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Science, Technology and Innovations for African Developmentinside:“Building Africa’s Science,
Technology and Innovations (STI)
Capacity Today for Sustainable
African Development Tomorrow”

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List of Acronyms

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Board of Directors

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Chairman’s Message

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Executive Director’s Message

11 The 2009 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop
15 Research and Capacity Building
24 International Cooperation and Partnerships
30 Youth and Gender Empowerment Program
34 Training and Sensitization
41 Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage and Policy Advocacy
47 Publications
50 Annexes

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List of Acronyms:
AAN
ABS
ABSF
ACP
ACTS
ADB
ADSI
AGM
AGRA
AHPSR
AIAE
AKTP
AMCEN
ANAFE
ARIPO
ASARECA
ATPS
AU
AWFST
AYFST
BCEAO
BOAD
BTA
BTA
CAADP
CAS-IP
CCAA
CDM
CGIAR
CLICT
COMESA
COP-15
CSIR
CSP
CTA
DFID
DGC
DGIS
ECOWAS
EoI(s)
ESA
FARA
FMST
GAN
HENNET
HTP
ICIPE
ICPAC
ICT(s)
IDRC
IEEE
IGAD
IIEPR
IP

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Africa Adaptation Network
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
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 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 ResearchCenter for Law, Information and Converging Technologies
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
United Nations Climate Change Conference,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Climate Sense Program
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Department For International Development
Digitization, Globalization and Commercialization
Netherlands Directorate-General of Development Cooperation
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
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
Information and Communication Technology(ies)International Development Research Centre
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
Independent International Expert Panel of ReviewersIntellectual Property

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LSC
MDG(s)
MEMR
MESHA
MoU
NCCRS
NCST
NEPAD
NGO(s)NOTAP

Laboratory for Citizenship Sciences
Millennium Development Goal(s)Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture
Memorandum of Understanding(Kenya) National Climate Change Response Strategy
National Council for Science and Technology (Kenya)
New Partnership for African Development
Non Governmental Organization(s)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
PPES
Participatory 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 Developing and Emerging Countries
SRDA
Scientific Revival Day for Africa
STEP B
Science and Technology Education Post-BasicSTEPRI
Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (Ghana)
STI
Science, Technology and Innovation
STR
Scientific and Technological Research
STRC
Scientific, Technical and ResearchCommission 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 Officeof Science and Technology
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UN-HABITAT
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UniBRAIN Linking Universities Business, and Researchand Agricultural iNnovation
UNU-Merit United Nations University-Maastricht Economic
Research Institute 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-EARPOWorld Wide Fund for Nature- Eastern
Africa Regional Programme Office
Y I CAN
Youth Innovation Challenge

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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, communication andsensitization, knowledge
brokerage, policy advocacy
and outreach in Africa.

To improve the qualityof science, technology
and innovation systems
research and 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 forsustainable African
development tomorrow.

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A section of delegates during the Parliamentarians Sensitization
Workshop, which the ATPS coordinated together with key
partners in October 8-9, 2009 in Mombasa, Kenya

The year in Review
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s I begin mysecond year
as Chair, it
gives me great pleasure
to introduce the ATPS
Annual Report for theyear 2009. The role of
the ATPS as an emerging centre of excellencein Science Technology
and Innova0tion (STI)
policy received a major boost in 2009 through the sustained
and active engagement with policy makers leading to significant
policy impacts in Africa.
Scientists rarely venture into the policy angles of STI.
Similarly, it is only in the last decade, that economists
have begun to engage in STI policies. As a result, muchof the new industrial organization theory is concernedwith the world of STI. I believe that it is only by bringing these and other key actors together into the realm ofpractice that we begin to realize the full potential of STI
policy in social and economic development in Africa.
ATPS specializes in bringing together policy makers,
science experts, the private sector actors and the civilsociety in a bid to build their capacities to deploy STI
for development in Africa. We refer to this model as the
Quadruple Helix (Urama 2009).
One of ATPS’s key achievements during the year was:
The launch of the National Systems of Innovation (NSI)
Steering Committee in Nigeria – an inter Ministerial
and inter-agency committee to steer the coordination of
the STI related activities of the relevant Ministries andfoster innovation through collaboration. The Committee is chaired by the Executive Director of ATPS andco-chaired by the Director General of Nigeria’s Office
for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)
and the Executive Secretary of Nigeria’s University
Commission (NUC). Its membership is drawn from core
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and Professors; its secretariat is housed at the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)
under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Talks are ongoing
to upscale this model for coordination of STI activities
in other countries, including Swaziland, Kenya, Ghana,etc.
Another notable policy impact during the year
was the coordination of partners including: the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); IGAD
Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC);
the IDRC and DFID through the Climate Change Adaptation for Africa (CCAA) programme to sensitize parliamentary committees of the Republic of Kenya on climatechange adaptation issues in preparation for the CoP 15
and towards the development of Kenya’s response strategy and Climate Change Policy.
The ATPS’s continued engagement with the ECOShow hosted by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)
is also a significant grassroots empowerment and knowledge brokerage activity that was initiated during the year.
The year also saw the ATPS strengthen its partnerships
with state institutions in Africa including: NEPAD,
AAU, AIAE, NEPAD, PanAAC, British Council-Kenya,
RUFORUM, FARA, relevant STI ministries in member
countries, etc.
ATPS also supported two regional study grants and
21 grants to undertake research and other activities in
the national chapters, and offered core support to six
national chapters in eastern and southern Africa during
the year. In addition, six consultancy grants were awarded
to various members in the different member countries.
Other significant achievements during the year
include: The successful launch of the Youth Innovation
Challenge (Y I CAN) program; The Women Innovation
Challenge (WE CAN) program; The Inaugural AWFSTInterim Steering Committee; The election of the Steering Committee for the AYFST after the end of theinaugural steering committee’s term; and the successful

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completion of two thematic research programs, including the ATPS Water and Environment program, 2004
– 2008; the ATPS Health Technology Program, 2005
– 2008; and the launch of ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan
implementation programs, which include the programson Intellectual Property Rights, 2009 – 2012; Climate
Change Adaptation and Resilience Capacity Building;
Agricultural Innovations; Nanotechnologies for Development, etc.
The period also saw the ATPS Secretariat consolidate
its staff base with five professional grade staff with international experience joining the team; and consolidate the
ATPS Board with two new members, the rotation of two
old members including the former Chair, the election ofa new Board Chair and the formation of relevant Board
Committees. Three other members have been appointed
to the ATPS Board commencing January 2010.
The period also saw the establishment of a Regional
Council of national chapter coordinators to oversee theactivities of the ATPS in the Western, Southern, Easternand Francophone regions; and the establishment of theInternational STI Advisory Council to provide independent review of ATPS activities and policy impacts. ATPS
also intensified its policy advocacy and STI communication through media presence on print and TV channels.
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grew significantly within the continent, with expressions of interest to establish new chapters received fromfive countries, including Egypt, Madagascar, Mauritius,
Tunisia, and Rwanda.
The changes within the ATPS Board and the reinforcement of the secretariat staff base have no doubt
continued to position ATPS at a vantage point in achieving the tasks ahead; building the STI capacity of Africancountries under the increasing global challenges ofclimate change, global recession and poverty.
In 2010, ATPS will continue to intensify its STI
capacity building activities for sustainable developmentin Africa. Emphasis will be placed on improving access,sharing and up scaling of knowledge, technologies andinnovations for development in the continent. My vision
for ATPS is a transformed formidable STI policy network
and a leading centre of excellence and reference in thearea of STI policy and particularly in bringing STI to thecentre of the development process in Africa.

Prof Sam Wangwe,
Chairman, ATPS Board of Directors

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Executive Director’s Message

This report presents a summaryof the Science,
Technology and Innovation(STI) capacity building
activities of ATPS for theperiod 01 January 2009 to
31 December 2009. In linewith its vision, ATPS hascontinued to act as an STI
knowledge broker amongst
key actors from the quadruple helix (experts in academic institutions and other knowledge
communities, policy makers, the private sector actors and thecivil society) in the continent to deliberate on and prioritize
Africa’s response to global challenges.
Through the STI capacity building activities carriedout in the year 2009, the ATPS network members andstakeholders had the opportunity to share their experiences and knowledge whilst raising Africa’s perspectives
on STI capacity development needs (knowledge basis
and infrastructure; knowledge circulation and networks;
knowledge conditions and policies) to ensure effective
valorization of science and technology into innovations
for African development. This report is organized under
the topics of thematic and non-thematic (facilitative)priorities of the ATPS Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 –2012. These include:
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ii.
iii.
iv.
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vi.

Thematic Research and Research Capacity Building;International Cooperation and Partnerships;
Youth and Gender Empowerment;
STI Training and Sensitisation;
STI Communication and Stakeholder Dialogue; andSTI Outreach, Knowledge Brokerage, Knowledge
Circulation and Policy Dialogue.

The report also presents a brief summary of thecontinued governance reforms undertaken by ATPS tostrengthen its capacity to achieve the strategic objectivesof its Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 – 2012.
The ATPS launched several new thematic and facilitative programs in 2009. They include: The Climate
Sense Program (CSP); the Women Innovation Challenge(WE CAN) Program and an interim steering committee
for the Phase VI program - African Women Forum for
Science and Technology (AWFST); The Youth Innovation Challenge (Y I CAN) Program under the auspices of

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the ATPS African Youth Forum for Science and Technology (AYFST); a new regional program on Strengthening
National Intellectual Property Rights Policy and Legal
Frameworks in Eastern and Southern Africa - Traditional
knowledge (TK) Access and benefit Sharing for effective
IP systems; Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change
Adaptation; Indigenous and Emerging Technologies for
Climate Change Adaptation, etc.
A number of small grants and regional studies on
selected STI policy priorities of member country chapters were also commissioned during the period. These
include: two regional grants on Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation; ten small grants
case studies on Indigenous and Emerging Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation; and four nationalcase studies on intellectual property rights. In 2009,
the ATPS strengthened her role as a knowledge broker
and policy advocate on several subjects, providing training and policy support services to several stakeholders
including Parliamentarians, and heads of relevant Stateinstitutions, researchers and university networks, as wellas private sector networks in the continent.
Notable amongst the training and policy support
services provided in 2009, are a sensitisation workshop
for Parliamentarians of the Republic of Kenya and thetraining of relevant ministries and state agencies in theFederal Republic of Nigeria, leading to the launch of the
National System of Innovation (NSI) Steering Committee to foster innovation through inter-ministerial andinter-agency collaboration in the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. These activities were amongst the strategic
policy engagements of the ATPS in 2009 with significant impacts on policy direction on the related subjects.
ATPS also forged strategic partnerships with several state
institutions and international organisations with global
mandates in STI related subjects including, the United
Nations Environment Program (UNEP), UNESCO,
British Council (BC), World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF-EARPO), and other key national state institutions such as National Councils for S&T; University
Commissions; regional University Networks and Private
Sector Networks. Most of these partnerships are guided
by Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and haveenhanced ATPS’s capacity for effective knowledge
brokerage, knowledge valorisation and policy advocacy
both in Africa and globally.
The period also saw the ATPS expand its donor basewith ten grants received during the period from previ-

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ous and new donor partners. In addition to the support
towards the implementation of the ATPS Phase VI Plan
received from the Directorate-General for International
Cooperation (DGIS) of the Royal Dutch Government inApril, 2009; the Rockefeller Foundation, Welcome Trust,the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the United Nations
Environment Program, and UNESCO are amongst key
supporters of ATPS activities during the year.
Through the support of donor partners, ATPS wasable to implement most of its planned STI capacity
building activities during the period. The period saw thedemand for ATPS’s STI capacity building and knowledge-sharing activities expand both in terms of scaleand geographic coverage as African countries strove to
respond to the triple challenges of the global financial
crisis, global poverty and global climate change. Therefore, much remains to be done in 2010 and onwards as
demand increases and bilateral interests on the continent
by developed and emerging economies such as China andIndia grows. ATPS therefore welcomes more support
from the long-standing international partners and otherpartners who have an interest in “building Africa’s STI
capacity today for sustainable development tomorrow”.
STI is much needed now, more than ever. The triple
challenges of climate change, global financial crisis andpersistent global poverty are interlinked and mutually
exacerbating. It is time that we act collectively and do
things differently to address this elusive challenge. The
shape and form of the “goal post for sustainable development” is ever changing. We can no longer pride
ourselves in specialization and division of labour whichshaped disciplinary research over the past decades, oreven pretend that good science alone can achieve development. The increase in the number of Nobel Prizeawards in Economics and the proliferation of Wall Street
Experts in globalization and free market principles could
not prevent the global financial crisis, neither has theproliferation of special science expertise in poverty alleviation reduced the population of world citizens living
in absolute poverty, especially in Africa. While goodscience and disciplinary specialization remain important for in-depth understanding of phenomena, and infact, are indispensable in evidence based policy-making,the systemic and dynamic nature of the challenges weface means that trans-disciplinary approaches, systems
thinking and innovation must be taken more seriously
than before. Recent work by the ATPS and European

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and Indian partners on socialization of science and technology in Africa, Europe and India points to evidence
that “Innovation does not happen in the mainstream but
through the interaction amongst key actors in the innovation system, including policy-makers, science experts,
private sector actors and the civil society (including ruralcommunities). We have branded this relationship as the“quadruple helix” and the DNA for development.

Fig. 1: Quadruple Helix (Urama 2009)“Multi-lateral collaboration breeds innovation, whilebinomial relationships lead to knowledge dependence”.
The period also saw the consolidation and strengthening of the ATPS secretariat staff base and the rotation/
renewal and strengthening of ATPS’s Board. Prof SamuelWangwe took over as the Chair of the Board and new
Board Committees were formed. New board members
representing relevant state institutions, the academia andthe private sector were also appointed.
Finally, I want to express my deepest appreciation to
the ATPS Board, ATPS secretariat staff, National Coordinators, the network membership, our donors and all
our stakeholders for all their efforts. We look forward toreceiving your continued support in 2010.

Kevin Urama Ph.D.
Executive Director

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Participants at the ATPS Annual Conference held from 24-28 November in Abuja, Nigeria

Africa’s response to Global Challenges
through Science, Technology and InnovationT

he ATPS hosted its 2009 Annual Conference andWorkshop on “Africa’s response to Global Challenges
through Science, Technology and Innovation” from 24- 27 November 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria.
The aim of the conference was to identify and prioritize strategies for African countries to respond to thetriple global challenges of poverty, climate change andglobal financial crisis through STI. It sought to addressthese challenges in an integrated systems approach
exploring the linkages and feedbacks between climatechange effects on water and energy resources on global
poverty through biodiversity loss and land degradationand vice versa. The conference brought together about
148 participants drawn globally (including key African
experts, researchers, policy makers and potential donors)
to brainstorm on the theme and to identify and prioritize
STI relevant research, capacity building and policy needsof the continent in the coming decade.
The conference took the format of two-day plenary
session where experts delivered key note addresses focussing on the thematic areas. There were also facilitatedbreakout sessions to map out Africa’s responses to (i)12ATPS Annual Report 2009

the global financial crisis; (ii) global poverty; and (iii)climate change after the plenary session have exhausted
the potential linkages and feedbacks in the system andfrom the perspectives of the role of STI only. In addition, the conference also examined cross cutting issues
that underpin Africa’s response to these challenges,
including: (iv) intellectual property rights (IPRs) andknowledge appropriation strategies; (v) socialization ofscience and technological research and innovation policyin Africa.
The UNEP, UN HABITAT, World Bank STEP-B
Project, Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC) of Nigeria, African Institute forApplied Economics (AIAE); African Development Solutions International (ADSI), the National Universities
Commission (NUC) and the Federal Republic of Nigeria
are amongst the key stakeholders who partnered with the
ATPS to host the event.

