Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Evidence informed policy making - An interview with Dr. Anthony Tsekpo, Ghana
An interview with Dr. Antony Tsekpo, a Freelance Consultant, currently working
as Consultant for the European Union and also supporting the National Assembly
of Zambia. This interview was filmed during the VakaYiko Consortium annual
meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com
Evidence-informed policy-making - An interview with Dr. Godfred Frempong (CSIR-STEPRI)
An interview with Dr. Godfred Frempong, Deputy Director of Science and Technology
Policy Research Institute (CSIR-STEPRI) www.csir-stepri.org/index.php. Dr. Frempong
talks about the types of research available to policy-makers in Ghana, evidence used by
policy-makers in Ghana as well as challenges and opportunities to evidence-informed
policy-making in Ghana.
The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) was established in 1987
under the (CSIR) to act as a focal point to articulate policy on national Science and
Technology (S&T) development. It was then known as the Technology Transfer Centre (TTC)
and as a multidisciplinary unit, dealing with issues of technology utilization, transfer and
development. http://www.csir-stepri.org/index.php. This interview was filmed during the
VakaYiko Consortium annual meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing
by Joseph -- joetigo@gmail.com
Evidence informed policy making - interview with Gilchriste Ndongwe, Zimbabwe
An interview with Gilchriste Ndongwe, Programme Manager at Zimbabwean organisation
ZeipNET www.zeipnet.org. Gilchriste talks about the challenges and opportunities for
evidence-informed policy-making in Zimbabwe.
ZeipNET is part of the VakaYiko Consortium www.inasp.info/en/work/vakayiko/, a three
year project working in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy
makers to access, evaluate and use evidence in policy-making. This interview was filmed during
the VakaYiko Consortium annual meeting 2015, held in Accra, Ghana. Video and editing
by Joseph--joetigo@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Evidence-informed practice
Evidence is everywhere, and it's always evolving. Evidence-informed practice means staying connected to up-to-date knowledge and using it to grow.
Monday, August 3, 2015
Ghana shares new superlab with West African scientists
“For once researchers in Ghana can start to dream. Right now you are not limited
by the absence of equipment,” says Lawrence Borquaye, assistant manager of the
new central laboratory at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Thursday, July 9, 2015
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