Panel Discussion: (African Entrepreneurship in Research and Development: Driving Impact for the Continent and the World). Moderator: Peter Piot (Special Advisor to European Commission President, European Commission, Belgium). Panelists: Yaw Bediako (Chief Executive Officer, Yemaachi Biotech Inc; Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellow; Ghana); Kelly Chibale (Director, H3D Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa), Precious Lunga (Founder, Baobab Circle, United Kingdom); Victoria Sabula (Chief Executive Officer, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, Kenya).
Panelists explore how African innovation and entrepreneurship are critical to rethinking intractable problems and supporting a rapidly maturing scientific ecosystem on the continent. Sharing specific examples of how African leaders and institutions are driving an R&D revolution, panelists consider what's needed to continue funding and sustaining African scientific ingenuity.
From the 2022 meeting in Brussels, Belgium
Oct 26, 2022