Tag: innovation
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Teenpreneurs encouraged to explore innovative ideas towards building resilient future
Young entrepreneurs are being encouraged to explore innovative ways to build their competencies geared towards accelerating economic development. According to the Executive Director of the Springboard Show Foundation, Comfort Ocran providing more support for young people to develop new skills will help bridge the gap between academia and industry. Speaking on the sidelines of the…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Dr. Kaufmann pushes for dedicated funding for Biomedical Engineering research
Senior Lecturer and founding Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, has bemoaned the lack of a dedicated source of funding for Biomedical Engineering research in the country. According to her, the declining levels of local funding for biomedical research, along with inefficient allocation of funds by government…
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MITGAPP targets innovation in Ghana’s cyber security space
Ghanaian technology company Mitgapp Ltd., is poised to take cyber security solutions to another level after a year of pioneering innovations in cyber security services provisions in the country. As part of its plans, the company will from next year start educating businesses and organizations on the new threats of cyber space and will stand…
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$400m boost for innovation: Disbursements to start this year
Innovators and researchers in science and technology should be receiving at least four hundred million dollars to support their work by the end of 2018. This is according to the Minister of Business Development, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Awal. He tells Citi Business News the move forms part of efforts to use technology to solve major…
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Govt to triple allocation to innovation – President
President Akufo Addo has announced the establishment of a technology commercialization unit to harmonise the collaboration between industry and academia to promote science and innovation in Ghana. In addition, he has disclosed of efforts to triple the allocation to research within the medium to long term to drive growth of innovation in Ghana. The President…