Press
2. Urama K. C., Momanyi M., (2010), “About ATPS Flier”(Revised ed.) – In Press
3. Momanyi M., Wekundah, J., (2010) IP Programme
Prospectus – In Press
Conference Papers and Keynote presentations
1 Momanyi M., (2010) Mindset Change – Fromproblems to solutions. Presentation made at theThird African Congress for Scientiﬁc Research andTechnology, 2-4 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt
2 Urama, K., (2010) The African Manifesto on Science
Technology & Innovation. Paper presented at theRoyal Society of London, UK, 15 June 2010.
3 Ozor, N. and Nnaji Cynthia (2010) Why Farmers Find
it Difﬁcult to Adapt to Climate Change in Enugu
State, Nigeria. Paper presented at the 15th Annual
Conference of Agricultural Extension Society of
Nigeria (AESON), held from 10-14 May 2010 at
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State,
Nigeria.
4 Ozor, N., N. Oguguah, and M. Ugwuoke (2010)
Sharing the Lagos Mega-City Experience in the
Integrated Management of Sea level Rise andFlooding. Proceedings of the 1st World Congress on
Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change held 28-30
May in Bonn, Germany. Link available at:
http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/ﬁleadmin/sites/resilientcities/ﬁles/docs/C3_Descr_20100526.pdf
5 Ozor, N. (2010) Mainstreaming Climate change into
University Curricula: Issues on Pastoralism, Needs
and Processes. Proceedings of the Climate Change
Adaptation in Africa- Supported Conference on
Pastoralism and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
held 24-28 May at the Egerton University, Kenya. Link
available at:
http://www.ccaa.iccamnet.org/Downloads/
CONFERENCE%20PROGRAMME.pdf
6 Mwangi, W., Urama, K., (2010) Climate Change,
development and biodiversity presented at the World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-EARPO) Naivasha II;
Poverty Network in Africa 27-29 January 2010
7 Urama, K., (2010) Water efﬁciency and decouplingwater productivity; A global assessment, presented at
the Water Utilization in African Beverage Industries;
Current practices and prospects on 24 March 2010
8 Urama, K., (2010) The Nigerian National Innovation
Systems and Globalization Clinical Trials; presented
at the NAFDAC Capacity Building Workshop, April
26-29, 2010 in Abuja, Nigeria
9 Ozor N. (2010) Role of policy in sustainable renewable

ATPS Publications

energy development in Africa. Paper presented at theInternational Conference on Jatropha Curcas derived
Bio fuels organized and supported by The African
Academy of Sciences (AAS) and held 22-23 February
at Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
10 Ozor N. and Urama K. C. (2010) Role of the African
Adaptation Network (AAN) in Climate Change
Adaptation in Africa. Paper presented at theRoundtable on Economics of Adaptation for Africa;
27 - 28 April 2010 at African Development Bank
Headquarters, Tunis, Tunisia.
11 Urama K. C. and Ozor N., (2010) Science, Technology
and Innovation and Poverty Alleviation in Africa.
Paper presented at the International conference on
Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for
National Development held 3-7 May at the Kenyan
International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
12 Momanyi, M., (2010) Communicating Science
Technology and Innovation in Africa; some practicalexamples. Paper presented at the Rockefeller
Foundation - Africa Grantee Convening held on 14 –16 April 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya.
13 Momanyi, M., (2010) Barriers between Scientists andMedia (Myth or Reality). Paper presented during theSET-DEV Focus Group Discussion; March 30, 2010 in
Nairobi, Kenya
14 Ochugboju S., (2010) World Café Model, presented at
the launch of the “Green Drinks, Nairobi” on 26 May
15 Alaba O., (2010) Strengthening National/Regional
IP policy and legal framework in ESA; ATPS/BTA TK,
ABS and effective regional IP systems; presented at
the ARIPO conference in Harare, Zimbabwe
16 Alaba O., (2010) Trade policy and farmers welfare
in Eastern and Southern Africa; Presented at
Regional Policy Dialogue Workshop on Agricultural
Commodity Markets Access for ESA, March 24-25,
Nairobi, Kenya
17 Mwangi, J. (2010). Enhancing Renewable Energy
Technologies (RETs) under the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) in the African Women Scientists
and Engineers (AWSE) workshop held at the Kenya
School of Monetary Studies, from 18th -20th, August,NairobiTranslation of outputs into French:
During the reporting period the following outputs weretranslated into French and are currently in press:
1. Urama K.C., Francis J., Momanyi M., et al. (2010)
Innovations agricoles pour le développement durable
Le rôle du Forum des jeunes pour la science et latechnologie, Volume 1 Numero 1
2. Chimedza R.V., Urama K.C., Francis J., Momanyi
M., et al. (2010) Concours Scientiﬁque des Jeunes
Proffesionels et des femmes dans les concours desciences à l’intention de l’ensemble de l’Afrique;Rapport Sommairewww.atpsnet.org

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

From left, Board Chairman, Prof. Sam Wangwe, Prof. Maged El-Sherbiny, Assistant Minister for
Scientiﬁc Research, Egypt and Former Board Chair Prof. Norah Olembo.

Annex 1: Financial StatementCSP/
0502/10-01
CSP/
0504/10-01

CSP/
0504/10-02

CSP/
0504/10-05CSP/
0504/10-07

CSP/
0504/10-08

2.

4.

5.

6.

7.

3.

CSP/
0501/10-01

1.

