Description

Innovation hubs have become a conduit or workspace for nurturing innovative and creative ideas for the production of goods and services using improved technology to solve pressing commercial and social issues. The Government of Ghana (GoG) is in the process of establishing the Ghana Innovation and Research Commercialisation Centre (GIRCCentre), an entity that will harmonise innovations and research activities in Ghana, and commercialize these research and innovations. The Science Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem study was conducted to identify and map all existing research and innovation actors. Case studies of selected incubation and innovation hubs were also undertaken to generate relevant research evidence for the establishment of the GIRC-Centre in Ghana. The study employed a mix-method approach for data collection. A desk review of the literature and existing policy documents, key informant interviews, and selected case studies were conducted.