Conference and Workshop Rationale
ATPS and it’s partners believe that the triple global challenges:
poverty, climate change, and global financial crisis are mutually
exacerbating the socio-economic status of citizens of developing
countries. An ad hoc response to any of these challenges, andScience, Technology and Innovations for African Development

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isolated approach would severely constrain effortsof governments and donor partners alike leading toachievement of limited and unsustainable results. The
conference therefore addressed these triple challenges
in an integrated systems approach exploring the linkages and feedbacks between climate change effects onwater and energy resources on global poverty throughbiodiversity loss and land degradation and vice versa.
It explored the causes and consequences of
the global financial crisis from a systems perspective exploring its root causes in constrained
economic tools and incentive structure which
moved attention away from scientific and technological capacity to innovative financial prod- Keynote speakers at the ATPS Annual Conference. From right: Prof. Julius Okojie
ucts and services. The inequitable distribution (Executive Secretary, NUC), Prof. A.P. Onwualu (DG RMRDC, Nigeria), Prof. Turnerof returns on investments, unfair competition T. Isoun (former Minister for Science and Technology, Nigeria and ATPS Board Member),and unequal trade relationships between coun- Dr. Mahama Ouedraogo (AU Nigeria) and Prof. Norah Olembo (former ATPS Chair).
tries have inevitably led to systemic distrust
within the global economic system. While this behavior
Systems of Innovation as bedrocks for development in
is fundamentally situated within the framework of ratioAfrican countries;
nal economic thought, the breakdown of trust amongst
7. To initiate process towards building framework for an
the economic actors has led to the crisis where demand
innovation through enhancing intellectual property rights
and supply functions become volatile and difficult toand knowledge appropriation strategies in Africa;
predict.
8. To inform strategic inter-ministerial, trans-disciplinary,inter-sectoral, and international collaboration and
Conference and Workshop Objectives
knowledge sharing in addressing these challenges.
The conference was guided by the
9. To launch the following ongoing response activities by thefollowing strategic objectives:
ATPS and its partners, including:
1. To apprise African Policy-makers, Science Experts,
i. The ATPS/UNEP Climate Sense Programme (CSP)
Private Sector Actors, and Civil Society of the nexus
ii. The process towards an African Manifesto for STI in
between climate change, global financial crisis and poverty
Africa for Africa by Africans
alleviation;iii. The ATPS/AIAE More Than GDP Initiative for2. To equip African Policy-makers, Science Experts, Private
AfricaSector Actors, and Civil Society with the necessary skills
iv. The ATPS Biennial report on the State of ST&I in
for the formulation and implementation of an integrated
AfricaST&I policy responses to the triple challenges, and better
understanding of the economic and social implications ofConference and Workshop Outputs
no action.
Specific outputs from the conference include:
3. To inform strategic response research and policy agenda
1. Improved awareness and understanding of the linkages
for the ATPS and its partner institutions and map out
between climate change, global financial crisis and poverty
short term response actions at national, regional andand environmental degradation in developing countries,
continental levels.
and especially African economies.
4. To equip delegates with the necessary information for
2. Evidence based knowledge and skills for informed
active participation in strategic global dialogues on
response strategies and policies for responding to climate
relevant STI policy issues such as climate change, andchange adaptation, the global financial crisis and poverty
other response strategies, etc.
in African countries.
5. To popularize the concepts of socialization of Scientific
3. Better understanding of the concepts and need for
and Technological Research (STR) in Africa and launchSocialization of STR; responsible innovation andthe manifesto for African Science, Technology andNational Systems of Innovation as bedrocks for national
Innovation for Africa, by Africans, in Africa;
development and response to global challenges.
6. To popularize the need for building Responsible Nationaliv.
The successful launch and start of implementation

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of the ATPS facilitated Climate Sense Program(CSP); the National System of Innovation
Steering Committee for the Federal Republic of
Nigeria; and the process towards developmentof the African Manifesto for STI launched.
A peer reviewed conference proceedings
published as a book (in press).

ATPS National Coordinators’/Secretariat Meeting
The ATPS national coordinators and ATPS Secretariat representatives met on 27 November during the 2009 ATPS Annual

National Chapter Coordinators’ Meeting heldon 26 November in Abuja, Nigeria

Conference and Workshop to review ATPS programs, technicaland financial accounts for the year, work plans and budgets for2010. This was a forum for sharing ideas on fundraising strategies for the National Chapters and how they can be actively
engaged in capacity building initiatives with the ATPS Phase VI
Strategic Plan.

Launch of the ATPS Programmes
ATPS in collaboration with UNEP Global Adaptation Network
for Africa (GAN) officially launched the ATPS Climate Sense
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Conference and Workshop. Other programmes launched during
the conference include: The Process towards an African Manifesto for STI in Africa for Africa by Africans; The ATPS/AIAE
More than GDP Initiative for Africa; and The ATPS Biennial
Report on the State of STI in Africa.

ATPS Annual General Meeting
The 2009 ATPS Annual General Meeting was held on 26
November as part of the agenda at the 2009 ATPS Annual
Conference and Workshop. This forum brought together ATPS
members to discuss strategies on how to improve the Network

A cross-section of ATPS members during the Annual General
Meeting held on 27 November in Abuja, Nigeria

for it to achieve the objectives set out in the Phase VI Strategic
Plan 2008-2012.
Participants at the meeting lauded ATPS for its
continued passionate role in championing the importance of STI for Africa’s sustainable development. Participants also welcomed the re-introduction of the competitive small grants initiative which offers an opportunity
to researchers to conduct various types of STI-related
research and make policy recommendations. This further
buttresses the role of ATPS as a knowledge broker.

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Delegates at the conference on “Building a National System of Innovation in Nigeria,” co-organised by ATPS, the Federal Ministryof Science and Technology (FMST) and Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) held on 6 - 7 July in Abuja.
From right; Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku, Hon. Minister Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka,
ATPS Board Member and Director, Monitoring and Research Division (UN-HABITAT), Dr. Kevin C. Urama, (Executive
Director ATPS) and Prof Turner Issoun (Former Minister for Science and Technology, Nigeria and serving ATPS Board Member)

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Participants at a SET-DEV Capacity Building workshop organized by the ATPS from July 14 - 17, 2009 in Mombasa, KenyaAll ATPS programs address STI capacity building
priorities of African countries identified by network
members and stakeholders. The ATPS thematic
research programs specifically focus on STI capacity development (knowledge generation and knowledge circulation,knowledge basis and infrastructure, knowledge circulation andnetworks, knowledge conditions and policies) for sustainable
development in Africa.
The key concern of the ATPS Research and Capacity
Building Programs is therefore to close the loop throughgeneration and valorization of new knowledge in areas
where there are obvious STI policy gaps, through training, outreach, knowledge brokerage, dissemination andadvocacy in key thematic areas identified by members
and stakeholders.
Notable achievements under the auspices of the
ATPS STI capacity building programs during the reporting period include:

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Water and Environmental Sustainability(ATPS-WESP), 2004 – 2008
The period saw the successful completion and final technical and financial reporting and external auditing of the ATPS
thematic program on Water and Environmental Sustainability (ATPS-WESP), 2004 – 2008. The main objective of the
program was to enhance the generation, use and communication of knowledge in driving environmentally sustainable use ofwater resources in Africa.
The main purpose of the programme is to contribute to increasing knowledge of on the use of technology
for sustainable management and conservation of waterand empower stakeholders at the grassroots by enhancing
knowledge of benefits of good water management, sanitation and environmental conservation. The programme
targeted policy makers, government officials and planners, research communities, NGOs and rural communities and relevant international partners.
The program supported 9 small grants case studies
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Nigeria and Uganda); five (5) regional baseline studies
in 5 countries (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya andNigeria); and three (3) regional policy review studies
covering all countries of the great lakes/the horn ofAfrica, SADC and ECOWAS countries. Program activities were completed in 2008 and the technical and financial reports were successfully completed and reviewed
favourably by Donors and External auditors, hence
marking the successful completion of the program in2009. The program which produced over 60 publications
in various media was co-ordinated by Dr. Kevin Urama.
A full copy of the final technical report is available at the
ATPS Secretariat. More details on the ATPS-WESP canbe found at http://www.atpsnet.org/prog/water.html.

BTA – IP program) 2009 – 2012”. The aim of the project is toimprove policy and legal framework for TK ABS and effective
IP systems in Eastern and Southern Africa. The activities carriedout under the IP program in 2009 are presented in accordancewith the proposed activities in the approved proposal below:

Strengthening Health Technology Policyin Africa (ATPS-HTP), 2005 – 2008

A Regional Workshop & Launching of the IP program,
01 – 02 April 2009, Hilton Hotels, Nairobi, Kenya
The IP program was launched at a workshop hosted at the
Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya on 01 – 02 April 2009. The workshop was attended by 32 delegates from 15 countries, including members of the ATPS Board, National Chapter Coordinators of the ATPS and a delegate from Biotechnology Trust
Africa, and selected Stakeholders. This first workshop marked
the launch of the IP program. Mr. Joseph Wekundah, the IP
Program Coordinator and Dr. Kevin Urama, the IP Program
Director, introduced all the delegates to the program objectives,
structures and required deliverables and policy outcomes. The
delegates interrogated the program and identified the need to
expand the program to other countries in Western Africa andthe Francophone countries.

The ATPS successfully completed a thematic program on
Strengthening Health Technology Policy in Africa (ATPS-HTP),
2005 – 2008 (ACTIVITY No. 12210-DCO0047943) in 2009.
The main objective of the program was to improve health careaccess and delivery in Africa by improving the quality of S&T
policy through the generation and dissemination of contextually relevant knowledge on national health innovation systems.
The program aimed at contributing to increasing
knowledge on acquisition and use of technologies for
efficient management of health care systems, to improve
national, regional and global policies on health; andempowering local communities and other actors in thesystem by providing new knowledge, and build capacities to optimally deliver and access health services. The
program produced technical reports and 9 publications.
The program activities were completed in 2008
but the technical and financial reports were successfullycompleted and reviewed by Donors and External auditors in 2009. The program was coordinated by Prof.
Oyebanji Oyeyinka and Dr. Padmashree Gehl Sampath,both of UNU-Merit at the time. Outstanding publications on the ATPS-HTP program are ongoing. Moredetails on the ATPS-HTP can be found at http://www.
atpsnet.org/prog/health.html

Strengthening National Intellectual Property(IP) Policy and legal framework in Eastern andSouthern Africa: Traditional Knowledge Accessand Benefit Sharing and Effective IP Systems,(ATPS/BTA – IP program) 2009 – 2012
In 2009, ATPS launched a new thematic research program
on: “Strengthening National IP Policy and legal framework in
Eastern and Southern Africa: Traditional Knowledge (TK) Accessand Benefit Sharing (ABS) and Effective IP Systems, (ATPS/

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Establishment of Regional Steering Committees
The program has established a Regional Steering Committee(RSC) to oversee the IP program implementation at the regional scale. Twelve renowned IP Experts from relevant institutions
were identified and invited to serve on the Regional Steering
Committee (RSC) to spearhead the effective running of theregional network on IP comprising the IP National Steering
Committee (NSC) formed by the program, IP researchers andmembers of the ATPS National chapters in the IP implementing countries; as well as relevant national and regional IP offices
and relevant Ministries to be recruited throughout the program
implementation process.
Eleven experts, representing key institutions including the African Union (AU), Wageningen University(WU), the Netherlands; African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO); Kenya Industrial
Property Institute (KIPI); Central Advisory Service onIntellectual Property (CAS-IP) which is a Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
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Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA),
the ATPS, Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA); Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern
and Central Africa (ASARECA), African Biotechnology
Stakeholders Forum (ABSF), and Cambridge University,
UK have been confirmed as members of the RSC for the
IP program.
The RSC will provide the platform for external peer
review of the IP program implementation, knowledge
sharing, coordination of the regional IP network, capacity building and sensitization. Other institutions thathave been invited to the RSC include World International Property Rights Organization (WIPO) and selectedstate institutions such as the National Office to Technology Acquisition and provision (NOTAP) of the Federal
republic of Nigeria. The first regional network workshop
is planned during the first /second quarter of 2010.
Establishment of National Steering Committees
The program established five-person national steering committees (NSCs) in Uganda, Malawi, Swaziland, Kenya, Lesothoand Tanzania during the reporting period (see Annex 4). Selection of members of the committee followed a rigorous processof identification of relevant institutions and IP experts in thenational chapters by the national chapter coordinators andreview/short listing and appointment of members by the ATPS
and her partner, Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA). The NSCs
have since been running and networking with relevant institutions in their respective countries. The processes of establishing

ATPS National Chapter Coordinators from all the IP Program Implementing
countries during a meeting which was held on September 28 at the ATPS
offices; Clockwise from right: Dr. Kevin Urama (ATPS Executive Director),
Dr. Alaba Omuyiwa (ATPS Senior Research Officer), Ms. Wairimu Mwangi(ATPS Research Officer), Ms Bitrina D. Diyamett (ATPS Tanzania National
Chapter Coordinator), Prof. Francis B. Mwaura (Steering Committee, ATPS
Kenya Chapter), Prof. Musa Dube (ATPS Swaziland National Chapter
Coordinator), Prof. Henry Mloza-Banda (ATPS Malawi), Mr. John Okuonzi(ATPS Uganda Chapter Coordinator), Prof. Joseph Obua (outgoing ATPS
Uganda Chapter Coordinator), Dr. Spirit Tlali (ATPS Lesotho Chapter
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NSCs in Ethiopia and Mozambique are in progress. The ATPS
is taking care to ensure that membership of the NSCs includes
relevant IP institutions and experts in the selected countries toensure effective ownership and implementation of the program
outputs and policy recommendations, upon completion.
Annual Networking and Information Sharing Conferences
The ATPS hosted a workshop for networking and information
sharing during the reporting period. The first was held on 28
September 2009 at the ATPS Board Room, Nairobi Kenya.
The event brought together 15 delegates from 6 countries toshare knowledge on the state of IP policy environments andnational background information on the IP institutions in theparticipating countries. ATPS and BTA jointly provided training for the delegates on the global IP, African IP environment,
project management and specific management processes in the
ATPS/BTA IP project to ensure effective implementation of
the program. At the end of the meeting the national coordinators were equipped to implement the project and offer quality
control services for country case studies. The event also saw
the commissioning of the national coordinating centers by the
ATPS to assist them in carrying out the implementation activities of the program as per the program proposal.
Six national coordinating centers (Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Uganda) signed
contracts for the establishment of the IP national coordinating centers. The grants will support capital expenditure and National Steering Committee (NSC) meetings that relate to the IP program. In addition, the grant
will support expenditure that relates to running the
IP program by the national coordinating centres suchas communication costs, local transport, printing andstationery, purchase of books and publications, internet
connectivity and office rent as specified in the project
proposal.
The ATPS and BTA have planned national workshops with these coordinating centers during the firstquarter of 2010 to review progress, popularize the IP
program and also recruit relevant state institutions into
the implementation process.
Assessment of Current Regional IP
Environment and Selected Countries
The ATPS commissioned Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA), to
conduct an assessment of the current regional IP environmentand selected countries, including Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique
Swaziland, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. The aim of
the study is to provide an assessment of the current regional IP
environment in the listed countries and come up with current
status including existing IP instruments, international treaties
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ing well. In liaison with the national steering committee andIP researchers in the selected countries, some draft assessment
reports have been received but the consolidated detailed technical report is expected to be completed during the first quarter of2010. Based on the assessments, ATPS and BTA is liaising with
ATPS to draft policy briefs which will be published in 2010.
Detailed Assessments of IP Environments
in Selected Countries
A call for proposals on Traditional Knowledge Systems andIncreasing Access to Benefit Sharing of Intellectual Property
in Africa was issued in September, 2009 (http://www.atpsnet.
org/docs/IP-2009.pdf). The call elicited proposals from theeight countries participating in the IP program in Eastern andSouthern Africa only. To enhance knowledge sharing and effective peer review, a proposal tournament was held in November
2009 where the national coordinators, international experts andthe general membership of the ATPS and Stakeholders peer
reviewed the proposals.
This process informed the selection of the proposals
supported for implementation in the country chapters.
The full participatory process that informed the proposal
selection can be found at http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/research%20funding.html. Four country casestudies have so far been commissioned in Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. ATPS and BTA are continuing
to work with these countries to build necessary capacity
to implement the studies successfully and to achieve therequired impacts. These country case studies are expected to be completed in September 2010.
Other Workshops and Policy Round Tables
The ATPS carried out an international workshop on Africa’s
Response to Global Challenges in November 2010 at Abuja
Nigeria. The international conference which was co-hosted incollaboration with UNEP, UN-HABITAT, National Universities Commission (NUC), RMRDC of the Federal Ministry of
Science and Technology (FMST), Nigeria, ADSI, AIAE, andWorld Bank Science and Technology Education Post-Basic(STEP B), had intellectual property rights as a core theme.
In addition, there were separate breakout sessions focusing on
the IP issues and program activities, proposal evaluation, etc.
The decision to merge the IP program international workshop
with the ATPS annual conference and workshop was to createawareness and integrate IP amongst the core policy responses
to development challenges in Africa. A proceeding of conference and a book volume with dedicated book chapters on IP is
expected to be published in 2010.

a maiden book volume on The State of Intellectual Property
Rights, Access and Benefit Sharing in Africa and its implication for development. The edited book volume will have contributions from key experts in Africa, Europe and America andelsewhere, edited by the ATPS and the Biotechnology Trust
Africa (BTA). The key expert contributors to the book volume
have been identified and invited to submit their manuscripts
accordingly. Some of the received manuscripts were presented
at the international conference held in November 2009, Abuja,
Nigeria and are currently undergoing peer review. The bookvolume is expected to be completed in 2010/11.
Other program implementation activities such as theTraining of Trainers (ToTs) were partly addressed in the
training of the national Coordinating Centers. However,the program is still at an early implementation phase andhence other regional training activities, workshops, andresearch programs are planned for 2010 and subsequently. The intensity of program implementation activities
is expected to progress more swiftly in 2010 and hence
more outputs and policy impacts are expected during theyear 2010 and beyond.
To ensure proper ownership and effective formationand functioning of the national coordinating centers, the
ATPS Secretariat proactively engaged the ATPS national
chapters in the project planning and national coordinating centers formation stages.
The first meeting was held in Nairobi on 02 April
2009 to introduce all national chapter coordinators to
the program objectives, structures and required deliverables and policy outcomes. The event also marked theregional launching of the program. A follow up workshop
was held on 28 September 2009 with all national chapter
coordinators of the IP program implementing countries. The meeting reviewed and agreed on the modalities for operating the national implementing centers
and the national coordination of the program; trained
the national coordinators on the subject, and initiatedthe process for writing the maiden book volume on The
State of Intellectual Property Rights, Access and Benefit
Sharing in Africa and its implication for development.
The program is being coordinated by Dr. Olumuyiwa Alaba, ATPS Senior Research Officer and Mr. Joseph
Wekundah, Executive Director, BTA, and directed by
Dr. Kevin Urama, Executive Director, ATPS. Moredetails on the IP program can be found at http://www.
atpsnet.org/prog/IP.html.