GRANT CODEAWFST

Grace A. Achiando

Viola Kirui

Joy Samantha
Bongyereire

Ann Nnenna Ezeh

Elinorata Mbuya

Martha Ada Ugwu

TITLE OF PROPOSAL

Dr. Rhoda Birech

Identifying Indigenous knowledge
and effective communication
systems for adaptation to climatechange by smallholder farmers of
Kiliﬁ District, Kenya

Smallholder rice farmers in South
Eastern Nigeria: Constraints. Impact,
mitigation and adaptation to climatechangeN./A
Waste Minimisation Programme
(WIP)
N/A
Climate Change Awareness andIndigenous Innovative Adaptation
Measures applied by the Maasai
Society in Tanzania
Ms.Ngene Pricilla Nnenna Farm Level Responses to Climate
Change and Sustainable AgroMs Ugwu, Jennifer Nkechi Ecosystem Management in MarginalLands of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
N/A
Moving Forward in a Changing
Climate: Poverty Reduction
through Sustainable Environmental
Management (PRESEM)
Bockline Omedo Bebe
Effective Dissemination pathways fordelivering Climate information andservices to vulnerable groups foradaptation in semi-arid Kenya

LEAD INVESTIGATOR OTHERPROPONENTS
Dr. Happiness
Ms Kate Nnamani V
OselebeDr Andrew Eﬁsue
Prof Donatus Onu

Kenya

Kenya

UgandaNigeria

Tanzania

UK

Nigeria

COUNTRY

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

STATUS

Annex 2: GRANTS

CSP/
0501/10

9.

Tibebu Solomon

Mr. Sekaleli Ts’epo
StephenEbenezer Nyarko
Kumi

11. CP/
0401/10-05

12. CP/
0401/10-06

Aliet Ondicho

Prof. Abeeku BrewHammond

Mr. Matlabe Charles Eti

Mr. Nkhase Tlotlisang

Mr. Sebusi Karabo

Mr Wondwossen Belete

Getahun Asfaw

Mr Adamu Zegeye

Mr. Muktar Ahmed Sh.
Abdi

Dr. Ben Mwasi

Dr. Mwangi Kinyanjui

LEAD INVESTIGATOR OTHERPROPONENTS
Barrister Onyeke 0
Okpe Valentine Chijioke

10. CP/
0401/10-02

AYFST

CSP
-0504/10-09

8.

GRANT CODE

COUNTRY

Design and Analysis of a 1MW
Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic
System In Kumasi-Ghana

The Integration of Conservation
Agriculture to Agro-forestry system
as an adaptation strategy to climatechangeAssess the rationale andcompetence of pastoral community
innovative adaptation to theincidence of climate change in
Ethiopia

Ghana

Lesotho

Ethiopia

Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Nigeria
Indigenous Practises in Adaptation,
Resilience Capacity Building
and Mitigation of Deforestation,
Desertiﬁcation and Drought in Rural
African Communities
The Effect of Human Activities on
Kenya
the Role of Forests as a Carbon Sink
- The Case of Mau Forest, Kenya

TITLE OF PROPOSAL

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

STATUS

Annex 2: GRANTS

Deusdedit Kibassa

Ms Loma Nyangulu

18. CP/
0404/10-01

19. CP/
0404/10-02

Hyacinth C. Nnamchi

Mr.
Mmaduabuchukwu
MkpadoProfessor Jianping Li

Mr. J.N. Nwakaire

15. CP/
0402/10-05
16. CP/
0403/10-01

17. CP/
0403/10-02

Prof. C. O. Akubuo

TawandaManyangadze,

14. CP/
0402/10-04

Mr. Amon Kabuli

N/A

Prof. Igbokwe Edwin
MbadiweN/A

Ms. Tolulope Adebayo

Mr. Anu Ojo

Mr Lookman Abdullah

Arc. Babafemi OyediranFrancis Okelola
Olumayokun

13. CP/
0401/10-08

Utilization of the Potential Rain
Water Harvesting Technology for
Improving Food Security in Dry
Areas, The Case of Bahi District,
DodomaHarnessing Indigenous Knowledge
on Small-Scale Soil and Water
Conservation Innovations toEnhance Farmer Adaptation to
Climate Change in Central Malawi

Evaluation of the CMIP3 Model on
the Simulation of the South Atlantic
ocean Dipole
Developing the Capacity and
Improving Access of Small-scale
Farmers to Low Cost Artiﬁcial
Substrate Mushroom Cultivation inSouth-Eastern Nigeria

Near real-time applicatin andvalidation of a multi-temporalthreshold algorithm in active forestﬁre detection and monitoring in
Zimbabwe using MSG satellite

Detailed measurements ofvehicular carbon footprints
emissions concentration level in
Minna, Niger State, Nigeria andthe Environmental Pollution cum
Climate Change Effect

MalawiTanzania

Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Nigeria

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Annex 2: GRANTS

Kiros Meles Hadgu,

Kiplangat Ngeno

Abdelaziz Lawani

Shakespear Mudombi N/A

21. CP/
0404/10-05

22. CP/
0404/10-06

23. CP/
0405/10-03

24. CP/
0405/10-07

Yllias Lawani,

Michael Okan,

Gilles AFFO,

Bockline Omedo Bebe,

Mr. Desta Gebremichael,

Mr. Andent Deressa,

Mr. Azmeraw Ayehu
Tesfahun,

Mr. Bewket Amdu

LEAD INVESTIGATOR OTHERPROPONENTS

20. CP/
0404/10-04

GRANT CODE

Analysis of the role of ICTs in
Climate Change Awareness;
Adaptation and Mitigation in Rural
South Africa and Zimbabwe

Les Jeunes moteurs desCommunautés résilientes face auchangement climatique dans lesvilles de Karimama et de Malanville

Assessing Indigenous Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation
and Improving Resilience andDecision Making Capacity of
Smallholder farmers in response
to climate risks in Tigray, Northern
Ethiopia
Assessment of the vulnerability andadaptation strategies to climate
variability and change of the Bostaurus dairy dairy genoty-pes under
diverse productin environments in
Kenya

Climate Change Analysis: Improve
Farmers’ Resilience to Climate
Related Hazards in the Upper
Catchment of Blue Nile, Ethiopia

