African innovation won't flourish unless more attention is paid to creating and sustaining markets for it, argues Linda Nordling.
A little over two years ago, I wrote about how African countries can bring scientific innovations to the market, and argued that they should not wait for lumbering continental initiatives to start capitalising on their growing knowledge base.
Innovation, and its role in economic development, resurfaced this month at the second meeting of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-II), held on 2–5 May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The four-day meeting brought scientists and policymakers together to discuss how to turn Africa's golden ideas into solid gold. But to do this, African innovation policy needs to set its sights on the market for these ideas.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Africa Analysis: Targeting the market for innovation - SciDev.Net
Author: Linda Nordling
