Funding Agencies

We are strengthening the national research and innovation funding agencies in Africa. We have partnered with the agencies to:

• Undertake a review of the policy and institutional landscape of the research and innovation funding ecosystem.
• Conduct comprehensive stakeholder mapping and analyses of the research and innovation funding ecosystem in participating countries.
• Conduct needs assessments for participating countries.
• Co-development and co-design of training programmes based on the identified needs of each SGC in participating countries.
• Delivery of training programmes in need areas to each of the SGCs.
• Customized technical support to SGCs and stakeholders for establishing councils in Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
• High-level policy and stakeholder dialogue and workshops for the establishment of new research and innovation funding agencies in Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
• Learning and benchmarking visits organized to successful and well-performing SGCs in Africa.