TITLE OF PROPOSALSouth Africa

Benin

Kenya

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

COUNTRY

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

STATUS

Annex 2: GRANTS

Annex 3: Where we work

About ATPS
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) is a multi-disciplinary network
wo
orrk
o
of researchers, private sector actors, policy makers and civil society actors promoting
in
ng
n
g
the generation, dissemination, use and mastery of science, technology andinnovation (STI) for African development, environmental sustainability and global
inclusion. Its mission is to improve the quality of STI research, policy and practice forsustainable development in Africa, by Africans and for Africa.
In collaboration with like- minded institutions, ATPS provides platforms for regional
and international research and knowledge sharing for the identiﬁcation andprioritization, development, use and mastery of STI for sustainable social, economicand environmental development in Africa. With a Secretariat Headquarters in
Nairobi, Kenya, it operates through national chapters in 29 countries (including
Anglophone, Lusophone and Francophone countries) with an expansion plan tocover the entire sub-Saharan Africa, by 2015. ATPS has also initiated new natioal
chapters/ focal points in the US and the UK. As an international organization, ATPS
enjoys the privileges and diplomatic immunities accorded to similar internationalorganizations in Kenya.

Annex 4: DONORSThe Rockefeller Foundation
New York Ofﬁce
The Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10018, USA
The Rockefeller Foundation
Nairobi Ofﬁce
Capitol Hill Square, Western Wing,
3rd Floor, Chyulu Road,
off Haile Selassie Avenue, Upper Hill
P.O Box 14531-00800,Nairobi, Kenya
The Royal Dutch Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Social Development Department
Education and Research Division (DSO/OO)
Bezuidenhoutseweg 672594 AC The Hague, The Netherlands
Maastricht University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
PO Box 616, NL-6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
DANIDA - – UniBRAIN Programme
Asiatisk Plads 21448 Copenhagen K
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa(FARA) – UniBRAIN Programme
PMB CT 173 / 12
Anmeda Street, Roman Ridge, Accra, Ghana

UNEP - Division of Technology, Industry andEconomics (DTIE)
15 rue de Milan
75441 Paris Cedex 09, France
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity(TEEB)
Helmholtz-zentrum fürUmweltforschung GmbH – UFZ
Permoserstralße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
IPCC Secretariat
c/o World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
7 bis, Avenue de la Paix
C.P. 2300 CH-1200
Geneva 2, Switzerland
United Nations Educational, Scientiﬁc and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
1, rue Miollis 75732
Paris Cedex 15 France
European Commission Framework 7 Programme
Rue Archimède 73
1000 Brussels, Belgium
University of Sussex
ESRC STEPS Centre
Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
FalmerBrighton, East Sussex, UK
BN1 9REAnnex 5: ATPS Board Members
Prof. Sam M. WANGWE (Chair)
Executive Director
Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)
157 Mgombani Street Regent Estate
P.O. Box 33223
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-2700083/2772556
Fax: +255-22-2775738
Email: swangwe@repoa.or.tz orswangwe@yahoo.com

Prof. Banji Oyeleran-OYEYINKA (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

Prof. Turner T. ISOUN (Member)
Former Honourable Minister, FMST
1 Ministers Hill off 40 Colorado Close
Maitama, Abuja Nigeria
Tel: +234-9-523 3397
Fax: +234-9-523 4390
Cell: +234 805 960 0023
E-mail: ttisoun@aol.com

Prof. A. W. MWANG’OMBE, EBS (Member)
Principal, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
and Professor of Plant Pathology
University of Nairobi
P.O. Box 30197-00100 GPONairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-2055126
Cell: +254 722 788995
E-mail: mwangombe@kenyaweb.com

Prof. Oliver SAASA (Member)Managing Consultant
Premier Consult
P.O. Box 38163
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260-1-290056
Telefax: +260-1-290581
Cell: +260 977 827114
E-mail: oliver-saasa@coppernet.zm or
premier-consult@coppernet.zm

Prof. Indira NATH (Member)
Institute of Pathology (ICMR)
Safdarjung Hospital Campus
New Delhi 110029
India
Tel: +91 11 26100754
Home: +91 11 26517707
E-mail: indiranath@gmail.com

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

Professor Shaukat Ali ABDULRAZAK (Member)
National Council for Science and Technology
P.O. Box 30623-0010
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2242175
Cell: +254 721 107867
E-mail: secretary@ncst.go.ke orsabdulrazak@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

Dr. Kevin URAMA (Ex-Ofﬁcio)
Executive Director
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)
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

Annex 6: ATPS Responsible Innovation Advisory Committee
1. Dr. Philippe Kuhutama Mawoko
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
2. Prof. Wiebe E. Bijker
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
3. Prof. Norman Clark
The Open University,
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA,
United Kingdom
Email: n.clark@open.ac.uk or
norman18542@yahoo.co.uk
4. Prof. Bob Orskov
The Orskov Foundation
c/o The Macaulay Institute
Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen
AB15 8QH
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 1224 498200
E-mail: b.orskov@macaulay.ac.uk
Website: http://www.
orskovfoundation.org/
5. Prof. Andy Hall
Researcher
United Nations University – MERIT
Maastricht,
The Netherlands
E-mail: hall@merit.unu.edu or
andyhallmails@yahoo.com

6. Prof. Peter H. May
PresidentInternational Society of Ecological
Economics (ISEE)
Chair, Department of Development,
Agriculture and Society
Federal Rural University of Rio deJaneiro, Brazil
Tel: +55 21 2551 1320
E-mail: peter@rebraf.org.br
7. Prof. Norah K. Olembo
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
8. Prof. HODGE, Ian David,
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
9. Prof. Ishenkumba Kahwa
Dean, Faculty of Pure and Applied
Sciences
Mona Campus, The University of theWest Indies
Kingston 7, Jamaica
E-mail:ishenkumba.kahwa@gmail.
com
10. 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

