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

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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).