Publication of Maiden Book Volume on IP
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from participating institutions, including Dr. Musonda
Mumba (UNEP), Prof. Youba Sokona, Sahara and Sahel
Observatory (OSS), Tunisia, amongst others. More details
on the CSP program can be found at http://www.atpsnet.org/
prog/csp.html.

Regional Research and Small Research Grants
Climate Sense Program (CSP), 2009 - 2012
During the year, the ATPS Secretariat launched a cross-cutting
program on Climate Change: “Climate Sense Program (CSP)”.
The program emerged as a follow up to the ATPS 2007 annual
conference on STI and Climate Change adaptation in Africa,
and the outcomes of the ATPS-WWF-ACTS joint inception
project on Climate change adaptation in Africa, 2007 – 2008.
Further consultations with key stakeholders revealed that there
was lack of understanding of Climate Science, Climate Economics, Climate Politics, etc at all levels of the quadruple helix in
Africa. With climate change now an issue of global politics andfew stakeholders fully understand the complex science publications on impacts such as the IPCC reports, neither do they fullycomprehend the direct economic effects of different response
scenarios and the investment opportunities that climate change
adaptation presents to developing economies.
The CSP was officially launched jointly by the ATPS
and UNEP at the 2009 ATPS Annual Conference andWorkshop held in Abuja, Nigeria from 24 – 27 November 2009. Under this initiative, the ATPS has awarded
ten small grants on Indigenous and Emerging Technologies and Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation in
Africa. These case studies are ongoing in Ghana, Lesotho,
Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania and will becompleted in 2010. In addition to the grant from Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS),
the CSP program and its sister program on Agricultural
Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation, has so far,received additional support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Also, the United Nations Environment Program.
UNEP officially confirmed
partnership with the ATPS in
the implementation of the
CSP as a core activity of
the Africa Adaptation
Network which she facilitates. The CSP programis being coordinated by
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The ATPS revived her competitive “STI Grants Tournaments
and Grant Awards” during the period. Calls for proposals weremade under her Phase VI Strategic Plan on the following subthemes:i.

Emerging and Indigenous Technologies for Climate
Change Adaptation in Africa (http://www.atpsnet.
org/docs/Climate%20Change-2009.pdf );ii. Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change
Adaptation and Food Security in Africa (http://www.
atpsnet.org/docs/Agricultural%20Innovation%20-%20
2009.pdf); andiii. Traditional Knowledge Systems & Increasing Accessto benefit Sharing of Intellectual property in Africa(http://www.atpsnet.org/docs/IP-2009.pdf).
The ATPS Participatory Proposal Evaluation System (PPES) was
also implemented whereby the wider membership of the ATPS
and stakeholders were involved in peer review and short listing of
STI research activities to be implemented in the national chapters. Pre-advice and peer review comments provided by an Independent International Expert Panel of Reviewers (IIEPR) andthe respective ATPS National Chapter Coordinators informed
the preliminary short listing of proposals for presentation at a
tournament held on 26 November 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria. The
tournament provided opportunities to prospective grantees topresent their proposals for further review by the general assembly of the ATPS Network and the IIEPR. The ranking scores
generated from the whole process led to final short-listing of
proposals for potential funding which were then presented to
the ATPS Board for consideration and approval. The participatory process has been adopted to ensure local relevance, scientific and innovation quality and policy relevance of the activities
supported by the ATPS. For details on the grant selected
process, see http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/
research%20funding.html and http://stepscentre-thecrossing.
blogspot.com/2009/12/atps-promotes-full-stakeholder.html.
Commissioned Projects
Following the successful proposal tournament in Abuja, Nigeria,
a number of small grants and regional studies on selected STI
policy priorities in ATPS member countries were commissioned these include: Two (2) regional grants on Agricultural
Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation; Ten (10) small

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and India coordinated by the National Centre for Research(CNR), Italy. Other partners in this implementation activity are Laboratory for Citizenship Sciences – LSC, Italy;
University of Maastricht, The Netherlands; Minerva Consulting and Communication Sprl., Brussels; University of Central
Lancashire – Lancashire Business School and Centre for Law,
Information and Converging Technologies (CLICT), UK; Max
Delbrueck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Germany; University of Hyderabad, Department of Sociology, School of Social
Sciences; Lund University, Sweden; Centre for World Solidarity,
India; Intermedia-NCG, Kenya. ATPS is leading the African
partners in the implementation activities of this coordinatedaction project in liaison with partners from Europe and India.
The main focus of the 3-year project is to:Members of the Panel of Experts, the ATPS Network, the Board and otherstakeholders at the proposal tournament in Abuja on 26 November, 2009

grants case studies on Indigenous and Emerging Technology for
Climate Change Adaptation; and Four (4) national case studies
on intellectual property rights. The commissioned projects havecommenced since January 2010 and are progressing very well.
In addition, contract negotiations for one regional grant projectin Cameroun; two small grant proposals in Egypt and Lesotho
are at final stages and will be issued shortly.

• Strengthen the levels of information and awarenesson

critical scientific and technological issues by fostering a
dialogue among scientists in Europe, India and Africa;• Build institutional capacities and skill on science,
ethics and socialisation of scientific and technologicalresearch in the context of a more general assumption of
responsibilities in research processes• Develop measures and guidelines which are sensitive
to and compatible with local values and needs and to

International Collaborative
Research and Research Capacity Building/Partnerships
Under this program, the ATPS builds
collaborations with like minded institutions in African and elsewhere to takeforward joint programs for STI capacity
building in Africa. This provides necessary platforms for the ATPS to fulfil her
knowledge brokerage, knowledge circulation and knowledge networking functions.
Among the activities implemented under
this program in 2009 are:

Science Ethics andTechnological Responsibility
in Developing and Emerging
Countries (SET-DEV) - Grant
Agreement Number 217811

EuropeScience Ethics and Technological Responsibility
in Developing and Emerging Countries

During the period ATPS continued implementation of the European Framework
7 funded INCO program on: “Science
Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries” (SET-DEV). The project involves
eleven (11) key partners in Africa, Europe

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the characteristics and degree of developmentof local research communities/systems;• Define perspectives of socialization ofscience and technology that take into accountlocal needs and at the same time compliant
with EU standards and ethics.
The project will culminate in the 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 in India. The four outputs will be products ofmulti-lateral dialogue between the SETDEV partners in Africa,
Europe and India, and key stakeholders in Africa, Europe andIndia. More details on the SETDEV program can be found at
http://www.set-dev.eu/ and on http://www.atpsnet.org/prog/setdev.
html.

Dr Kevin Urama (Centre) with EU and Asian partners at a
Nanotechnology stakeholders meeting in Hyderabad India. Others
pictured above include: Prof Wiebe Bijker and Dr Ragna Zeiss, Universityof Maastricht; Dr. Shambu Prasad, Centre for World Solidarity(CSW), India and Dr E.Hari Babu, University of Hyderabad

Nanotechnologies for Development in India,
Kenya and the Netherlands: Towards a
Framework for Democratic Governance of Risks
in Developing Countries, January 2010 – 2014
During the period ATPS and its partners won a grant for a new
Integrated Program (IP) on “Nanotechnologies for Development in India, Kenya and the Netherlands: Towards a Framework for Democratic Governance of Risks in Developing Countries, January 2010 – 2014”, in liaison with partners in Europe
and India. This program addresses the inevitable risks andbenefits associated with emerging technologies, such as
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Participants from the nine successful teams in the firstround with Welcome Trust staff during the September
14 inception workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Post-Doctoral positions drawn from Africa (2), India (1)and the Netherlands (2) based at the University of Maastricht but address core areas of the nanotechnology governance in Africa, India and the Netherlands. The selectionof PhD studentships and Post-Doctoral positions werecarried out by the University of Maastricht following its
own procedures and processes. ATPS commenced her
research and facilitative roles in the project by January
2010. The project is led by Prof. Wiebe Bijker, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, with the Universityof Hyderabad, India; and the ATPS as partners. For moredetails, see http://www.atpsnet.org/prog/nanotech.html.

Innovative Strategies to Enhance
Capacity to Apply Research Evidence in
Policy Making: An Inception Phase
ATPS also won an inception phase grant for a program on:“Innovative strategies to Enhance Capacity to apply Research
Evidence in Policy making”. The inception program which is
being funded by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems
Research World Health Organization (AHPSR) through the
Welcome Trust (UK) will be carried out in collaboration with
the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology(UKPOST) and International Network for the Availability of
Scientific Publications (INSAP). An inception workshop with
Welcome Trust staff and all nine teams successful in the firstround was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 14 – 16 September
2009. After the meeting, a proposal development meeting took
place on 23 September 2009 in Kampala, Uganda. Development of the full proposal was concluded in November 2009.
The ATPS is awaiting the outcome of the submission in 2010.
The full proposal for the program is being coordinated by Dr.
Sheila Ochugboju, Senior Communications Officer, ATPS,
Directed by Dr. Kevin Urama, Executive Director, ATPS.

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Linking Universities Business, and Research andAgricultural Innovation (UniBRAIN), 2010-2015

ATPS Hosts a delegation from Denmark - Prof. Henrik Hansen and Martin
Magelund Rasmussen (Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of
Copenhagen), to discuss the new programme on “Linking university education,
research and business in sustainable agriculture.” Dr. Kevin Urama (Executive
Director ATPS) chaired the meeting. Left: Dr. Ralph von Kauffman (FARA)

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Business Consortium (PANAAC) developed a program
on “Linking University Education, Research and Businessin Sustainable Agriculture. The US$20,000,000 projectis led by FARA with ANAFE, ATPS, and PanAAC andpartners.
The program aims to promote innovation andproduce graduates with entrepreneurial and businessskills and research-based knowledge that is relevant to
the development of African agriculture and agribusinessby seeking to improve teaching, learning and knowledge
sharing in agriculture, agric-innovation and agri-business. UniBRAIN will address this by stepping away fromthe mainstream to bring African Universities into agricultural innovation through increased and strengthened
collaboration between universities, research institutions
and the private sector.
The proposal which was submitted to DANIDA in
September 2009 has been approved for implementation
over a four-year period. A contract has been signed by
FARA on the behalf of the team, and implementationof the inception phase will commence in January 2010.
More details on UniBRAIN can be found at http://www.
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About the Program:T

he ICP program aims to create a culture of networking,symbiotic collaboration and partnership amongst institutions and individuals working on similar STI subject
areas across regions, cultures, languages, countries and continents. The ultimate goal is to move towards a more coordinatedeffort rather than the current uncoordinated and sometimes
conflicting approach towards STI policy research and policy
making in the continent.
This is built on the firm belief that effective cooperation and partnerships between institutions, regions andcountries would lead to more cost effectiveness & greater
policy impact. Each partner would bring comparativeskills to projects and program initiatives and build synergies for greater and sustainable policy impacts.
The organization experienced significant consolidation of partnerships and cooperation between the ATPS
and relevant STI institutions in Africa and globallyduring the review year. A number of collaborative projects were initiated and new memoranda of understanding were either initiated or signed during the reporting
period. Some of these include:

Dr Kevin Urama (Right) and Prof Eric Eboh at the signingof the MoU between AIAE and the ATPSMoU between the ATPS and National
University Commission (NUC), Nigeria
This MoU identified areas of complementarities and mutualinterests between the NUC activities as a regulatory body for
all the Universities in Nigeria (about 96 Universities) and the
ATPS, providing a platform for ATPS to play active roles inadvocacy for curriculum change to mainstream STI in Nigerian
universities’ curricula. Details on the MoU and NUC can befound at: http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/nuc.html andhttp://www.widernet.org/nigeriaconsult/nuc.htm.

Creating Platforms for Collaborations for
STI Capability Building/Policy Making
MoU with the African Institute forApplied Economics (AIAE), Nigeria
This MoU identified areas of synergy and complementarities between the AIAE activities as an economic policy advisory institution and the ATPS. Details about the MoU andAIAE can be found at http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/
aiae%20mou.html.

MoU between the ATPS and
Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA)
ATPS and Biotechnology Trust Africa (BTA) are
jointly implementing the program on Strengthening National IP Policy and Legal Frameworks in Eastand Southern Africa: Traditional Knowledge, Accessand Benefit Sharing and Effective IP Systems (Phase 1)
January 2009 – December 2012. The complementary
nature of the tasks of ATPS and BTA in this project
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ATPS

ATPS National Chapter Coordinators at the official launch of the
IP Program on April 2, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. The program isbeing coordinated as a partnership between ATPS and BTA

Dr. Kevin Urama, The ATPS Executive Director (Right) shakes
hands with Patrick Wajero, The Director in charge of Programmes
at British Council (Kenya) at the signing of the MOU.

and the mutual interest and commitment toward ensuring that national communities are empowered enough to
influence the development of policies and legal frameworks for TK, ABS and effective IP Systems informed
the collaboration. It is with this background that ATPS andBTA signed an MOU for the purpose of seeking mutually beneficial cooperation and collaboration towards the implementation of the IP program activities and any other agenda thatboth parties may deem fit to collaborate or cooperate for the
successful implementation of this program. As per the MoU,ATPS secretariat has the main responsibility of coordinating
and providing overall intellectual and administrative leadershipand supervision as well as management of funds allocated to theprogram. More details on the MoU are available at http://www.
atpsnet.org/prog/IP.html.

resource management, sustainable utilization of natural
resources and other environmental awareness initiatives
for the socio-economic development of Kenya. It also
serves to further strengthen the existing relations between
the two organizations and assist the two organizations toachieve the overall objective by providing a framework
for cooperation and participation in sustainable environmental and natural resource management through capacity building and outreach programs.
As per the MoU, both parties make commitment tocooperate and participate in the following jointly identified broad areas:i. Capacity building activities of relevance to bothpartners;
ii. Joint development and implementation of relevant
projects to both partners;
iii. Knowledge and information exchange; andiv. Joint fundraising among others

MoU between the ATPS andBritish Council - Kenya
Further to a key note presentation by Dr. Urama at the British
Council conference on African knowledge Transfer Partnerships in February 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya, the British CouncilKenya expressed interest in working with the ATPS on some ofits programs. This interest culminated in the signing of a MoU
between ATPS and British Council-Kenya on 22 September
2009.
The MoU will see the two organizations work together on climate change programs. The two organizations
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Further details on the MoU can be found at http://
www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/atps-bc%20mou.html.