11. Dr. George O. Essegbey
Director, STEPRI-C.S.I.R.
P.O. Box CT 519, Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233-21-779401/773856
Email: george_essegbey@yahoo.
co.uk
12. 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
13. 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
14. Dr. Musa A. Dube - (ATPSNational Chapters – Southern Africa
Representative)
ATPS-Swaziland National
Coordinator
Senior Lecturer & ATPS National
Coordinator
Faculty of Agriculture, University ofSwaziland
Tel : +268 527 40 21
Email: madube@agric.uniswa.sz
15. Prof. Michael C. Madukwe(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

Annex 7: Secretariat
ATPS has an independent and dynamically evolving Secretariat Staff which provides executive
direction and physical infrastructure to the network. The Secretariat is led by the Secretariat
Management Committee (SMC) chaired by the Executive Director and comprises of the
Financial and Administration Manager; the Research and Training Manager, the Communication
and Outreach Manager, the STI Policy Liaison Ofﬁcer (National Chapters’ Liaison Ofﬁcer); andthe Senior Secretary/ Administrative Assistant. Other secretariat staff comprises STI Professionals,
Science Communication Experts and Administrative support staff. An integral part of the ATPS
Secretariat is the Youth capacity building through Student Internship program.
The SMC provides strategic intellectual and administrative direction to the regional activitiesof the ATPS. The Responsible STI Advisory Committee and the ATPS National Coordinators’
Regional Steering Committee liaise with the Secretariat in the implementation and evaluation of
the ATPS Programs. The ATPS Secretariat Staff in 2010 include:
Stafﬁng Positions 2010
1. Dr. Kevin C. Urama
Executive Director
2. Mr. Richard Murimi Muriuki Finance and Admin Manager
3. Wairimu Mwangi
Research Ofﬁcer
4. Dr Nicholas Ozor
Senior Research Ofﬁcer
5. Ms. Carol Thuku
Senior Secretary/Programs Administrative Assistant
6. Mr. Marsden Momanyi
Communications Ofﬁcer
7. Mr. Nelson Akenga
Information Technology Assistant
8. Richard Muchesia
Driver/Messenger
9. Philip Osano
Research Ofﬁcer
10. Maurice Bolo
Post Doctoral Research Ofﬁcer
11. Hannah Adari
Communication Assistant
12. Steven Otieno
Accounts AssistantAnnex
8:
ATPS National Chapter Coordinators Regional
Steering Committee Members
1. Dr. Sylvester NDESO ATANGAATPS Cameroon
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Buea
P.O. Box 63
South West Province
Republic of Cameroon
Tel: + 237-75816047
Cell: +237-99841433
Email: ndiande@yahoo.com
2. Dr Arsène Konan KOUADIOATPS Côte d’Ivoire
Centre Ivoirien de Recherches
Economiques et Sociales (CIRES)
Cocody, Boulevard Latrille08 BP. 1295 ABIDJAN 08, Côted’ivoire
Tel.: (225) 22 444 363 / 22448942
Fax.: (225) 22 440829
Email: arsenekk@yahoo.fr
arsenekouadio@hotmail.com
3. Prof. Michael MADUKWEATPS Nigeria
Department of Agriculturalextension
University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
Enugu State
Tel: +234 42 771019
Cell: + 234 803 700 6968
Email: madukwemichael@yahoo.
com

4. Prof. Femi OLOKESUSIATPS Nigeria
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: madukwe@hotmail.com
5. Dr. Musa DUBEATPS Swaziland
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
6. Mr. Kenneth W. ADUDAATPS Kenya
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: adudakenwo@gmail.com

Ex-Officio Members
7. Dr. Kevin C. URAMA
Executive Director
African Technology Policy Studies
Network
P.O. Box 10081-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 2714092
Fax: +254 20 2714028
Email : kurama@atpsnet.org
8. Dr. George Owusu ESSEGBEY
Director
STEPRI/CSIR
P.O. Box CT 519,
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 21 773856
Fax: +233 21 773068
Cell: +233 243 753314
Email: george_essegbey@yahoo.
co.uk

Annex 9: ATPATPSPS Nationall CCo
Coordinators
oordina
di attors & Foc
F
Focal
cal Points
Point
oints
1. 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: Rochl_mongbo@yahoo.fr
2. Botswana
Vacant3. Burkina Faso
Dr. Benoit KABORE
Université de Ouagadougou
01 BP 4487
Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
Cell : +226- 70403013 / 78812008/75980731
Email: benkabor2003@yahoo.fr
4. Cameroon
Dr. 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 or
ndiade@yahoo.com
5. Côte d’Ivoire
Dr. Arsène KOUADIO,
Associate Professor, University of
Abidjan-Cocody ; Researcher, CIRES
Director, Laboratoire de croissance
Economique
Executive Director, Institut pour leDéveloppement (IPD),
Coordinator, ATPS Côte 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

6. Egypt
Ms. Manal Moustafa SAMRA
Focal Point Coordinator
45 Noubar Street, Bab El-Louk
8th Floor, Apt 29,Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20105005284
Email: mmsamra@gmail.com
7. Ethiopia
Mr. Wondwossen Belete
National Coordinator
ATPS-Ethiopia
P.O.Box 25453
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: 251-11-6462428
Cel: +251-911-886709
Email: wondwossenbel@yahoo.com
8. The Gambia
Vacant
9. 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 or obeyie@
gmail.com
10. Kenya
Mr. Kenneth W. ADUDA
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: adudakenwo@gmail.com
11. Lesotho
Mr. Denis Sekoja Phakisi
Acting National Coordinator
Manufacturing Manager
Loti Brick
P.O. Box 8008, Maseru 100, Lesotho
Tel: +266 5885 3389
Fax: +266 22310071
Email: ds.phakisi@lycos.com

