Role of design and engineering in African innovation systems-building

Bell, Martin

Role of design and engineering in African innovation systems-building

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Date

2010-09

Authors

Bell, Martin

Abstract

Engineering overlaps with design, but extends towards the realisation of specifications into concrete realities along with various kinds of ‘project management.’ Innovation systems are seen as part of the purposeful and explicit function of public policy. Design and engineering activities (and hence underlying capabilities) constitute a key ‘core’ of science, technology and innovation (STI) systems, especially in Africa. However, those activities and capabilities are woefully neglected in policy analysis and policy practice concerned with building African STI systems.

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A lecture at the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria

Keywords

INNOVATION SYSTEMS, ENGINEERING, INDICATORS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, SOUTH OF SAHARA