MoU between ATPS and PanAAC
A draft MoU between ATPS and Pan African AgriBusiness
Consortium (PanAAC) is has been established. Under the
MoU, both parties will continually explore and develop areas ofcollaboration that aim to harness and improve mutually benefiting capacities and networking resources. They will also work
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oriented staff exchanges, knowledge-based dialogue, researchcommunication and joint programs with affiliate organizations.
The MoU is at final stages of institutional reviews for signature.
More details on the MoU are available at http://www.atpsnet.org/
prog/icp.html#panaac.

Joint participatory dialogue
on STI policy issues
United Nations Agencies such as
UNEP, UNESCO, UN-Habitat

Other New Partnerships
In addition to the above MoUs most of which led to tangible
joint activities in 2009, the ATPS Secretariat has also strengthened partnership with the relevant STI and state institutionsin Africa and globally. Notable amongst the institutional partnerships strengthened during the period includes: UNEP;UNHABITAT; UNESCO; the Association of African Universities, AAU; World Bank STEP B project in Nigeria; the African
Union; FARA; ANAFE, RUFORUM; and relevant government
ministries and state institutions and universities such as theHarvard University, USA; University of Parlemo, Italy; University of Maastricht, Netherlands and University of Hyderabad,
India, and private sector networks, etc.

Ongoing Collaborations and Institutional Networks
During this period, the ATPS has continued to build andstrengthen partnerships and collaborations with and among
key stakeholders in the implementation both in Africa andinternationally. Some of the institutions that partnered with
ATPS for implementation of STI relevant activities during theyear include the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology(FMST), Federal Republic of Nigeria; Raw Materials Researchand Development Council (RMRDC), FMST, Nigeria; New
Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD); TechnicalCentre for Agriculture (CTA); the Kenya National Council for
Science of Technology (NCST); among many others.
These strengthened partnerships have led to significant increase in ATPS’ role in knowledge brokerage,
knowledge valorization and policy advocacy both inAfrica and beyond. The ATPS has, for instance, played
significant roles in the development of many interventions such as the Global Adaptation Network (GAN);
the Global Green Economy Initiative; and provisionof policy directions to relevant government ministries,
the Association of African Universities (AAU), United
Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), etc. These
partnerships have also enhanced ATPS engagement withlikeminded institutions in building STI capacity in Africa
through collaboration. Brief reports on some outcomesof these partnerships are discussed in relevant sections of
this narrative report.

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Members of the Global Adaptation Network (GAN - Africa)
during an “Africa Adaptation Network Planning Write-shop”
at the ATPS Board room. Clockwise from Right: Dr. Kevin
Urama (Executive Director, ATPS), Mr. Jian Liu (Chief ofClimate Change Adaptation Unit, UNEP), Dr. Sheila Ochugboju(Senior Communications Officer, ATPS), Ms Emily Massawa(Programme Officer, UNEP) and Dr. Musonda Mumba (Project
Officer, UNEP). The meeting reviewed progress and agreed
on concrete deliverables for the network and a timeline.

The ATPS has participated in shaping many interventions by
these UN agencies during the period, including the Green
Economy Initiative, the Global Climate Change Adaptation
Network (GCCAN) Africa chapter, the UN Panel for Sustainable Resource management, the UNEP initiatives on Educationfor Sustainable Development, etc. As shown in the subsequent
sections of this report, the ATPS played key roles in shaping
these UN processes and the Executive Director has been
appointed as Chair or Co-Chair of some of these initiatives.
ATPS and UNESCO are collaborating on the development of
an electronic training manual for STI policy making as well as
the UNESCO Global Science Report for 2004 - 2010.

The Association of African Universities (AAU)
In recognition of ATPS’ role in advocating for curriculum
change to mainstream trans-disciplinarity, systems thinking
and innovation in Africa’s tertiary education, the ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Urama, was invited to give a key note
address at the 12th AAU General Congress held in Abuja,
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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, received wide acceptance by the University
Vice Chancellors from across Africa and beyond. The AAU has
since published the keynote which espouses radical reforms in
the pedagogies, teaching methods, stakeholder engagement, etc
in African Universities. Details of Dr. Urama’s presentation canbe found at http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/attachments/
AAU-Dr%20Urama.pdf and http://www.aau.org/.

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
The ATPS Executive Director participated in the consultative
forum organized by FARA to inform the development of its
program on Stakeholder Consultation on Content Development
for Implementing Networking Support Function 3 –Regional
Policies and Markets (NSF-3). Subsequent to this activity, the
ATPS collaborated again with FARA and other regional organizations such as the Alliance for Agricultural Research in Africa(AGRA); Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building inAgriculture (RUFORUM); New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa(AGRA) to host the science competitions for Young Professionals and Women in Africa. The ATPS is currently collaboratingwith FARA, ANAFE, PanAAC on an initiative for strengthening innovation in African Universities.

New Partnership for African
Development (NEPAD)
The period also saw the strengthening of ATPS relationshipwith NEPAD initiatives on the continent. As a follow-up to
the meeting held with NEPAD and partners in Johannesburg
in December 2008, the ATPS collaborated with other partners such as ANAFE, FARA, RUFORUM and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), toorganize a NEPAD university dialogue in Accra Ghana, July
2009. This meeting which brought together key University
constituents from the region, brainstormed on how to make the
NEPAD CAADP program more relevant to the needs of theAfrican Faculties of Agriculture and how to get African Universities participate more in the implementation of the CAADP
programs.
The ATPS will continue to support the NEPAD
processes through advocacy, science communication andtargeted joint initiatives. One outcome of the meeting
was an agreement between NEPAD officials and the
ATPS to strengthen partnerships between NEPAD and
the ATPS.

African Union
Discussions are ongoing on measures to strengthen the partnership between the African Union and the ATPS. The ATPS has,in the past, contributed to a number of AU conferences, andfeatured in a number of its Ministerial conferences. The ATPS

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secretariat is now proactively working with ATPS members inpositions of office at the AU to forge a formal relationship withthe apex origination in Africa. Discussions are ongoing regarding potentials of joint publications and joint facility to provide
electronic library resources to improve access to STI journals in
Africa. Dr. Mahama Ouedraogo, the Executive Secretary, Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (STRC) of the AU
now serves on the Regional Steering Committee of the ATPSIntellectual Property Rights program.

International Conferences and Workshops
International Conference on Building of
National Innovation Systems in Nigeria,
6 – 7 July 2009, Abuja, Nigeria
ATPS in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of
Science and Technology (FMST) through the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), a
key player in the innovation system in Nigeria, organized a conference on “Building a National Innovation
System in Nigeria”. The workshop held from July 6 – 7,
2009 was structured to commemorate the African Union
Science Revival Day which takes place on the 30th ofJune each year.
The two day conference brought together about 150
participants representing various stakeholder groupings/
innovation actors and institutions, and professionals
from Nigeria as well as resource persons from within andoutside Nigeria. The aim of conference was to deliberate
on how Nigeria can develop a national system of innovation for equitable and sustainable social and economic
development in Nigeria and inform Nigeria’s Vision 20:
2020. A significant outcome of the workshop was thedecision by the relevant Ministries in Nigeria to set upa Steering Committee for the development of a collaborative platform for the National System of Innovationin Nigeria. A follow-up meeting of the Interim Steering
Committee saw the election of Dr. Urama, ATPS ED, as
the Chair of the Steering Committee with the support ofDr. Umar Bindir, Director General of Nigeria’s National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion(NOTAP), and Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC) of theFederal Republic of Nigeria as a Co-chairs. The RMRDC
also committed to set up a national Secretariat office for
Steering Committee with all the necessary equipment(computers, wireless e-mail access, printers, telephones,
a car and a Secretariat staff) to facilitate the activities of
the Steering Committee.
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Nigeria, Prof. Osita Ogbu former ED of the ATPS andFormer Minister for national Planning in Nigeria; Prof.
Michael Madukwe, ATPS National Chapter Coordinatorin Nigeria, Prof. Femi Olokesusi, Co-national Chapter
Coordinator of the ATPS Nigeria, Prof. Oyebanji
Oyeyinka, ATPS Board member, Prof. Peter Onwualu,
Director General of RMRDC and ATPS members;
plaid key roles at the conference and will continue toplay key roles in the Steering Committee. The WorldBank’s assisted STEB B project has indicated interestin supporting the activities of the committee and hasdelegated a staff, Dr. Abdul Karim Obaje to serve as thenational coordinator of the NSI Secretariat. The ATPS
secretariat considers this a major breakthrough and an
opportunity for the ATPS to shape the National System
of Innovation in Nigeria, as a case study for up scaling toother member countries. Discussions are ongoing with
the National Council for S&T in Kenya for a similar
activity to be carried out in Kenya. For details see: http://
www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/rmrdc.htm.

Delegates during the conference on “Building
a National System of Innovation in Nigeria,”
co-organised by ATPS, the Federal Ministryof Science and Technology (FMST) and Raw
Materials Research and Development Council(RMRDC) held on 6 - 7 July in Abuja. 3rdfrom left; Official from the Federal Ministryof Education, 4th from left; Engr. (Prof.) A.P.
Onwualu (Director General RMRDC, Nigeria),
6th from left (centre); Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku,
Hon. Minister Federal Ministry of Science andTechnology, 3rd from right; Prof. Osita Ogbu
(MD African Development Solutions International,
former ATPS ED and former Economic Advisor
to the President), 4th from right; Dr. Kevin C.
Urama, (Executive Director ATPS), 5th fromright; Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, ATPS
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African Youth Forum for Scienceand Technology (AYFST)
Consolidation of AYFST Steering Committee andlaunch of Y I CAN Program
The period saw the consolidation of the Steering Committee ofthe African Youth Forum for Science and Technology and launchof the Youth Innovation Challenge (Y I CAN) program.
The meeting led to the consolidation of the membership of the AYFST Steering Committee and election of
new leadership. Through an agreed democratic process
the following countries were elected to be members of
the steering committee: Malawi, Sierra Leone, Ghana,
Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Benin,
Zambia, Lesotho, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire. Tennyson Magombo (Malawi) was elected AYFST Chairperson and Festus Amadu (Sierra Leone) its vice chair. Ms.
Phina Magara from Kenya was elected as the secretary. Ina bid to ensure continuity and progression, the Communication and Outreach Officer, Mr. Marsden Momanyi,
replaced Maurice Bolo who proceeded to the UK for
Doctoral Studies as the ATPS Coordinator of the AYFSTand Y I CAN activities.
The meeting reaffirmed the vision of AYFST for
Africa, “empowered African communities that enjoysustainable livelihoods”. It revitalized the AYFST as
constituency of the ATPS, which is reflective of African

youth’s passion for innovation and curiosity about newideas. The AYFST leadership renewed its commitment toparticipate in educational reform, policy advocacy, andyouth empowerment in order to facilitate capacity building among African youths in areas of science and technology. A report on this activity has been published as aconference proceeding and is enclosed with this report.
The report is also available at http://www.atpsnet.org/docs/
AYFST%20Y%20I%20CAN%20Launch%20Report.pdf.

AYFST Steering Committee Meeting,
27 November 2009, Abuja, Nigeria
The AYFST convened a Steering Committee meeting on 27
November 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria, with representation fromeight members from Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone and Uganda.
At the meeting, members of the Steering Committee
expressed concern that the voice of the African youth wasincreasingly being drowned out amidst all the posturing
and grandstanding by various governments, civil society
and interest groups. The committee agreed that there wasneed to review global climate change strategies, policies
and interventions through the prism of the African youth
as they are ready to take a stand and make a difference.
With this background, the steering committee
proposed the launch of a competition aimed at inspiring, educating and forging a collective response byyoung people in Africa in dealing with the challenges
brought about by climate change, before it’s too late. It
was suggested that the competition will be guided by thegeneral principles outlined in the ATPS/UNEP Climate
Sense Program. An expert panel of will also be drawn
from the list of core resource persons under the ATPS
Climate Sense Program. Further details on the AYFST can befound at http://www.atpsnet.org/prog/youth.html and http://www.
atpsnet.org/pubs/workshop/Conceptnote_ayc2010.pdf.

ATPS Student Internships andPost-Doctoral Fellowships:

From Left; Tennyson Magombo, AYFST Chair andMarsden Momanyi, AYFST Coordinator

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Doctoral Fellows during the year. The interns were drawn fromcountries in Africa and also elsewhere, including Kenya, Nigeria,
and USA. The ATPS Internship program aims to encourage
young Africans to build capacity in STI related fields. They arenormally attached to Senior Colleagues for mentorship for 3 –6 months, after which they return to their schools of learning
to complete their studies. Under this program, the ATPS also
hosts international students and Post-Doctoral Fellows for shortperiods to enhance North-South collaborations and knowledge
networking amongst the Youths. In 2009, we hosted an Internfrom Harvard University and a post Doctoral student from
University of Mississippi, USA. This initiative has so far been
welcomed by the youths with demands for placements increasing significantly in 2009. The program will be ongoing in 2010.
For details on ATPS internships and summer placements, see
http://www.atpsnet.org/about/interns.html.

Launch of the ATPS Fellowship Program
The ATPS Secretariat has continued to receive applications formembership of the ATPS Fellowship programs launched under
its Phase VI Strategic Plan, 2008 – 2012. So far, 22 applications
have been received from Europe, Africa, America and the Asian
continents. Out of these applications, 16 have been processed
and are now dully confirmed Fellows of the ATPS. For details,
see http://www.atpsnet.org/about/research_fellows.html.

African Women Forum for Science& Technology (AWFST)Election of AWFST Interim Steering Committee
and launch of WE CAN Program
The period saw the launch of the African Women Forum for
Science & Technology (AWFST) and the associated Women
Innovation Challenge (WE CAN) program, 2008 - 2012.
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Dr Sheila Ochugboju,
Coordinator of AWFSTForum for Science and Technology (AYFST) was launched
in July 2009 with participation
by outstanding African womenfrom seven (7) African countries and also African Women in the Diaspora, and international
partners. The Interim AWFST Steering Committee (IASC) was
inaugurated. The members elected Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe,
Principal College of Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi as Chair, supported by Prof. Norah Olembo,
Executive Director, African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum(ABSF) as Co-Chair. More details on the AWFST can be foundat http://www.atpsnet.org/prog/awfst.html. The report of thisworkshop is enclosed.

AWFST Steering Committee Meeting, 27 November 2009, Abuja, Nigeria
Four (4) members of the AWFST Interim Steering Committee (ISM) meeting attended the ATPS Annual Conference andWorkshops in Abuja Nov 24-27th, 2010. During that time anumber of informal meetings and discussions with the Program
Coordinator, Dr Sheila Ochugboju culminated in an agreement that host a workshop in May 2010 in Ghana or Egypt
following a logistical capacity assessment by the entire committee. The Steering Committee members expressed an enthusiasm
to begin implementation activities quickly in order provide avisible platform for building the capacity of African women in
STI policy dialogue, leadership development, and innovation
incubation program which could help to boost women entrepreneurs especially in the informal or agricultural sectors. The
AWFST work plan was submitted to ATPS Senior management

Members of the AWFST Steering Committee during the meeting held from July 16-17 2009 in Mombasa, Kenya.3 From Left; Prof Norah
Olembo (Executive Director Africa Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum - ABSF and former Chair of ATPS Board), Ms Bitrina Diyamett (ATPS
Chapter Coordinator - Tanzania), Dr Warigia Bowman (Assistant Professor - University of Mississippi), Prof Obioma Nwaorgu (Faculty
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in December 2009 and informed the ATPS work plan for 2010
already submitted to DGIS.