12. Liberia
Dr. Wollor Emmanuel TOPOR
National Coordinator
Acting Dean
College of Science and Technology
University of Liberia
Tel: + 231-6875802
Email: wollortopor@yahoo.com
13. Malawi
Prof. Henry MLOZA-BANDA
Professor of Agricultural Ecology
University of Malawi
Faculty of Agriculture
Lilongwe, Malawi
Cell: +265 888 854 123
Email: mlozab@yahoo.co.uk
14. MaliDr. Sidiki Gabriel DEMBELE
Agrochimie/Agroforesterie et Fertilitédes sols
Bureau Ouest-Africain d’Appui
Organisational et de Technologies
Appropiées
B.P. E 3730, Bamako, Mali
Tél. : (223) 226 2012
Fax : (223) 226 2504
Cell : (223) 71 3806
Email: sidikigabriel@hotmail.com or
ﬁliﬁngdem@yahoo.fr
15. MoroccoProf. Dr. Saïd BOUJRAF
Proposed National Coordinator
Director of the Clinical Neuroscience
Laboratory
Department of Biophysics and Clinical
MRI Methods
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy,
University of Fez
BP. 1893; Km 2.200, Sidi Hrazem Road,Fez 30000, MoroccoTel: +212 667 780 442
Fax: +212 535 619 321
E-mail: sboujraf@gmail.com

Annex 9: ATPS National Coordinators & Focal Points
16. 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
17. Nigeria
Prof. Michael C. MADUKWEProfessor, Department of Agricultural
Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
Tel: +234 42 771019
Fax: +234 42 771500
Cell: +234 803 700 6968
Email: madukwemichael@yahoo.com
Prof. Femi OLOKESUSI
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
18. Rwanda
Prof Herman Musahara
Associate Professor and Director
Directorate of Planning andDevelopment(DPD)
National University of Rwanda
B.P.117 Butare
Huye, Rwanda
Email: hmusahara@nur.ac.rw
19. Senegal
Dr. 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

20. 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
Cell: +232 76 610600
Email: squirechris15@yahoo.com
21. South Africa
Professor Mark SWILLING
Sustainability Institute, School of Public
Management and Planning
Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1,
Matieland, 7602, South Africa
Cell: +27(0)83-459 7417
Tel: +27(0)21-881 3196
Fax: +27(0)21 - 881 3294
Email: swilling@sun.ac.za
22. Sudan
Mrs. Nadia Hassan SIDAHMED
Economic Studies Department
Industrial Research & Consultancy
Centre (IRCC)Sudan
Tel: +249 911449106
Email: nadiahsh@yahoo.co.uk
23. Swaziland
Dr. Musa A. 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
24. Tanzania
Vacant25. UK-Diaspora
Mrs. Martha Ada UGWU
Proposed National Coordinator
59 Highgrove Road
Walderslade, Chatham
Kent, ME5 7SF, UK
Tel: +4401634310389/07985476289
Email: Martha.ugwu@yahoo.co.uk
Martha@ugwu.fsworld.co.uk

26. Uganda
Mr. John OKUONZINational Coordinator, ATPS Uganda
Chapter
Kyambogo University, Faculty ofEngineering,
Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering,
P.O Box 1, Kyambogo, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 782 353034
Email: jokuonzi@kyu.ac.ug or okuonzijohnie@yahoo.com
27. USA-Diaspora
Dr. Anthony C IKEME
Proposed National Coordinator
President & CEO
Clintriad Pharma Services
102 Pickering Way, Suite 200
Exton, PA 19341
Tel: 484.753.3405
Cell: 215.380.9920
Fax: 610.384.5455
Email: aikeme@clintriad.com
28. Zambia
Prof. Francis D. YAMBA
National Coordinator
Coordinator, Centre for Energy
Environment and Engineering Zambia(CEEEZ) Ltd, 176 Parirenyatwa Road
Suite B. Fairview, P/B E721,
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel/Fax: +260 211 223118
Email: yambafd@yahoo.com
29. 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
Cell: +263 772494902
Email: bmutzwizwai@yahoo.com;
bmzwizwai@science.uz.ac.zw

Annex10: List of Regional Steering Committee Members for
the IP Program
S/N NAME
1.
Dr Sean Butler

2.

Mr. Charles
Mugoya,3.

Dr.Victoria
HensonApollonio,

4.

Dr. Mahama
Ouedraogo

5.

Prof. Otieno
Odek

6.

Mr. Gift Sibanda

7.

Dr. Francis
Mangeni

8.

Prof. Norah K.
Olembo9.
10.

Mr. Peter Munyi
Mr. Joseph
Wekundah11.

Dr. Kevin Chika
Urama

INSTITUTION & POSITION
Fellow and Director of Studies in Law, St
Edmund’s College University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB3 0BN United Kingdom

