Theme
Private Sector Engagement
Initiative goals
We support the development of policies to enable effective private sector engagement and the commercialization of research results and innovations. We have partnered with the councils to:
- Strengthen their research and grant-making systems and procedures and scientific merit review.
- Digitise their online grant management systems and databases of peer reviewers.
- Integrate research excellence (particularly the knowledge and use of tools such as Research Quality Plus framework), research ethics, and emerging scientific practices in open and collaborative science (open access, open data and citizen science) in their work.
- Facilitate their access to the Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) certification to improve grants management.
- Facilitate peer-to-peer learning among Councils through staff exchanges and learning visits.
- Support proposal development skills among the SGCs’ research grantees.
SGCI funded projects
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Research and Resources
Private Sector Engagement News
Mozambique government, partners join forces to improve dairy farming
Arnaldo Dimande, a peasant farmer in the region of Machiane, saw a chance to transform his ambition of becoming a milk producer into a reality when a United States Department of Agriculture USDA-funded Land O’Lakes dairy project was launched in the district of Manhica, situated in the southern province of Maputo, Mozambique. Because of the…
Bright Bwalya: Fighting epilepsy with innovation
Bright Bwalya, a Zambian youth, who is among the millions fighting epilepsy, has come up with a device called Seizure Assistant which allows patients to call for help when they are in need.
Government urged to support locally produced food products
A woman from Oshiziya village in the Oshana region has called on the government to support entrepreneurs who make food products using underutilised indigenous fruits, vegetables and plants in order to grow their businesses and gain access to formal markets. Maria Ndengu (58) makes jams, sweets, bread spreads and syrups using local crops. https://www.namibian.com.na/6217413/archive-read/Government-urged-to-support-locally-produced-food-products
Science Grant Councils
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Themes
Our work with Science Granting Councils (SGCs) focuses on six key themes :
Impact we’re having
Stories of change
Low-tech health app engages
Five years after its launch, PENSA – a mobile app developed in Mozambique— has been accessed by…