ATPS/CTA/RUFORUM/AGRA/NEPAD/FARA
sponsored African Women and Young Professionals in Science Competitions
The period also saw the completion of the ATPS/CTA/
RUFORUM/AGRA/NEPAD/FARA
sponsored
African
Women and Young Professionals in Science Competitions. The
competition which was coordinated by the ATPS culminated ina ceremony held on the final day of the 4th AU Conference ofAfrican Ministers of Agriculture, Land and Livestock on April
24, 2009 at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Five
African women scientists and five African young professionals
received prizes and Special awards; for outstanding contribution
to science and ground breaking science were presented to two
women scientists and two young professionals received awards
for originality and communication.
The expert panel was really pleased with the qualityof the submissions and the enthusiasm of the womenand young professionals. The competitions succeeded

1. From Left; Mrs Deepa Pullanikkatil (ATPS Chapter Member - Lesotho),Ms Mamolise Falatsa (ATPS Chapter Member - Lesotho), Manal Moustafa
Samra (ATPS Chapter Member - Egypt), Mrs Rita Ogugua Eboh, (ATPS
Chapter Member - Nigeria), 2. From Right; Prof Agnes Mwang’ombe (Prof
Plant Pathology - University of Nairobi) and Mrs Bola Olabisi (Founder and
CEO of the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network - GWIIN)

in mobilizing women scientists and young professionals
both in Africa and the Diaspora who are doing pioneering research and communicating the results for making
impact on agricultural and rural sectors in Africa. They
further brought to the attention of policy makers, theimportance of the work done by African scientists,
particularly women and young professionals and called
for adequate national funding to support agriculturalresearch for Africa’s development. African governments
were urged to recognize value and harness the scientificcapacity that exists in Africa for economic development.
The top abstracts and best practices have been published
as two book volumes. See also http://www.atpsnet.org/pubs/
Agri_Innovations_v2.pdf and http://www.atpsnet.org/pubs/Agri_
Innovations_v1.pdf

Panel of judges listens to the presentations by
finalists during the Women and Young Professionals
in Science Competitions in Addis Abbaba
Ethiopia held on April 20 - 24, 2009. From
left; Dr Demba Farba Mbaye, Dr Ruvimbo
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Training and SensitizationAs stated in the strategic program priorities of the ATPS
Phase VI plan, the thematic activities described earlier
in this report are intertwined with a number of crosscutting activities including training and sensitization, science
communication and stakeholder dialogue, outreach knowledge
brokerage and policy advocacy. The ATPS has therefore continued to engage in activities relevant to these cross-cutting facilitative priorities during the reporting period. Notable activities inthese regard includes:

Regional consultation meeting on the developmentof the Global Climate Change Adaptation Network
in Africa, 19 -20 January 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

Development of ATPS/UNESCOSTI Training Manual

SET-DEV project workshops

ATPS collaborated with the UNESCO Nairobi Regional office
to develop an STI training manual that aims at providing ahands-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 and innovation (STI). It
also focuses on the definitions of STI, its aims and objectives,
distinctions between science, technology and innovation; andhow these relate to basic research and development (R&D);
implications for STI policy making and policy implementation– from R&D policy to STI policy, from S&T policy to STI; andwhy STI policy is the necessary catalyst for economic development of nations. The training manual is currently in its final
stages of completion.

ATPS collaborated with UNEP to facilitate the setting up of
the UN Global Climate Change Adaptation Network, Africa
chapter. Following consultative meetings globally, the Africa
chapter of the GAN was formed in April 2009 under the guidance of the Interim Steering Committee, co-chaired by Dr.
Kevin Urama, ATPS Executive Director.

As the lead Africa Partner on the Science, Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries(SETDEV) project, ATPS organized various activities under
the project during the period under review. These are briefly
discussed below:

Africa Ministerial Conference on Environment(AMCEN), 27 May 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
In his capacity as Co-Chair of the GAN Steering Committee,
the ATPS Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Urama was invited by
UNEP to present the GAN to the Africa Ministerial Conference
on Environment (AMCEN) on the May 27, 2009. This side
event provided a platform for ATPS’ advocacy on responding toclimate change through STI in Africa.
The first interim steeringcommittee meeting of theAfrican component of the Global
Adaptation Network (GAN) heldat the UNEP Headquarters in
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Focus Group Workshop, February
4 – 5, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

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The workshop was participatory in its approach. Thiswas facilitated through individual presentations, group
discussions and presentations, and plenary sessions. All
these were processes that built up on each other, witheach session having emerging issues that were subsequently discussed in plenary sessions.
After the workshop, an online discussion forum
hosted by ATPS was set up to enable interactive sharing
and dialogue on thought pieces that eventually fed into
the draft manifesto.

SET-DEV Manifesto Workshop, 20– 22 May 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

Dr Ragna Zeiss talks to participants during the Focus
Group Workshop to discuss the Kenya Manifesto on
Science, Ethics and Socialization of Science. The workshop
was hosted by ATPS from February 4-5 in Nairobi

A Focus Group workshop was convened from 4– 5 February 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the
Kenya Manifesto on Science, Ethics and Socializationof Science. The main objective of the workshop wasto draft a document that incorporates the situation ofscientific and technological research, the levels of socialization, the ethical issues arising from research in thelocal context, and strategies for enabling a process ofsustainable socialization. Also discussed was the philosophy, structure and content of the draft manifesto froma perspective rooted within the African history, societal
needs and policy orientations, while at the same timelaying the basis for a dialogue similar for the European
and Indian experiences.

The preliminary SET-DEV Manifesto drafting workshop washeld on May 20, 2009. The purpose of the brainstorming workshop was to brainstorm on the results of the project so far withpartners from India, Kenyan and Europe and to create a broader
interest in and support of the Kenyan manifesto process. The
workshop collected various views and comments from participants which were used to improve on the draft manifesto.
Participants were urged to incorporate the theoretical and methodological approaches as well as the best practices gathered.
Participation to the workshop constituted 25 selectexperts drawn from the learning and research institutes;
government/public institutes; private sector; international bodies, civil society such as Dr Daniel Olago
from the University of Nairobi, Prof. Eucharia Kenyafrom Kenyatta University, Mr. David Otwoma from the
National Council for Science and Tecnhnology (NCST)
as well representatives from SET-DEV project partners
from Kenya (ATPS and IntermediaNCG), India (Dr.
Shambu Prasad, Dr. Haribabu Ejanawala) and Europe(such as Prof. Wiebe Bijker, Maastricht University, theNetherlands, Dr. Joseph Cannataci, Centre for Law,

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tariat. A further update on the workshop is available at
http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/setdev.htm.

Information & Converging Technologies, UK among
others). For details see: http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/setdev.htm

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SETDEV Steering Committee Meeting andLaunch of the Manifesto Development process
The ATPS hosted the second SET-DEV Steering Committee
meeting on 20 – 21 May 2009. The meeting which was attended by 13 delegates from seven (7) countries, peer reviewed theprogress of the SETDEV project in India, Kenya and Europe.
Mr. Jean-François Dechamp, the EC Desk Officer in charge of
the SETDEV project was among the participants who attended
the steering committee meeting.
The meeting was held with the purpose of sharing
and having dialogue on the results of the project so far,with partners from India, Kenya and Europe and tocreate a broader interest in and support of the Manifesto
process. The views and comments stemming from thisworkshop were used in improving on the draft manifesto
which will incorporate the theoretical and methodical
approaches as well as the best practices gathered.
The meeting endorsed the drafting of an African
manifesto; initially the manifesto was targeted specifically at two countries - India and Kenya, however a strong
demand for an African Manifesto during the early stagesof the project created a need for widening the scope tocover the whole of Africa.
The project aims to bridge gap between science, technology and society and strengthen the links between the
research society, policy making and industry and triangulate more and more in between India, Africa and Europe
and all the partners. For details see: http://www.atpsnet.
org/about/news/2009/setdev.htm

As part of the ongoing activities under the SET-DEV Project(Work Package 4), two Postdoctoral researchers Dr. Ragna Zeiss
and Mr. Lucio Pisacane from collaborating institutions in the
Netherlands and Italy respectively, supported ATPS in conducting Case studies on current practices within civil society andresearch organizations. The objectives of this work package
were:i. Carrying out of a review on the practices relevant tothe activity of the institutes;
ii. Drafting of an operational handbook containing
the results of the orientation to solve the problems
addressed and improve the practices reviewed;iii. Implementation of a process of internaldissemination of the handbook, in order to obtain
possible suggestions for modification;
iv. Implementation of an initiative for the presentationand external dissemination of the handbook.

From Left: Mr Lucio Pisacane and Dr Ragna Zeiss

SET-DEV Capacity Building Workshop,
July 14 – 17, 2009, Mombasa, Kenya
As part of the manifesto drafting process under Work Package 4of the SET-DEV program, the ATPS hosted a 4 day workshop
in Mombasa, Kenya covering the following themes:a) Science in Society;b) Science mediation and Practice,c) Science Communication and Evaluation;d) Innovation & Governance
A dynamic mix of 50 participants drawn from thelearning and research institutes; government/public
institutes; private sector; international bodies, civilsociety as well representatives from SET-DEV project
partners from Kenya and Europe attended the workshop.
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Together with ATPS Research Officer, Ms Wairimu
Mwangi, the researchers conducted field visits to develop
case studies which analyze best practices, challenges andconstraints faced by Kenyan Science and Technology
Research Institutions. The aim of these case studies is
to inform the African Manifesto for Science and Technology being developed under the program. The teamadministered surveys and carried out in-depth interviews
with researchers, heads of research bodies and public
administrators from the National Council on Scienceand Technology (NCST), Insect Physiology and Ecology(ICIPE) and Egerton University in Kenya. The information collected from these participatory studies will go
towards developing a handbook containing operational standards and protocols to improve the capacity of
Kenyan research institutions, civil society Organizations,business associations and public administration in thesocialization of Science, Technology and Research. Dr.
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nology Studies at the University of Maastricht and Mr.
Lucio Pisacane works with Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche (CNR-IRPPS). The drafting of the Handbook
for Socialization of Science and Technology in Kenya
is in progress and will be published in 2010. Further
details on the SETDEV project are available at http://
www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/setdev.htm.

African Manifesto for Science,
Technology and Innovation
The ATPS is leveraging the activity of the SETDEV project todraft a Manifesto for Science Technology and Innovation in
Africa. This manifesto is being written in proactive collaboration with African governments and Stakeholders as well as inmulti-lateral dialogue with SETDEV partners in Europe, India
and Africa. It will set the tone for the ne renaissance in STI in
Africa for Africans by African in the coming decade. The specificobjectives of the Manifesto are to restore confidence in Africa
and Africans that quality STI can be done in Africa and that thisis the bedrock for development; set the dream for building thenecessary human, institutional and physical infrastructures for
STI to thrive in Africa; establish the platform for full socialization of STI in Africa’s realities, facilitation of knowledge plurality, and make a case for Africa’s scientific and technological sovereignty through concerted support for STI capacity building by
African governments and African people.
The manifesto also tries to establish the core principles that will enable these lofty dreams to be achieved,
including: Accountability, Self-rule & Self-reliance,
Social Inclusion & Equity, Confidence Building, Ownership, Applicability, New Attitudes and Mindsets, Mutual
Respect, Regional and multi-lateral Partnerships, Knowledge Sharing, New Incentives, and good Leadership andGood Governance.

Scientific Revival Day for Africa(SRDA), 30 June, 2009
The 46th Ministerial Conference of the Organization of African
Unity (OAU) in 1987 declared 30th June as a day that should
be reserved to commemorate the Scientific Revival Day in Africa(SRDA). ATPS attaches great significance to this day and has
used it over the years to mobilize support and generate enthusiasm for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy inAfrica through various platforms.
In 2009, ATPS supported five chapters including
Ghana, Lesotho, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda to host the
SRDA in their countries. Selection of chapters to receive
support followed a call for Expressions of Interest (EoI)
and subsequent proposals received from the chapters. All
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activities held in Uganda, Ghana and Lesotho are highlighted below. For more details, please visit http://www.
atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/SRD-AFRICA.htm.

Scientific Revival Day in Africa – Uganda Chapter
On September 17, 2009,
members of ATPS in Uganda
held their Annual General
Meetingalongsidethecommemoration of Scientific Revival Day for Africa
SRDA. The event was presided over by the outgoing ATPS
National Coordinator for
Uganda Prof. Joseph Obua
who has held this position
for the stipulated maximum
term of six years (from 2003-2009). The main agenda of theAnnual General Meeting included appraising members of the
progress achieved over the past year and to elect a new steering committee and National Chapter Coordinator. The new
National Coordinator Mr. John Okuonzi, is a lecturer at the
Kyambogo University, in the Faculty of Engineering and is along-standing member of the AYFST. Mr. Marsden Momanyi,
the ATPS Communications Officer represented the secretariat
at the event. The Keynote speakers included Mr. Sam Senkungu, Commissioner, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry
Uganda and Dr. Maxwell Otim, Uganda National Council for
Science and Technology. 50 participants drawn from academia,
civil society, private sector and Government attended. http://
www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/SRD-AFRICA.htm and http://
www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/Uganda%20AGM.html

Scientific Revival Day in Africa – Lesotho Chapter
On 20th August 2009 the ATPS-Lesotho Chapter held a Workshop in Maseru, to mark Scientific Revival Day for Africa.
Participants brainstormed possible ways of strengthening the
newly formed Lesotho Commission on Science and Technology (LCST) as part of a stakeholder consultation process initiated by the Lesotho National Commission for UNESCO. Oneof the key questions tackled during the workshop include;“How can the commission on Science and Technology better
work with policy makers, Universities and research institutions,
Private Sector actors, Civil Society and NGOs?” The meeting
brainstormed on possible structures for the commission andhow they would fit within the broad framework of the Ministryof Communications, Science and Technology and the Department of Science and Technology. One of the key tasks of theCommission will be the documentation, protection and development of indigenous knowledge and technologies, as well as
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news/2009/SRD-AFRICA.htm and http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/srd%20lesotho.pdf)

Scientific Revival Day in Africa – Ghana Chapter
The ATPS–Ghana Chapter organized a one-day workshop on
the theme, “Entrepreneurial and Innovation Opportunities for
Dealing with Climate Change Effects – Adaptation and Mitiga-

Participants during the workshop organized by ATPS Lesotho on
August 20, 2009 to mark Scientific Revival Day for Africation” which took place on 26 August at the auditorium of the
Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) of
the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The
workshop was attended by 43 participants drawn from research,academia, entrepreneurs, students and the media. The meeting
was chaired by Dr. Peggy Oti Boateng, Director of Technology Consultancy Centre and former board chairperson of ATPS
Ghana. Among the chief guests were Dr. Yaa Dufie Osei, chairperson of the ATPS Ghana board of trustees and the Deputy
Director General of CSIR, Dr. (Mrs.) R. M. Entsua-Mensah.
The workshop has organized to help create awareness aboutclimate change and its potential implications on development,poverty, food security, disaster occurrence and management.
(http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/SRD-AFRICA.htm)

Scientific Revival Day in Africa – Nigeria Chapter
The ATPS–Nigeria Chapter collaborated Federal Ministry of
Science and Technology (FMST) through the Raw Materials
Research and Development Council (RMRDC), a key player in
the innovation system in Nigeria, to organize a conference on“Building a National Innovation System in Nigeria”. The workshop held from July 6 – 7, 2009 was structured to commemorate the African Union Science Revival Day which takes placeon the 30th of June each year.
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International Panel for Sustainable
Resource Management (the Resource
Panel), June 2 – 4, 2009 Paris, France andNovember 8-11, 2009, Beijing China
In recognition of his contributions to the field, Dr. Kevin
Urama, ATPS Executive Director was appointed as member of
the UNEP Resource Panel for Sustainable Natural Resources
Management, 2009 – 2011. He participated in the 4th meetingof the Resource Panel in Paris, France from June 2 – 4, 2009.
At the meeting Dr. Urama was nominated to lead the scopinggroup report on Sustainable Water Management at a global
scale. This is welcome news for ATPS as his nomination follows
his (and ATPS’) involvement in the just concluded program on
Water and Environmental Sustainability (ATPS-WESP, 2004 –2008) which was largely funded by DGIS; and also his previous work on water management both in Africa and in Europe.
Dr. Urama also attended the 5th Panel in Beijing, China from
November 9 – 11, 2009, where he presented the concept paper
for the working group. The panel of experts and the member
states represented the steering committee an innovative andtransformative. Dr. Urama will be liaising with members of theworking group to carry out the global assessment starting in2010. Case studies in Ghana, India, USA, Nigeria, Germany,
China, Australia, South America, Finland are planned. The
ATPS will host the Water Working Group of the Resource Panelwith delegates from Europe, South America, USA, India, andAfrica during eth first quarter of 2010. Dr. Urama will Chair the
Sustainable Water Management Working Group of the Panel.
See http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/resourcepanel.html,
and http://www.unep.fr/scp/rpanel/.

Africa Adaptation Network (AAN) Meeting,5 – 7 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
Under the Climate Sense Program, ATPS held a meeting with
UNEP to discuss the launch of the Africa Adaptation Network.
The overall objective of the AAN is to help build climate resilience of vulnerable human systems, ecosystems and economies
through the mobilization of knowledge and technologies tosupport adaptation policy-setting, planning and practices. The
focus of the Network activities is on the mobilization of knowledge to improve its accessibility, on the provision of knowledge
support and advisory services, and on strengthening institutional capacity for adaptation. The Network aims to contribute to
the achievement of three key outcomes:i.

ii.