CONTACTS
Tel: +44 0795-153-0-153 College
tel: +44 1223-336250
Fax: +44 01223-762822
email: scb46@cam.ac.uk Website: www.
stedmunds.cam.ac.uk
Association for Strengthening Agricultural
Plot 5 Mpigi Road
Research in Eastern and Central Africa
P.O.Box 765 Entebbe, Uganda(ASARECA)
Tel: 256 414 320556/320212
Fax: 256 414 321126
Email: secretariat@asareca.org, orasareca@imul.com
Website: www.asareca.org
Senior Scientist, Project Manager The
Via dei Tre Denari, 472/a 00057 Maccarese,
Central Advisory Service on Intellectual
Rome, Italy
Property (CAS-IP) A CGIAR System Ofﬁce
Tel: +39 066118300
Unit, hosted by Bioversity International
Fax: +39 0661979661
Email: v.henson-apollonio@cgiar.org
African Union (AU)NPA Building 4th Floor 26/28 Marina, PMB
Executive Secretary Scientiﬁc, Technical and 2359 Pos Code 101001, Lagos, Nigeria Tel:
Research Commission (STRC)|+234 1 2633359
Fax: +234 1 2798976
Email: oaustrcl@hyperia.com
Managing Director Kenya Industrial
P.O. Box 51648-00200, Nairobi, Kenya Tel:
Property Institute (KIPI) Ministry of+254 20 602210/11
Industrialization Popo Rd, off Mombasa
Fax: +254 20 2386220
road, South C Weights and Measures
Email: otienoodek@yahoo.com
Complex
Website: www.kipi.go.ke
Director General African Regional
11 Natal Road, Belgravia P.O. Box 4228
Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 794065/6/8 Fax: +263 4 7940723
Email: mail@ariopo.org
Website: www.aripo.org
Director of Trade Customs and Monetary
Ben Bella Road Lusaka, ZambiaTel: +260
Affairs Common Market for Eastern and
211 229 725/32
Southern Africa (COMESA)
Fac: +260 211 225 107
Email: fmangeni@comesa.int Website:www.comesa.int
Executive Director Africa Biotechnology
P.O. Box 66069-00800 Nairobi Tel: +254
Stakeholders Forum733 854575
Email: noraholembo@yahoo.com or absf@
absfafrica.com
Chief Legal Ofﬁcer ICIPE Nairobi, Kenya
Email: pmunyi@icipe.org
Executive Director Biotechnology Trust
Family Health Plaza Building P.O. Box
Africa1285-00100, 1st Floor Nairobi, Kenya Tel:
+254-020-6000040/6003983 Fax: +254-0206003358
Cell: +254 (0) 722205391
Email: biotechafrica@gmail.com
Executive Director African Technology
3rd Floor, The Chancery, Valley Road P.O.
Policy Studies Network
Box 10081-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-271 4098/168/498 Fax: +25420-271 4028
Email: executivedirector@atpsnet.org
Website: www.atpsnet.org

Annex11:
List of National Steering Committee Members
for the IP Program
ETHOPIAMr. Wondwosen Belete

Mr. Tibebu Solomon

Ms. Negwata Asrat
Mr. Tesfahun Fenta Jimberie

Dr. Woldeyesus Sinebo

KENYA
Prof. Tom P. Migun Ogada

Mr. Joseph Mbewa

Dr Evans Sikinyi

Prof. Francis B. Mwaura
Mr. Otula Owuor

National Coordinator
Director of Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Transfer,
Ethiopian Industrial Property Organization (EIPO)
MOST Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 911 886709/251-11-6462428
Email: wondwossenbel@yahoo.com
Senior Technology Transfer Expert
Ministry of Science & Technology
P.O. Box 2490, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cell: +251 911481003
Email:tibebusolomon@gmail.com or indus@estc.gov.et
Email: negatwa@yahoo.com
PROLINNOVA - Ethiopia Coordinator
Agri-Service Ethiopia
P.O. Box 2460, Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 911 649912
Email: tfenta@yahoo.com
Head, Agricultural Technology Intellectual Property Management Ofﬁce
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 911 481 204
Fax: +251 116 465412
Email: wsinebo@hotmail.com
Kenya Industrial Research & Development Institute (KIRDI)
P.O. Box 30560, 00100 NAIROBI
Tel. : +254 20 603842 ; 720 870997 ; 733 831747
E-mail: dir@kirdi.go.ke
Assistant Director of Industries,
Ministry of Industrialization
P.O. Box 30418 -00100 , Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 721 467887
Email: jmmbeva@yahoo.com
Executive Ofﬁcer
Seed Trade Association Of Kenya
Utumishi Co-operative HouseP O Box 2581-00202, Nairobi, Kenya
Email esikinyi@stak.or.ke or sikinyi_evans@yahoo.co.uk
University of Nairobi
Email: fbmwaura@mail.uonbi.ac.ke
Science Editor, Media Consultant/Trainer
P.O. Box 57458-00200 Nairobi
Tel: +254 722 843101
Email: ootulah@yahoo.com

Annex 11: List of National Steering Committee Members for the IP Program
LESOTHO
Motlatsi Nicholas Mokhothu

Sekoja Phakisi
Palime Moeketsi Daniel

Lengeta Mabea
Mamolise Falatsa
MALAWI
Dr. Rowland M Chirwa

Dr. James M. Bokosi

National University of Lesotho (NUL),
P.O Roma 180, LesothoTel.: +266 340601, Fax: +266 340000
Email : mn.mokhothu@nul.ls / mokhothum@yahoo.co.uk
Cell: +266 5887 0525
Email: ds.phakisi@lycos.com
Chief Industrial Property Counsel
Ministry of Law Justice Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs
Government Complex, Finance House Maseru, Lesotho
Cell: +266-63071848
Email: palimem@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 39, Leribe 300, Lesotho
Cell: +266 63024889 Tel: +266 22334539
E-mail:Mabeald@Yahoo.Com
P.O.Box 10626, Maseru 100, Lesotho
Tel: +266 22326331/58074031 Fax: +266 2232 6331
Email: mamolisemarthafalatsa@yahoo.com
Chitedze Agricultural Research Station
P.O. Box 158 Lilongwe, Malawi
Phone: (265) 9962851 Fax: (265) 1707278
Email: rchirwa@malawi.net or R.Chirwa@cgiar.org
James M. Bokosi, PhD University of Malawi
Bunda College of Agriculture
P. O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
Tel: (265) 277 222/ 306 Fax: (265) 277 420
E-mail: jmbokosi@yahoo.com or jmbokosi@bunda.unima.mw

Dr Gregory M. Sandyalunda
Mr. Chapusa Domino Phiri

Ms. Dorica Surye Phiri
SWAZILAND
Dr. Priscilla S. Dlamini
Prof. Nonhlanhla Alucia Sukati

