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ProjectNo relevant topicsResponsible innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to address critical development challenges in Africa and help countries and communities advance toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrengthening the capacity of the extension system to use knowledge to sustain equitable locally led adaptation among smallholder farmersIf the smallholder farming communities in Africa are to continually adapt to the impacts of climate change as well as sustain their lives and livelihoods, more systematic and easily accessible knowledge and information sharing from credible sources is required.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsResponsible artificial intelligence for Africa's agriculture and food systems : challenges and opportunities
Africa’s population is expected to reach about 2.6 billion by 2050. This will require an increase of up to 70% in food production. This Working Paper aims to showcase the challenges and opportunities in the responsible development, deployment, and scaling of homegrown artificial intelligence research and innovations in Africa to tackle pressing challenges in agriculture and food systems. If responsibly applied, AI in agriculture and food systems is a panacea for Africa’s development.
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Research in ActionDevelopment Science and TechnologyMeet the AI4D Africa partners leading innovation researchThis article is a part of a series describing the three pillars of activities undertaken by AI4D Africa.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrengthening the national research and innovation funding agencies in West AfricaThe Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi-donor initiative funded by IDRC, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, South Africa’s National Research Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the German Research Foundation.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsNew approaches for funding research and innovation in Africa
This study advances recommendations regarding ways for science granting councils, national governments, private and no-profit sectors and development partners to leverage their access to global intellectual resources, and convening power to further strengthen institutions and funding for different stages of the research and innovation value chain.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsTowards effective public-private partnerships in research and innovation : a perspective for African science granting councils
This policy brief provides an overview of the issues of public private partnerships (PPPs) in research and innovation (RI) and outlines recommendations on practices for innovation adoption within the Science Granting Councils (SGCs) and other stakeholders in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsOpen science in research and innovation for development in Africa
The paper argues that Science Granting Councils (SGC) in their intermediary role between governments and the science community, can act as a collective to achieve efficiencies of scale, stimulating virtual critical masses and intra-African collaboration while creating an African space for open science. It details some tools and processes necessary for supporting open science, as well as the rationale for sharing scientific data, which permits re-use by others as open data.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsTowards effective public-private partnerships in research and innovation: A perspective for African Science Granting Councils
Public-private partnerships in research and innovation (PPPs in RI) have become a key element in research and innovation policy. The study presents an analysis of the processes, practices and bottlenecks in promoting PPPs by science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings reveal that different partnership collaborations in Africa evolve in episodic fashion, driven by resource scarcity within universities.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsArtificial intelligence for agriculture and food systems innovation research networkAfrica’s population is expected to reach about 2.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsDigital revolution, open science and innovation for development in Sub-Saharan Africa
This policy brief recommends that Science Granting Councils (SGC) through the SGC Initiative (SGCI) intensify the level, scope and ambition of collective action by developing an African open science area, and by seeking support and acquiescence of respective country governments in doing so. It provides background to an open science movement, which includes a digitized ‘commons’ or platform, through collective action by member states in sub-Sharan Africa.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsNew approaches for funding research and innovation in Africa : policy brief
The overarching message of this policy brief is that Africa needs consistent, sufficient, relevant and sustainable funding for research and innovation. Innovative funding models based on new coalitions between the public, private and non-profit sectors are required to support the different stages of research, translation and innovation value chain. The policy issue tackled by this brief is funding for research and innovation. Specific policy recommendations are made for key actors.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsNetworking Africa’s science granting councilsScience granting councils are central to funding and catalyzing research and innovation.