Improved availability and accessibility ofknowledge for adaptation, and strengthened
dissemination of good adaptation practices
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advisory services to governments, planners andpractitioners
iii. Enhanced capacity for adaptation of nationaland regional institutions in the developingworld, and improved quality and sustainabilityof their services

IEEE AFRICON Conference 23 – 25
September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
ATPS partnered with the Kenya Chapter of the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to co-host the 9thIEEE AFRICON in Nairobi, Kenya from 23 - 25 September
2009. ATPS supported the event under the Y I CAN program
specific activity - Youth Innovation Challenge Awards within
the specific areas of climate change adaptation. ATPS has previously supported IEEE events as a way of strengthening collaboration with the private sector. The objectives of the conference were to:i.

Share research activities and information across theglobe;
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engineering and information technology;
Sensitising the government, academia and private
sector towards the need for collaboration towards
supporting Science, Technology & Innovation(STI)
for development, attainment of Vision 2030 &MDGs;
v. Develop international partnership between local
private sector and international institutions; andvi. Develop Public Private Partnership (PPP) in
improving the quality and access in technicaleducation.
iv.

Over 100 projects were submitted by university
students for the annual engineering student’s exhibition based on the theme ICTs & Alternative Energy forrural development. Eminent researchers and scientists
from around the world attended the conference which
had submissions of over 100 International papers. The
ATPS support included the provision of a Prize Awardto the best student innovator in ICTs and/or Alternative
Energy for rural development. The conference attracted high level representation from government officials,
academia and the private sector.

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Above; Dr Kevin Urama - ATPS Executive Director (Left)and Hon. John Michuki (Kenya’s Minister for Environment
and Mineral Resources) arrive at the Parliamentarian’s
Sensitization Workshop on Climate Change co-organized by
the ATPS on 8-9 October. Behind are Hon Dr Noah Wekesa(Kenya’s Minister for Forestry and Wildlife) and Mr Henry
Ndede (United Nations Environmental Programme - UNEP)

Wikimedia Commons: Wind farms have a very low impact on theenvironment as they do not use any fuel and emit no pollution.

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Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, 4– 8 Nairobi, Kenya 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

At the invitation of the British Council and the Ministryof Higher Education, Science and Technology, Kenya,
Dr. Kevin Urama gave a keynote address at the Africa
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (AKTP) Conference from 4– 8, February 2009. This conference sought to highlight theessential characteristics for successful partnerships between
academics and business leaders that add value to the national
economies in Africa.
The conference was opened by Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. Other key delegates included Hon. Dr. Sally Kosgey, Minister of Higher
Education Science and Technology, and Mr. Robert
Nigel Paul Macaire, the British High Commissioner in
Kenya, also gave keynote addresses. Dr. Urama’s keynote
presentation, “Towards sustainable use of resources in
the face of climate change: trans-disciplinary science,systems thinking, and innovation” was well received
by all delegates. This led to initial discussion with the
British Council on opportunities for collaboration with
the ATPS and also the establishment of a web-hosted
discussion forum to facilitate collaboration amongst thequadruple helix in the continent (see http://tech.groups.
yahoo.com/group/entrepreneurship_incubator/ ). Details
on the conference and Dr, Urama’s presentation can befound at http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2008/Knowledge%20Forums.htm
The increased request by stakeholders for the ATPS
to play key roles in STI Knowledge Management in theregions has led to a number of web-hosted fora some ofwhich are under design phases, awaiting the revampingof the ATPS website to provide capabilities for worldclass e-communication and discussion boards such as
twitting, blogging to deploy a range of e-participatory
approaches to enhance the socialization of STI in Africa
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STI knowledge for African development. This is built on
our firm belief that adequate valorization of STI can beenhanced if we have the requisite fora to enhance participation in Africa.

National Conference for Disseminationof Research Results and Exhibition of
Innovations in Kenya, 4 – 8 May 2009,
The National Council for Science and Technology (NCST),
Kenya invited ATPS to its 2nd National Conference for Dissemination of Research Results and Exhibition of Innovations, heldfrom May 4 – 8, 2009. Dr. Sheila Ochugboju, ATPS SeniorCommunications and Outreach Officer represented ATPS at
the event and delivered the keynote presentation titled: Knowledge Sharing to Enhance Research and Innovation Capacity
in Africa. The conference provided a forum to define the link
between STI and development towards Kenya’s national aspirations expressed in Kenya’s Vision 2030. For details see: http://
www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/ncst.htm

AAU 12th General Conference on Sustainable
Development in Africa: The Role of Higher
Education 4 – 9 May 2009, Abuja, Nigeria
The Association of African Universities (AAU) invited Dr.
Urama and Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University todeliver key note papers at its 12th General Conference in Abuja,
Nigeria from May 4-9, 2009. The theme of the Conference
was “Sustainable Development in Africa: The Role of Higher
Education”. Dr. Urama’s keynote presentation: “Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (HESDA)” x-rayedthe current pedagogies in African tertiary education and madesignificant recommendations of how these could be re-engineered to facilitate innovation for sustainable development.
His presentation received wide reviews in the global press andthe AAU has subsequently published the full paper in a special
edition of the Newsletter to inform further discussions on thesubject.
This activity has provided key opportunities for the
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thinking and innovation in Africa’s higher education. Discussions are ongoing with the AAU to further
avenues for cooperation between the AAU and the ATPS
tos achieve this mutual objective. The full paper by Dr.
Urama and the excepts of the media reviews can befound at http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/attachments/AAU-Dr%20Urama.pdf Further details on the
AAU conference can be found at http://www.aau.org/.
The keynote paper was published as a Special paper ofthe ATPS (see enclosed) and also published in Science
Africa, a pan African Newspaper on science & technology.

Health NGOs Network Launch, 14 May 2009,
Nairobi, Kenya
ATPS Senior Communications and Outreach Officer, Dr. Sheila
Ochugboju Represented ATPS at the Health NGOs Network
launch in Nairobi on 14 May 2009. This is a forum for NGOs
dealing with health issues for purposes of collaboration, sharingof experiences and advocacy. HENNET brings together different health oriented CSOs, with diverse interests, but all having
a common vision of a ‘Healthy Kenyan Society’. The HENNET
secretariat is hosted at AMREF Kenya Country Office.

NEPAD University Dialogue, July 27–30, 2009,
Accra, Ghana
As part of the collaborative activities with NEPAD, ATPS
participated with FARA, ANAFE, RUFORUM, CTA andother partners to organize a NEPAD-University Dialogue on
27 – 30 July, 2009 in Accra Ghana. Dr. Kevin Urama represented ATPS at the meeting. A core objective of the Dialogue wason how to harness Africa’s own human resources and capacities for NEPAD implementation, with particular reference to
the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program(CAADP). Overall, the Dialogue is expected contribute towards‘Bridging the Education Gap’ so as to increase African tertiary
institutions’ contribution to overall development. For details
see: http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2008/NEPAD%20Trip.
pdf

Deputy Director General, Department of Life Sciences, Prof.
Feng Feng, and Prof. Yupeng Yao (Department of Earth
Sciences. The meeting was hosted by Jian Liu, Chief, Climate
Change Adaptation Unit of UNEP. The ATPS was represented
by Dr. Kevin Urama, Dr. Sheila Ochugboju and Mr. Marsden
Momanyi at the meeting, which discussed possible avenues ofcollaboration between key African and the Chinese scientists.

Renewable Energy & CDM Consultative Workshop, 31 July 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
Ms. Wairimu Mwangi, ATPS Research Officer attended a workshop on ‘Renewable Energy & CDM Consultative Workshop
on July 31, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop provided
a forum where high profile Kenyan and Korean experts onenvironmental issues discussed environmental issues such as
Climate Change, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
projects, recycling energy amongst others. Preliminary links
with the Government of Korea was developed by the ATPS at
this forum.

An African Agricultural Policy Caucus: Regional
Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Annual General Meeting, 26 - 29
August 2009, Mombasa, Kenya
Dr Sheila Ochugboju represented ATPS at the above meeting,where she chaired a panel discussion on “African Agricultural
Policy”. In attendance were participants of the AGM drawn
from member universities, CGIAR centres, NGOs, farmers’organizations and other high level representatives from partners
and stakeholders. The objective of the session was to gather ideasof stakeholders, champions and advocates of change in African
agricultural training and research for development and to create
an open space for public awareness amongst scientists, policy
makers and civil society on various initiatives in agricultural
tertiary education in support of policy and sustainable agricultural development. For more details, see
http://www.ypard.org/ypard/digitalAssets/609_RUFORUM_
Monthly_Newsletter_-June_2009.pdf.

Meeting with President of the National Natural
Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Parliamentary Committees Sensitization Workshop
on Climate Change, 8-9 October 2009, Mombasa,
Kenya

On 9 August 2010, the President of the National Science Foundation of China, Yiyu Chen, held crucial talks with officials
from the ATPS, UNEP and key partners under the umbrellaof the African Academy of Sciences at the UNEP headquarters
in Nairobi, Kenya. A high level delegation from the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) accompanied
the president. They included the DGI (Bureau of International
Cooperation), Prof. Jianghuo Han, Deputy Division Director,
Bureau of International Cooperation, Dr. Zahang Yongtao,

The Kenyan Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources(MEMR) in conjunction with the IDRC-DFID supported
Climate Change Adaptation for Africa (CCAAA) through the
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC),
the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and theAfrican Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), hosted asensitization workshop for Members of Parliament in Kenyafrom 8-9 October 2009 in Mombasa, Kenya. The specific objectives of the workshop included:-

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Above: A section of delegates during the Parliamentarians
Sensitization Workshop which the ATPS coordinated together
with key partners in October 8-9, 2009 in Mombasa, Kenyai.

Appraising the honorable members of Parliament on
climate change issues for Kenya;
ii. Engaging Members of Parliament in Kenya’s National
Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) andother strategic initiatives for addressing climatechange in Kenya;iii. Appraising and engaging Members of Parliamenton Kenya’s position paper for the 15th Conferenceof Parties (CoP 15) on Climate Change vis a vis the
position of other parties and their implications for
Kenya; andiv. Facilitating and strengthening partnerships withMembers of Parliament to inform the process of the
preparation of the climate change policy for Kenya.
Over 150 delegates including the Honorable Minister for
Environment and National Resources (MENR), the Honorable Speaker of the National Assembly, Cabinet Members andPermanent Secretaries of various House Committees, Membersof Parliament and Provincial Commissioners of the Governmentof Kenya as well as the Executive Director of UNEP attended
the event.
The workshop led to production of a Communiquéby the members of Parliament on climate change issues
for Kenya. A proceedings report from this workshop
with contributions to the CoP 15 process and a climatechange policy for Kenya by the members of Parliament;
and established partnerships amongst the Parliamentary Committees for local, national, regional and global
actions to address climate change in Kenya is currently
in press. Details on the workshop can be found at http://
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Knowledge Brokerage Activities
World Social Science Forum, May 9 – 10, 2009,
Bergen, Norway
At the invitation of the inaugural World Social Science Forum
held from May 9 - 10 in Bergen, Norway, Dr. Kevin Urama
presented a special panel on “Digitization, Globalization andCommercialization of Social Sciences and Humanities: Implications for Socialization of Science & Technology in Africa”.
Other key note presenters at the conference included Prof.
Amatya Sen, Nobel Prize Winner on economics, Prof. Wiebe
Bijker, renowned STI expert from the University of Maastricht,
the Netherlands and over 800 delegates from around the world.
Dr. Urama’s paper which explored the implications of digitization, globalization and commercialization (DGC) of social
sciences and the humanities on effective socialization and valorization of science and technology in Africa was well received by
the delegates and is now published by the WSSF.
In his presentation, Dr. Urama argued that thecurrent social science research infrastructure and techniques for knowledge generation, valorization and use
are significant constraints that inherently limit the capacity of new technologies to contribute tangible solutions
to tangible problems of the global poor, especially in
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countries ability to harness the potential benefits of
DGC in the new global economy. Drawing lessons fromaccess to ATPS hosted internet knowledge facilities, hewarned that unless the global digital divide are addressed
through STI capacity building, DGC may have reverse
and adverse implications for Africa. Dr. Urama participation was fully funded by WSSF. For details see:
http://www.atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/attachments/WSS%20
Presentation.pdf.

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation(CTA) invited the ATPS Executive Director to attend the 8th
Advisory Committee Meeting on S&T for ACP Agricultural
and Rural Development. The theme for the meeting was “ICTS
Transforming Agricultural Science and Innovation – Implications for ACP Agriculture”. The meeting took place in Montpellier, France from 16 – 20 November 2009.

British Science Communication Conference, 22 23 June 2009, London, UK

Further to its central role in establishing the Africa Adaptation Network (AAN) and as part of its CSP program, Dr.
Kevin Urama, ATPS Executive Director attended the CoP 15
conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.
During the conference, he attended the meeting of Co Chairs of
the GAN to brainstorm on adaptation strategies for developing
countries. Following this meeting, the ATPS is currently collaborating with UNEP and other partners to submit a proposal
to the World Bank and other Agencies to support the Global
Adaptation Network (GAN).

Dr Sheila Ochugboju represented the ATPS at the British
Science Communication Conference in the UK, organized by
the British Association in partnership with the Wellcome Trust,BP and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. The
Conference addressed the key issues facing science communicators in the UK and brought together key stakeholders
involved in public engagement. The Conference had a central
focus - ‘Behavior and Choice’ - exploring the role that science
communicators should or could play as influencers of behavioral change.
Dr. Ochugboju presented a paper entitled “Creating
culturally relevant science cafés - lessons from abroad”.
This provided an overview of the African Science Cafe
Model, launched by Dr Ochugboju in 2007 in South
Africa; an update on current developments and an
explanation of its use by ATPS for engagement with
policy-makers. For more details, see http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/ScienceinSociety/ScienceCommunicationConference/_2009_Conference_Report.htm.

CTA Advisory Committee Meeting, 16 – 20
November 2009, Montpellier, France

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP
15), 07 – 18 December 2009

ATPS Media Outreach Activities
The ATPS was approached by a producer of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation KBC) to present some of her work on
climate change and environmental management on their life
show called ECOSHOW. Subsequent to two appearances by
Dr. Urama and public appreciation of the types of programs
being run by the ATPs on STI capacity building in Kenya andin other African countries, the KBC Producer has approachedthe ATPS to formerly co-host the show at no financial costs
to the ATPS. The ATPS will provide technical expertise andresource persons for the show.

Strengthening and Expansionof National Chapters
ATPS/RMRDC Activity in Nigeria

Delegates at the CTA Advisory Committee Meeting, 16– 20 November 2009, Montpellier, France

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Through this activity, the ATPS Secretariat sought to strengthen
the existing links between the ATPS Nigeria and relevant stateagencies in the country. The activity was organized in collaboration with the Raw Materials Research Council (RMRDC) of theFederal Ministry of S&T in Nigeria. Dr. Umar Bindir, Director
General, for the National Office for Technology Acquisition andProvision (NOTAP), Federal republic of Nigeria, now serve as
the ATPs Policy Liaison Officer for the ATPS Nigeria Chapter.
The Nigerian Government has now backed the formation of
the inter-ministerial and inter-agency Steering committee for tofoster the coordination of the National Systems of Innovation in
Nigeria. The ATPS considers this a remarkable contribution by
the Federal Government of Nigeria toward the strengthening of
ATPS’ STI capacity building activities in the country.

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On September 17, 2009, members of ATPS in Uganda
convened at Hotel Triangle in Kampala, Uganda to hold their
Annual General Meeting. The event was presided over by theoutgoing ATPS National Coordinator for Uganda Prof Joseph
Obua who has held this role for six years. About 50 participants
drawn from academia, civil society, private sector and Government attended the event. The event came aptly after the freshannouncement of an approval of a new STI policy in Uganda
and only a few days preceding the commencement of National
Science Week in Uganda, which kicked off on September 21,
2009. The workshop proceedings were covered extensively by
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) Radio and TV.

the training on proposal writing and program management
provided during the joint meeting of the ATPS National Chapters and the ATPS Board on 01 April 2009 at Hilton Hotels,
Nairobi Kenya. The second was the training of the national
coordinators on intellectual property rights and effective coordination of the program activities in the coordinating centers.
This was carried out on 28 September 2009. Finally, a formal
training on accessing funding from Donors, proposal Writing
and Managing project Risks was provided during dedicatedsessions at the ATPS annual conference and workshop, on 27
November 2009. International Experts from Italy, UK, Africa
and the US were invited to provide the necessary training on
the relevant subjects.