Dr. Abednego M. Dlamini
Dr. Rosemary Lencane Vilakati
Dr. Pinkie Eunice Zwane

Assistant Registrar General, Ministry of JusticeC D Consultants, P.O Box 30590, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi Or
Ministry of Justice, Registrar General Department, P.O Box 100,
Blantyre, Malawi
University of Malawi, Faculty of Law
P.O. Box 280 Zomba, Malawi
Lecturer in the Department of General Nursing Faculty of Health
Sciences, University of Swaziland
Faculty of Health Sciences
P.O. Box 369 Mbabane. Swaziland+Tel: 268) 40-40171/2
Email: nasukati@healthsci.uniswa.sz
Abednego Dlamini
University Of Swaziland
Private Bag Luyengo
Lecturer in the University of Swaziland, Department of Animal
Production and Health
Head, Department of Consumer Sciences
University of Swaziland
E-mail: pezwane@agric.uniswa.sz

Annex 11: List of National Steering Committee Members for the IP
ProgramTANZANIA
Mr. George Silas Shemdoe
Mr. Saudin Jacob Mwakaje

Mr. Paulo Peter Mhame

Mr. Sirael Patrick Nambololo
Ms. Hulda Gideon
UGANDA
Prof. Joseph Obua
Dr. Dick M. Kamugusha

Catherine Munabi Tukacungurwa

Prof. Hannington Oryem OrigaJohn Stephen Okuta
ZIMBABWE
Billy Billiards Mukarmuri (PhD)

Nyasha E. Chishakwe
Dr Donald Peter Chimanikire

Dahlia Garwe (nee Gonye), Dr

Grace Musasa

Principal Scientiﬁc Ofﬁcer I, Tanzania Commission for Science andTechnology
Intellectual Property Coordinator for Universities Science, Humanities andEngineering Partnership in Africa (USHEPiA)
Tel: +255-22-2410278 Cell: +255-754-300132 Fax: +255-22-2410441
Email: saudinj@udsm.ac.tz
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; Samora Avenue/ Shaban Robert
Road, P.O.BOX 9083, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Tel: +255 22 2120261-7, Cell: +255 755 882078, Fax:+255 222139951 &
2138060, e-mail: pmhame@yahoo.com

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology,
P.O Box 4302 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
E-mail: hgideon@costech.or.tz/hgideon@hotmail.com
Email: j.obua@vicres.net
Director, Technonology Development Center (TDC)
Plot 42A Mukabya Road, Nakawa Industrial Area
P.O. Box 7086, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 712077229, Fax: +256 414286695
Email: dkamugasha@uiri.org
Senior Scientiﬁc Ofﬁcer
Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)
P.O. Box 6884, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 712333692, Email: cmunabi@yahoo.com
Email: horyem-origa@botany.mak.ac.ug
Email: john.okuta@undp.org
Centre for Applied Social Sciences, (CASS)
University of Zimbabwe
P O Box MP 167 Mount PleasantTel: 263-4-912-112774 or 04-303306, Fax: 256-4-307134
Email: bmukamuri@sociol.uz.ac.zw or bmukamuri@mail.com
10A Ambassador Rd, Ballantyne Park, Borrowdale, Harare, Zimbabwe
E-mail: nchishakwe@africaonline.co.zw
University of Zimbabwe, Institute of Development Studies,
P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 303211 ext: 12101
Cell: +26311 808 002/ +263 913 020 486
Email: dpchimanikire@science.uz.ac.zw; or donchim2000@yahoo.co.uk
Tobacco Research Board
Box 1909, Harare
Phone +263-4-575412; +263-4 575289-94, Fax +263 4 575288
Cell +263 11 881 808, E-mail: dgarwe@kutsaga.co.zw
Examiner
Ministry of Justice & Legal Affairs
Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Ofﬁce
PLOT 92 Tynwald Drive Tynwald, Harare, Zimbabwe
Cell: +263 913 414 348
Email: gracemusasa@yahoo.com

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Knowledge Management and Appropriation Strategies
Strengthening the National Intellectual
Dr. Kevin C. Urama
Property (IP) Policy and Legal Frameworks/ E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org
in East and Southern Africa: Traditional
Knowledge Access and Beneﬁt Sharing andEffective IP System (2008 – 2012)
1. ATPS CP/0209 - Traditional Knowledge
Systems & Increasing Access to Beneﬁt
Sharing of Intellectual Property in Africa(Jan– Dec 2010)
Agricultural Innovation Programs:
Dr. Kevin C. Urama
E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org
ATPS CP/0309 1. Agricultural Innovations for Climate
Change Adaptation and Food Security in
Africa (Jan 2010 – Dec. 2011)
2. Linking Universities Business, and Researchand Agricultural innovation (UniBRAIN)(2010 – 2014)

PROGRAM TITLE AND REFERENCE
CODE AND DURATION

E-mail: nozor@atpsnet.org

Dr. Nicholas Ozor,
Senior Research Ofﬁcer, ATPS

Email: mbolo@atpsnet.org

Dr. Maurice Bolo

SECRETARIAT

E-mail: b.orskov@macaulay.ac.uk

Prof. Egil Robert Orskov
Director, International Feed Resource
Unit (IFRU) , Macaulay Institute .
Member, ATPS International STI
Council, UNITED KINGDOM

E-mail: madube@agric.uniswa.sz

Dr. Musa Dube, National Coordinator,
Swaziland and Regional Council
Member, Southern Africa.
SWAZILAND. Member, ATPSInternational STI Council,

E-mail: madukwemichael@yahoo.com

Prof. Michael Madukwe, (Lead
Coordinator)
National Chapter Coordinator, Nigeria
and Regional Council Member, West
Africa. Member, ATPS International
STI Council, NIGERIA

E-mail: biotechafrica@gmail.com

Mr. Joseph Wekundah, (Lead
Coordinator)
Executive Director, Biotechnology
Trust Africa, KENYA

