Innovative Clusters in Sub Saharan Africa - Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique

INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA - UGANDA, TANZANIA, MOZAMBIQUE

Representatives:		Pr. Burton Mwamila, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Mr. Januarius Mrema, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Tanzania Mr. Thomas Kimbunga, Confederation of Tanzanian Industries, Tanzania Ms Bitrina Diyamett, COSTECH (Commission for S&T), Tanzania Dr. John Bosco Turyagyenda, Makerere University, Uganda Mr. Richard B. Lutalo, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Uganda Vincent Ssennyondo, Uganda Samll Scale Industrial Association, Uganda Carlos Lucas, University Eduardo Mondlane, Faculty of Engineering, Mozambique Fatima Amade Ministry, of Higher education science and technology, Mozambique Manuel Quissico, General Manager for Tubex but representing AIMO (industry assocation), Mozambique
Facilitator:		Lennart Bångens, Department of Marketing, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden lenban @ mot.chalmers.se
Conclusions:		Tomas Aronsson, International Affairs, VINNOVA
Key issues: This workshop intends to discuss the linkages between policy-academia-industry in less developed countries (LDCs) in Sub Saharan Africa, where there is up-to-date very little documentation on innovation systems. There will be presentations from three countries; Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique, where the Swedish aid agency Sida-SAREC supports Faculties of Engineering and Technology. Customarily, policy-academia-industry activities in these countries are not well coordinated and often carried out independently and separated from each other. The objective is to highlight the relationships between these “institutional” spheres.

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