Strengthening science, technology and innovation is a very obvious way to address development challenges in Africa — yet universities remain strapped for cash.
Take the case of South Africa, the continent’s most advanced economy.
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, minister of science and technology, lamented how recent statistics show that funding for higher education is declining, despite her country’s need to build and maintain a skilled workforce and create a fertile environment to grow ideas and meet critical human needs.