Description

Each year, the SGCI convenes a Masterclass that brings together the Initiative’s participating Councils from the 15 African countries and other key stakeholders around the world to deliberate and develop interventions in strategic areas of interest to the Councils and the wider science, technology and innovation (STI) community. To facilitate sharing of lessons and good practices, the SGCI commissions a state-of-the-art paper on a topic of interest for Africa’s development to inform the Masterclass. The 2021 theme is “Ethics and Integrity in Research and Innovation for Development”. This paper was prepared specifically for discussion during the Masterclass. The work leading to this paper was commissioned by the Scinnovent Centre under the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) for Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors acknowledge the support of the 15 SGCs who cooperated and provided data upon request. The authors also acknowledge the following individuals who contributed towards the collection of data in the 15 SGCI countries: Awa Keita; Nicholas Phiri; Irene Tsey; Limbanazo Matandika; Mwifadhi Mrisho; Jean Larmarck; Antonio Machava, Claude Kirimuhuzya; Dudu Jankie; Tiwonge Mtandwe; Joyce Ikungura; Mpho Mogodi; Samba Corr; Solomon Abay; Betselot Yirsaw and Sithembile Ruzario.