EXTERNAL PROGRAM
COORDINATORS

Annex
12:
List of Ongoing Implementation Programs andPrograms Coordinators

PROGRAM DIRECTOR(c) ATPS & Green Drinks Nairobi - Launch
the World Science Cafe on Climate Change
in Africa

ii. Call No. ATPS-CP-0500/10) -Building
the capacity of Africa’s women in climatechange adaptation and impacts mitigation,and resilience building through science,technology and innovation(b) Climate Change Innovation Award 2010
i. Call No. ATPS-CP-0400/10) -Building
the capacity of Africa’s Youth in climatechange adaptation and impacts mitigation,and resilience building through science,technology and innovation

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
1. Climate Sense program:
Dr. Kevin C. Urama(a) ATPS CP/0109: Emerging and Indigenous E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org
Technologies for Climate Change
Adaptation in Africa (Jan – Dec 2010)

PROGRAM TITLE AND REFERENCE
CODE AND DURATION

E-mail: wmwangi@atpsnet.org

Mr. Philip Osano, ATPS
Research Ofﬁcer (part time),
McGill university, Canada
E-mail: Philip.osano@mcgill.ca
In liaison with
Ms. Wairimu Mwangi, ResearchOfﬁcer, ATPS.

E-mail: fmmutua@gmail.com

E-mail: nozor@atpsnet.org

E-mail: george_essegbey@yahoo.co.uk

Prof. Eric. C. Eboh, Executive Director(Member of Coordinating Team)
African Institute for Applied
Economics
Enugu State, NIGERIA
Email : eceboh@yahoo.com
Dr. George Essegbey (Member of
Coordinating Team)
Former National Chapter Coordinator,
ATPS Ghana, and Member ATPS
National Chapter’s Regional
Council, West Africa, and the ATPSInternational STI Council. GHANA

Prof. Francis M. Mutua, (Lead
Coordinator). Member, ATPSInternational STI Council, Professorof Hydrology, Department ofMeteorology, University of Nairobi
Nairobi, KENYA

EXTERNAL PROGRAM
COORDINATORS

Ms. Wairimu Mwangi, ATPS
Research Ofﬁcer: wmwangi@
atpsnet.org
in collaboration with
Dr. Nicholas Ozor, ATPS PostDoctoral Researcher,

SECRETARIAT

Annex 12: List of Ongoing Implementation Programs and Programs
Coordinators

Youth and Gender Empowerment
AYFST Program:
1. Youth Innovation Challenge(Y I CAN) program
2. Youth Internships & Post Doctoral
Placements
3. Youth Congress. etc
E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org

Dr. Kevin C. Urama,
Executive Director, ATPS.
E-mail: mmomanyi@atpsnet.org

Mr. Marsden Momanyi,
Communications & OutreachOfﬁcer, ATPS

E-mail: nozor@atpsnet.org

Science Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries (SET-DEV)
African Manifesto for STI
Dr. Kevin C. Urama
Executive Director
E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.
org
Management of Environmental Infrastructure
Ms. Wairimu Mwangi,
1. International Resource Panel Working
Dr. Kevin C. Urama,
Group on Sustainable Water Management,
Executive Director, ATPS. wmwangi@atpsnet.org, in
E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org liaison with
2009 - 2011
Dr. Nicholas Ozor, ATPS PostDoctoral Researcher,

Ms. Phina Magara, Secretary
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: phinamagara@yahoo.co.uk

Mr. Festus Amadu, Vice-Chair
Lecturer in Agricultural Economics
Njala University, Freetown, Sierra
Leone
Email: famadu2002@yahoo.com orFestusamadu01@yahoo.co.uk

E-mail: tennysonmagombo@yahoo.co.uk

Mr. Tennyson M Magombo, Chair
Agro Enterprise Development
Specialist, African Institute ofCorporate Citizenship, Lilongwe,
Malawi

Invited by UNEP to join the Panel andChair the Working Group.

E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org

E-mail: nozor@atpsnet.org

Global Development Paradigms (STI in the New Green Economy Initiative)
The State of STI in Africa, UNESCO Global
Dr. Kevin C. Urama,
Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Researcher,
Science Report, 2010
Executive Director
Post-Doctoral, ATPS

E-mail: or hari_ejna@yahoo.com

Dr. E. Haribabu, Professor of Sociology
University of Hyderabad, INDIA

Prof. Wiebe Bijker, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
E-mail:w.bijker@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Email: nolembo@absfafrica.org

Prof. Norah K. Olembo, Co-Chair
Executive Director
African Biotechnology Stakeholders
Forum (ABSF), KENYA

Prof. Agnes W. Mwang’ombe, Chair
Principal, College of Agriculture &Veterinary Sciences, University of
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: Mwangombe@kenyaweb.com

EXTERNAL PROGRAM
COORDINATORS

Nanotechnologies for Development in India,
Kenya and the Netherlands: Towards a
Framework for Democratic Governance ofRisks in Developing Countries (2010 – 2014)

Ms Wairimu Mwangi, ResearchOfﬁcerwmwangi@atpsnet.org

SECRETARIAT

Mr. Alfonso AlfonsiConsultant , Laboratorio di Scienzedella Cittadinanza (LSC). Rome, ITALY
Email: alfonsi_alf@yahoo.it

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Emerging Technologies & Policy Options, Socialization & Advocacy
Science Ethics and Technological
Dr. Kevin C. Urama,
Responsibility for Developing andExecutive Director,
E-mail: kurama@atpsnet.org
Emerging Countries (SET-DEV) – (2008 –2011)

African Women Forum for Science andTechnology (AWFST) programs:
1. Women Innovation Challenge (WE CAN)
program
2. Women Internships & Post Doctoral
Placements
3. Women Congress. etc

PROGRAM TITLE AND REFERENCE
CODE AND DURATION

Annex 12: List of Ongoing Implementation Programs and Programs
Coordinatorswww.atpsnet.org

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

Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development