Science and Technology Days,
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Institutional Grants to National Coordinating
Centres of the IP program:

The ATPS Cote d’Ivoire Chapter in partnership with the Benianh
Foundation International, is planning the first edition of Science
Days at the Palais de la culture in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The
event will see the launch of a call for nominations for a technology award for researchers, research institutes or teams, research
centres and laboratories, and an inventors award.
The ATPS-Francophone chapters (Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal) will
convene a regional meeting as a side event. Part of theagenda will be to discuss one or two sectors of activityof regional interest on which the West Africa can rely on
to begin its technological development. In liaison with
Benianh Foundation International, the ATPS Francophone chapters are seeking funding from regional organizations under regional African Development such as
UEMOA, ECOWAS, BOAD, BCEAO, ADB, etc. tosupport the event. The ATPS provided seed funding tosupport participation of the ATPS Secretariat and otherFrancophone chapters in this activity.
The event was initially scheduled for October 28 – 20,
2009 but was postponed to the first quarter of 2010, after
the Ivorian President and his Cabinet expressed interest
to be part of the meeting. The ATPS Secretariat regards
this activity as a significant step towards strengthening
the Regional Chapters’ Steering Committee representatives as the regional centre for coordination of ATPS
activities in the region. ATPS appreciates the initiative
displayed by Dr. Kouadio and Mr. Bendjo for taking thisinitiative to galvanize the Francophone chapters.

The ATPS provided core support to the national coordinating centres of the IP program in 6 countries. These grants were
aimed to support respective national chapters as National Coordinating Centers for the joint ATPS/BTA Intellectual Property
program on Strengthening National IP Policy and Legal Frameworks in East and Southern Africa for Traditional Knowledge(TK), Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) and effective Intellectual Property (IP) systems.

Applications for New Chapters
The period has also seen the receipt of applications to establish
new chapters of the ATPS from five (5) countries, including:Egypt, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda and Tunisia. The ATPS
Board has approved establishment of Institutional Focal Points
in Egypt, Madagascar, and Mauritius while the modalities forestablishing ATPS Focal points in Rwanda and Tunisia arebeing reviewed to determine competence, wider commitment
and potentials for sustainability.
The demand for ATPS activities also increased significantly, with African national governments, regionaland sub-regional organizations, and the UN Agencies(UNEP, UNESCO, UN_HABITAT) requesting the
ATPS to carry out STI related activities jointly; more
Donors such as the Rockefeller Foundation, UNEP, theDanish Government through collaboration with FARA,
Wellcome Trust, University of Palermo and Universityof Maastricht joining the ATPS Consortium of Donors.
Several Government Ministries approached the ATPS tosupport in their policy processes and workshops during
the year.

National Chapter Training Activities
The ATPS implemented three training activities for ATPs
national chapter coordinators during the period. The first was

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ATPS Publications
One of the objectives of the ATPS network is to disseminate
research results to policy makers, legislators, the organized private
sector, civil society, mass media and farmers groups throughpublications, dialogue and advocacy. Among its range of publications are the working paper series (WPS), Research Paper Series(RPS), Special Paper Series (SPS) and Technopolicy Briefs.

Promotional Flyers and Concept Notes
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About ATPS

Climate Sense

AYFST – YouthAWFST – Women

About SET-DEV

Concept paper: http://

Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge

African Manifesto for

www.atpsnet.org/

Program (Y I CAN)

Program (WE CAN)

Science & Technology

prog/concepts/csp%20

Concept paper

Concept paper

http://www.atpsnet.org/prog/

Concept%20Note.pdf

http://www.atpsnet.

http://www.atpsnet.org/

concepts/SETDEV%20

org/prog/concepts/

prog/concepts/WECAN%20

Concept%20YICAN.pdf

Concept%20Note.pdf

Special Paper Series
142

Urama, K., (2009)3

5

Concept%20Note.pdf

Koaudio, A., (2009) Etat, politique technologiqueHigher Education foret croissance économique en Afrique: une étude

Sustainable Development

comparative sur trois pays africains http://www.

in Africa (HESDA).

atpsnet.org/pubs/specialpaper/Rethinkingfr.pdf.

http://www.atpsnet.
org/pubs/specialpaper/

Kouadio, A., (2009), Rethinking African Economic

higher_education.pdf.

Policy: The State, political technological andeconomic growth in Africa: a comparative

4

study of three African countries. http://www.

Urama K.C. and Ozor N. (2010), Impacts of Climate Change on

atpsnet.org/pubs/specialpaper/rethinkingpolicy.pdf

Water Resources in Africa, ATPS Special Paper (In press)

5

Ozor N. (2010) Mainstreaming Climate Change into University CurriculaIssues, Needs, and Processes. ATPS Special Paper, (in press)

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ATPS Publications

www.atpsnet.org

ATPS Reports
1

2

3

4

ATPS Annual Report 2008
http://www.atpsnet.org/pubs/
annualreport/Annual%20
Report%202008.pdf

ATPS Newsletter.
Jul - Dec. 2008
http://www.atpsnet.org/
pubs/newsletter/ATPS%20
Newsletter%202008b.pdf

ATPS Newsletter.
Jan-June 2009http://www.atpsnet.org/
pubs/newsletter/ATPS%20
Newsletter%202009.pdf

ATPS Newsletter.
Jul-Dec 2009http://www.atpsnet.org/
pubs/newsletter/ATPS%20
Newsletter%202009b.pdf

1

2

3

4

Young Professionals
and Women in Science
Competitions. May 2008
- April 2009 Technicalreport http://www.
atpsnet.org/pubs/workshop/
CTA_tech_Report.pdf

Shaping the Future for Womenin Science Technology andInnovation in Africa. Reporton the First AWFST Interim
Steering Committee Meeting http://
www.atpsnet.org/docs/WE%20
CAN%20Launch%20Report.pdf.

Conference Proceedings

Shaping the Future of Science
Technology and Innovation in
Africa. Report on the Fourth
AYFST Steering Committee
Meeting http://www.atpsnet.org/
docs/AYFST%20Y%20I%20
CAN%20Launch%20Report.pdf.

Kenya Talks Climate Change.
Report on the Climate Change
Parliamentarians Sensitization
Workshop (In Press). http://www.
atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/attachments/parliamentary%20
wshop%20report.pdf

Book Volumes and Book Chapters
12

1. Agricultural Innovations for Sustainable Development Contributions
2.
3.

4.
5.

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from the African Youth Forums for Science and Technology. Volume 1
Issue 1 http://www.atpsnet.org/pubs/Agri_Innovations_v1.pdf.
Agricultural Innovations for Sustainable Development. Contributions
from the African Women Forum for Science and Technology. Volume 2
Issue 1 http://www.atpsnet.org/pubs/Agri_Innovations_v2.pdf.
Urama K. C. (2009). Innovation and Appropriability: Empirical
Evidence and Research Agenda, Comments: In, The Economics ofIntellectual Property, Suggestions for Further Research in Developing
Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition, WIPO.
Urama K. C., Ozor, N., Ousumane, K., and Hassan, M (eds). The Stateof STI in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2005 – 2010, In: UNESCO Science
Report, 201. UNESCO Publishing (in Press).
ATPS/UNESCO (2009). Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
Policy Making, A Training Manual (In press).

Science, Technology and Innovations for African Development

ATPS Publications

www.atpsnet.org

ATPS Conference Papers

Publications in Progress

1. Urama K. C. and Eboh, E. C (2009). Towards an
Integrated Policy Response to Global Financial Crisis,
Climate Change, Environmental Degradation andPoverty through STI: Avoiding Type I and Type II Errors.
A keynote paper presented at the 2009 ATPS Annual
Conference and Workshop on Africa’s Response to Global
Challenges through Science, Technology and Innovation,
Abuja, Nigeria, 24 – 27 November 2009. http://www.
atpsnet.org/docs/2009/global%20financial%20crisis.ppt
2. Urama K. C. and Swilling, M. (2009). Decoupling
Economic Growth from Resource Use and Environmental
Degradation: International Perspectives & Lessons for
Africa. A keynote paper presented at the 20009 ATPS
Annual Conference and Workshop on Africa’s Response
to Global Challenges through Science, Technology andInnovation, Abuja, Nigeria, 24 – 27 November 2009.
http://www.atpsnet.org/docs/2009/decoupling.pptx
3. Urama K. C. (2009). Trans-disciplinary Science,
Systems Thinking and Innovation: Implications for
Collaboration. A keynote paper presented at the Joint
International Conference of the Raw Materials Researchand Development Council (RMRDC) and ATPS, 6 – 7
July 2009.
4. Urama K. C. (2009). Knowledge Sharing to Enhance
Research and Innovation capacity in Africa. http://www.
atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/attachments/NCST%20
Presentation.ppsx
5. Urama K. C. (2009). Digitization, Globalization andCommercialisation (DGC) of Social Sciences andHumanities, A Panel paper presented at the 1st World
Social Science Forum, Bergen, Norway, 10 – 11 May
2009. ATPS Special Paper, Forthcoming. http://www.
atpsnet.org/about/news/2009/attachments/WSS%20
Presentation.pdf
6. Urama K. C. (2009). Towards Sustainable Use of
Resources in the Face of Climate Change: Transdisciplinary, A Keynote Paper presented at the British
Council: Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Nairobi
Conference, 22 February 2009. ATPS Special Paper,(forthcoming)
7. Urama K. C. (2009). Mainstreaming Transdisciplinarity,
Systems Thinking and Innovation in African Universities,
Keynote paper at the 1st MESA Conference, UNEP, 28
November 2008, ATPS Special paper
8. Ochugboju, S. (2009). Creating Culturally Relevant
Science Cafes Lessons from Abroad. British Science
Communication Conference, 22 – 23 June 2009,
London, UK. http://www.atpsnet.org/docs/2009/BSA%20
presentation-African%20Science%20Cafe.pdf

ATPS Annual Report 2009

Book Volumes at Drafting Stages(manuscript under preparation)
1. African Manifesto for Science, Technology and Innovation
2. A handbook for Socialisation of Science Technology andInnovation in Kenya,
3. Urama, K.C., et al. (eds). Africa’s Response to Global
Challenges of Climate Change, Global Financial Crisis, andPoverty: The Role of STI,
4. Urama K. C., Alaba, O. and Wekunda, J. (eds). The State ofIntellectual Property Rights, Access and Benefit Sharing in
Africa and its implication for development,
5. Urama K.C. et al., (eds.). Science, technology and Innovations
for Water and Environment Management in Africa,
6. Urama K. C. and Ozor, N (eds). The State of STI in Africa
7. Urama K. C. et al. Decoupling, Water Efficiency and Water
Productivity. A report of the Resource Panel

Other Multi-Media Resources

1. AYFST/AWFST DVD
2. ECO SHOW DVD
i. Urama K.C. and Philip Osano (2009). Economics andthe Environment- Need for Decoupling Growth fromenvironmental degradation
ii. Urama K.C. and Philip Osano (2009). Climate Change
Policy and CoP15 conference – Policy advice to Global
Leadersiii. Urama K.C., Olumuyiwa Alaba, and Philip Osano (2009).
Intellectual property Rights and innovation: African
perspectives
iv. Urama K. C. and Brian Heap (2010). Climate Change:
the outcomes of the CoP15 conference and road ahead.
3. Parliamentary workshop DVD: Towards Kenya’s Climate
Change Policy
4. Intellectual Property Rights, TK and ABS DVD (under
production)

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

Annexes
Science, Technology and Innovations
for African Development

Wikimedia Commons: Genetic engineering of wheat; under the right policy frameworks, biotechnology
promises to help improve food security in Africa

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ANNEX 1: Financial Report

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OF AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY POLICY STUDIES NETWORK (ATPS)

Deloitte & Touche
Certified Public Accountants(Kenya)“Kirungii”
Ring Road, Westlands
P.O. Box 40092 - GPO 00100
NairobiKenya
Tel: +254 (20) 423 0000
+254 (20) 444 41344/05-12
Fax: +254 (20) 444 8966
Dropping Zone No. 92
E-mail: admin@deloitte.co.ke
www.deloitte.com

We have audited the accompanying statements of African technology policy studies network (ATPS), set out on the pages
31 to 46 which comprise the statement of financial position as at 31 December 2009, and the statement of comprehensive
income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant
accounting policies and other explanatory notes.
Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these statements in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Kenya Companies Act. This responsibility includes: designing,
implementing and maintaining internal controls relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statementsthat are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting
policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit inaccordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements
and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material
misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatementof the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we considered the internal
controls relevant to the company’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that were appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the company’s
internal controls. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates made by the directors, as well evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion.
OpinionIn our opinion the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of financial affairs of thecompany as at 31 December 2009 and of its surplus and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Kenyan Companies Act.
Report on Other Legal Requirements
As required by the Kenyan Companies Act we report to you, based on our audit, that;i)
we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;ii)
in our opinion proper books of account have been kept by the company, so far as appears from our
examination of those books; andiii)
the company’s statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income are inagreement with the books of account.

Certified Public Accountant (Kenya)
30 April 2010
NairobiPartners: D.M Ndonye

F.O Aloo

H. Gadhoke**BritishMember of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

N.R. Hira*

B.W. Irungu

J.M. Kiarie

D.M. Mbogho

A.N. Muraya

J.Nyang’aya

S.O. Onyango

J.W. Wangai

ANNEX 1: Financial Report

AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY POLICY STUDIES NETWORK (ATPS)(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009							

2009		

2008						

Note

US$		

US$

INCOME					
			

21,687,201		

847,200

EXPENDITURE			
Project expenditure				3(1,537,007)		

(746,089)

General administration				3(146,198)(90,927)(1,683,205)		

(837,016)

955		

974

						
Finance income					4														SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR					(1,682,250)
4,951		

(835,042)
11,158

ANNEX 1: Financial Report

AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY POLICY STUDIES NETWORK (ATPS)(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
31 DECEMBER 2009			

2009		

2008

ASSETSNOTE			
			
		

US$		

US$

Non current assets
Motor vehicle nad equipment
Intangible Assets

6			
7			
			
			
			
8		
9			
		

14,680		
5,448		

15,943
1,982

20,128		

17,925

170,705
32,962
843,553289,723
27,376
133,984		

1,047,220

451,083							

1,067,348

469,008

Current assets
Grant receivable
Other receivables
Bank and cash balances
Total assets

FUNDS AND LIABILITIES
Funds
Accumulated funds

		
			
			

19,105		

14,154

8		
10			
11		

497,374
73,021		
477,848

217,680
63,720173,454

Current liabilities
Unexpended grants
Payables and accruals
Undisbursed grants payable

Total funds and liabilities				

1,048,243

454,854					

1,067,348

469,008

The financial statements on pages 31 to 46 were approved by the Directors on 19 April 2010 andsigned on their behalf by:

EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR

DIRECTORANNEX 1: Financial Report

AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY POLICY STUDIES NETWORK (ATPS)(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITYFROM THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009					General
Fund
US$

		
		
		
		

At 1 January 2008									2,996Surplus for the year			

11,158

		

At 31 December 2008			

14,154				

At 1 January 2009									14,154

		Surplus for the year			

4,951

		

At 31 December 2009			

19,105

ANNEX 2: Where we work
Tunisia

Egypt

Mali

SenegalGambiaSudan
Burkina Faso
Benin

Sierra Leone

Cote d’ Ivoire

Liberia

Nigeria

Ethiopia

Ghana
Cameroun
UgandaKenya

RwandaTanzania

Malawi
ZambiaLEGEND

Zimbabwe

ATPS National Chapters/
Country Members

Mozambique

Madagascar

Botswana
Mauritius

African Regional
Representation on ATPS Board

Swaziland
LesothoPotential National Chapters(Under Review)

South Africa

About ATPS
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) is a multi-disciplinary network of researchers, private sector actors, policy makers andcivil society actors promoting the generation, dissemination, use andmastery of science, technology and innovation (STI) for African development, environmental sustainability and global inclusion. Its mission is toimprove the quality of STI research, policy and practice for sustainable
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 and prioritization, development, use
and mastery of STI for sustainable social, economic and environmental development in Africa. With a Secretariat Headquarters
in Nairobi, Kenya, it operates through national chapters in 23
countries (including Anglophone, Lusophone and Francophonecountries) with an expansion plan to cover the entire sub-SaharanAfrica, by 2015. As an international organization, ATPS enjoys
the privileges and diplomatic immunities accorded to similarinternational organizations in Kenya.

ANNEX 3: ATPS National Chapter Coordinators
Benin

Ethiopia

MalawiDr. 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
E-mail: rmongbo@intnet.bj or
Rochl_mongbo@yahoo.com

Mr. Belay FEKADU(Acting Coordinator)
Asmara Road
P.Box- 170609
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cell: +251911607060
E-mail: belaynet@yahoo.com

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

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

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

Ghana

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

Dr. Fred K. AMU-MENSAH
Senior Research Scientist
CSIR Water Research Institute
P.O. Box M.32
Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 24 779514
Fax: +233 21 77 7170
E-mail: assabil@aim.com orobeyie@hotmail.com

Cameroon

Kenya

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
E-mail: ndesoatpscamnet@
rocketmail.com

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

Côte d’Ivoire

Lesotho

Dr. Arsène KOUADIO,
Associate Professor, University of
Abidjan-Cocody ; Researcher, CIRES
Director, Laboratoire decroissance Economique
Executive Director, Institut pourle Développement (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

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

Burkina Faso

Liberia(Vacant)

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

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
E-mail: chemane@infopol.gov.mz

NigeriaProf. Michael C. MADUKWEProfessor, Department ofAgricultural Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Tel: +234 42 771019
Fax: +234 42 771500
Cell: +234 803 700 6968
E-mail: madukwe@hotmail.com or
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
E-mail: femioloke@yahoo.com

Annex 3: ATPS National Chapter Coordinators

National Coordinators Regional
Steering Committee (NCRSC)

SenegalZambiaDr. Kevin Urama, Chair

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
E-mail: pndiaye@ucad.sn or
papealiounen@yahoo.fr

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

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

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Mr. Chris SQUIRE
Head, Dept of MechanicalEngineering
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
E-mail: chris@sierratel.sl or
Chris_b_squire@hotmail.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prof. Femi Olokesusi,
National Coordinator, Nigeria,
representing the West African Chapters
Contact: ATPS Nigeria,
E-mail: femioloke@yahoo.com

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

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

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

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

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

Annex 3: ATPS Responsible STI Policy Advisory Council
Prof. Aggrey AmbaliProf. Norah K. Olembo

Dr. Musa A. Dube

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

Executive Director,
African Biotechnology
Stakeholders Forum
P. O. Box 66069
Nairobi 00800
Kenya
Tel: + 254-20-444 4558
E-mail: absf@absfafrica.org
or noraholembo@yahoo.com(ATPS National Chapters –Southern Africa Representative)
ATPS-Swaziland National Coordinator
Senior Lecturer & ATPS
National Coordinator
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Swaziland
Tel : +268 527 40 21
E-mail: madube@agric.uniswa.sz

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

Prof. HODGE, Ian David,

Ms. Bitrina D. Diyamett

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(ATPS National Chapters –Eastern Africa Representative)
ATPS-Tanzania National Coordinator
Senior Scientific Officer
Tanzania Council for Scienceand Technology (COSTECH)
Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Tel : +255 222 700745/752
E-mail: bitrind@yahoo.com

Prof. Wiebe E. Bijker

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

Dr. Philippe Kuhutama
Mawoko (PhD)

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

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

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

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

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

Prof. Ishenkumba Kahwa

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

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

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

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

Prof. Michael C. Madukwe(ATPS National Chapters –Western Africa Representative)
ATPS-Nigeria National Coordinator
Professor, Department ofAgricultural Extension
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Tel : +234 42 771019
E-mail: madukwe@hotmail.com or
madukwemichael@yahoo.com

Annex 3: ATPS Board of Directors

ATPS Secretariat

Prof. Sam M. Wangwe (Chair)

Dr. Kevin Urama

Executive Director

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

Richard Murimi

Finance & Administration Manager

Dr. Sheila Ochugboju

Senior Communications Officer

Dr. Olumuyiwa		

Senior Research Officer

Maurice Bolo

Senior Research Officer (On Study Leave)

Carol Thuku			

Senior Secretary/Programme
Administrative AssistantProf. Turner T. Isoun (Member)Dr. Nicholas Ozor

Research Officer (Post-Doc)David Kiereini		

Accounts Officer

Wairimu Mwangi

Research Officer

Marsden Momanyi

Communications and Outreach Officer

Susan Hinga

Receptionist

Richard Muchesia

DriverMary Satsiru

Office Assistant

Nelson Akenga

IT Assistant

Dr Warigia Bowman

Post Doctoral Program

Debbie Wanyama

Intern (Communications and Outreach)

William FirestoneIntern (Research)

Febechi Okaro

Intern (Research/Administration)

Oluchi Okonnkwo

Intern (Research/Administration)

Arnold Ominde		Intern (Communications and Outreach)

Steve Otieno		

Intern (Finance and Administration)

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

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

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

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

Prof. Banji 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

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

New Board Members:
Prof Indira NathProf Agnes Mwang’ombeProf Shaukat Ali Abdulrazak

ANNEX 4: List of National Steering Committee Members for the IP Program
Kenya
Prof. Tom P. Migun Ogada

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

Mr. Joseph Mbewa
Dr Evans Sikinyi
Prof. Francic B. Mwaura

University of Nairobi
Email: fbmwaura@mail.uonbi.ac.ke

Mr. Otula Owuor

Science Editor, Media Consultant/Trainer
P.O. Box 57458-00200
Nairobi
Tel: +254 722 843101
E-mail: ootulah@yahoo.com

LesothoMotlatsi Nicholas Mokhothu

National University of Lesotho (NUL), P.O Roma 180,
LesothoTel: +266 340601
Fax: +266 340000
E-mail: mn.mokhothu@nul.ls / mokhothum@yahoo.co.uk

Sekoja Phakisi

Cell: +266 5887 0525
Email: ds.phakisi@lycos.com

Palime Moeketsi Daniel

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

Lengeta Mabea

P.O. Box 39, Leribe 300, Lesotho
Cell: +266 63024889
Tel: +266 22334539
E-mail: mabeald@yahoo.com

Mamolise Falatsa

P.O.Box 10626, Maseru 100, Lesotho
Tel: +266 22326331/58074031
Fax: +266 2232 6331
Email: mamolisemarthafalatsa@yahoo.com

MalawiDr. Rowland M Chirwa

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

Dr. James M. Bokosi

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

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

Ms. Dorica Surye Phiri

University of Malawi
Faculty of Law
P.O. Box 280
Zomba, Malawi

Annex 4: List of National Steering Committee Members for the IP Program
Swaziland
Dr. Priscilla S. Dlamini

Lecturer in the Department of General Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences, Universityof Swaziland

Prof. Nonhlanhla Alucia Sukati

Faculty of Health Sciences
P.O. Box 369
Mbabane. Swaziland+Tel: 268) 40-40171/2
Email: nasukati@healthsci.uniswa.sz

Dr. Abednego M. Dlamini

Abednego Dlamini
University Of Swaziland
Private Bag Luyengo

Dr. Rosemary Lencane Vilakati

Lecturer in the University of Swaziland, department of Animal Production and HealthDr. Pinkie Eunice Zwane

Tanzania
Mr. George Silas Shemdoe

Principal Scientific Officer I, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology

Mr. Saudin Jacob MwakajeIntellectual Property Coordinator for Universities Science, Humanities
and Engineering Partnership in Africa (USHEPiA)
Tel: +255-22-2410278
Cell: +255-754-300132
Fax: +255-22-2410441
Email: saudinj@udsm.ac.tz

Mr. Paulo Peter Mhame

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

Mr. Sirael Patrick Nambololo
Ms. Hulda Gideon

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology,
P.O Box 4302 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
E-mail: hgideon@costech.or.tz/hgideon@hotmail.com

UgandaProf. Joseph Obua

Email: j.obua@vicres.net

Dr. Dick M. Kamugusha
Catherine Munabi
Tukacungurwa
Prof. Hannington Oryem OrigaJohn Stephen Okuta

C/O Mr. John Okuonzi
National Coordinator, ATPS Uganda
okuonzijohnie@yahoo.com

ANNEX 5: List of Regional Steering Committee Members for the IP Program
Name

Institution & Position

Contacts

Dr Sean Butler

Fellow and Director of Studies inLaw, St Edmund’s College
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB3 0BN
United Kingdom

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

Mr. Charles Mugoya

Plot 5 Mpigi Road
P.O.Box 765 Entebbe, Uganda
Association for Strengthening
Tel: 256 414 320556/320212
Agricultural Research in Eastern andFax: 256 414 321126
Central Africa (ASARECA)
Email: secretariat@asareca.org, or asareca@imul.com Website:www.asareca.org

Dr.Victoria HensonApollonio

Senior Scientist, Project Manager
The Central Advisory Service onIntellectual Property (CAS-IP)A CGIAR System Office Unit,
hosted by Bioversity International

Via dei Tre Denari, 472/a
00057 Maccarese, Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 066118300
Fax: +39 0661979661
Email: v.henson-apollonio@cgiar.org

Dr. Mahama
Ouedraogo

Executive Secretary
Scientific, Technical and ResearchCommission (STRC)
African Union (AU)NPA Building 4th Floor
26/28 Marina, PMB 2359
Pos Code 101001, Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 2633359
Fax: +234 1 2798976
Email: oaustrcl@hyperia.com

Managing Director
Kenya Industrial Property Institute(KIPI)
Ministry of Industrialization

Popo Rd, off Mombasa road, South C
Weights and Measures Complex
P.O. Box 51648-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 602210/11
Fax: +254 20 2386220
Email: otienoodek@yahoo.com
Website: www.kipi.go.ke

Mr. Gift Sibanda

Director General
African Regional Intellectual
Property Organization (ARIPO)

11 Natal Road, Belgravia
P.O. Box 4228
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 794065/6/8
Fax: +263 4 794072-3
Email: mail@ariopo.org
Website: www.aripo.org

Dr. Francis Mangeni

Director of Trade Customs andMonetary Affairs
Common Market for Eastern andSouthern Africa (COMESA)

Ben Bella Road
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260 211 229 725/32
Fac: +260 211 225 107
Email: fmangeni@comesa.int
Website: www.comesa.int

Prof. Norah K.
OlemboExecutive Director
Africa Biotechnology Stakeholders
Forum

P.O. Box 66069-00800, Nairobi
Tel: +254 733 854575
Email: noraholembo@yahoo.com or absf@absfafrica.com

Executive Director
Biotechnology Trust Africa

Family Health Plaza Building
P.O. Box 1285-00100, 1st Floor, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-020-6000040/6003983
Fax: +254-020-6003358
Cell: +254 (0) 722205391
Email: biotechafrica@gmail.com

Executive Director African
Technology Policy Studies Network

3rd Floor, The Chancery, Valley Road
P.O. Box 10081-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-271 4098/168/498
Fax: +254-20-271 4028
Email: executivedirector@atpsnet.org
Website: www.atpsnet.org

Prof. Otieno Odek

Mr. Joseph Wekundah

Dr. Kevin Chika
UramaDr. Olumuyiwa Alaba

Senior Research Officer
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: oalaba@atpsnet.org
Website: www.atpsnet.org

Shemdoe Riziki

Nzeadibe Chidi

Adebayo Dr. K

Mahu Seth Agbeve

Enete Anselm

Emeka Celestine Peter Nzeh 1.

Morlai Teddy

Samra Manal

CP0109/21

CP0109/05

CP0109/22

CP0109/08

CP0109/14

CP0109/02

CP0109/13

CP0109/11

S.O Iposu
J.J. Atungwu
F.O.A George
Temitope Ayinde
A.O.S Ayanwale
O.S. Fashola
T.A Dauda
S.L Rikko

Nnaemeka
Chukwuone Victoria
Chinwe Agu
Nassi H. Mandu

Olaleye,A.O
Mekbib, S.B
Mokhothu, M.N.
Masia J.

1.

1.
2.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Ahmed Abdel Hamid

Kelleh G. Mansaray
Gibril Vandi

Rita Ogugua

Ignatius Madu
E.A Onwubuya
A.N Onyekuru
Mojekwu Josephat
Staff Sgt (rtd) Fidelis Eze

Vadim Belotserkovsky

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

1.
2.
3.
4.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Godeto T.W

CP0109/12

Nigeria

Emerging and Indigenous Technology for Climatic Change
Adaptation in the Farming Systems of Southwest Nigeria

Sensitizing and Building the Capacityof Women towards Climate Change
Consequences in Northern Lakes of Egypt

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.

Study of Technological and Farming Systems
Adaptation to Climate Change in Farming
Communities of Enugu State , Nigeria

An Assessment of Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation
Practices in Smallholder- Agriculture of Southeast Nigeria

Egypt

Sierra Leone

Nigeria

Nigeria

Ghana

Nigeria

Climate Change Awareness and Indigenous Adaptive
Technologies in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Wind Resource Assessment for Sustainable
Development in Rural Ghana- A Science, Technology,
and Innovation Research Capacity Building Initiative

Tanzania

Tracking Effective Indigenous Adaptation Strategies
on Impacts of Climate Variability on Food Security
and Health of Subsistence Farmers in Tanzania

Assessment of the Impact and Adaptive Capacity of the
Lesotho
Machobane Farming System to Climate Change in Lesotho

Nigeria

Assessment of the incidence of Climate
Change and Indigenous Innovative Adaptation
Measures in Northern Nigeria

Yusuf Lawan Idrisa
Victoria Chinwe Agu

1.
2.

Kaletapwa Farauta

CP0109/15

Country

Title of Proposal

Other Proponents

Lead Proponent

Grant #

Emerging and Indigenous Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CP0109) – Small grants

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

STATUSANNEX 6: Details of commissioned and ongoing small grants and regional grants

Magombo Tennyson

CP0109/20

1.
2.
3.
4.

Mutisungirire Kachulu
George Kanthiti
Hilda Kabuli
Grace Chawezi Phiri

Other Proponents
Enabling Rural Innovation for Climate Change
Adaptation and Livelihood Security

Title of Proposal
MalawiCountry

Phiri Dorica Suvye

Shemdoe Georges

Solomon Tibebu

Lebese Lekholoane

Agwu Agwu Ekwe

Akon -Yamga Gordon

Ngoh Siri Bella

CP0209/01

CP0209/02

CP0209/04

CP0209/05

CP0309/01

CP0309/08

CP0309/11

6.
7.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1.
2.
3.
4.

1.

1.

1.
2.
3.

Lefa Thamae
Mamolise Falatsa

Pitso Masupha
Thlako Mokhoro
Maseqobela Williams
lieketseng Tjokotsi
Sekoja Phakisi

Wondwossen Belete
GetahunDechasa Angecha
Habtamu Gujabayu

Loy Mhando

Chapusa Domino Phiri

Anne Mbwayo
Victoria Mutiso
Lincoln Khasakhala

1.
2.

1.
2.
3.
4.

2.

1.

Mafany George Teke
Sylvester Ndeso Atanga

Paul Boadu (Ghana)
Joyce Amoako (Ghana)
Beatrice Darko Obiri (Ghana)
Fatou Janha Mboob(The Gambia)

Mr. Festus Amadu(Sierra Leone)
Mr. Mustapha Sawi (Liberia)

Ethiopia

Tanzania

Malawi

Kenya

Agricultural innovations for climate change adaptation andfood security in Central Africa: The case of Cameroon,
Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea

Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change
Adaptation and Food Security in Africa: The
Perspective of Ghana and The Gambia

Agricultural Innovations for Climate Change
Adaptation and Food Security in West Africa: The
Case of Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone

Cameroon,
CentralAfricanRepublic &Equatorial
GuineaGhana &The Gambia

Nigeria,
Liberia &Sierra Leone

The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights and Multi-Media Lesothoon Acquiring and Managing Traditional Knowledge Systems

Assessment of Possible Intellectual Property Protection
Options of Traditional Knowledge System in Ethiopia

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

Ascertaining the Nature of Traditional Knowledge andTraditional Cultural Expressions and the Search for
Legal Options in Regulating Access in Malawi.

Traditional Medicine: Mental Healthand Behavioural Practices

AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND
FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA (CP0309) – REGIONAL GRANTS

Ndetei Prof. D.M

CP0209/03

TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS & INCREASING ACCESS TO BENEFIT SHARINGOF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN AFRICA (CP0209) – SMALL GRANTS

Lead Proponent

Grant #

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned

STATUS

Annex 6: Details of commissioned and ongoing small grants and regional grants