A report on institutes of industrial development and research on sub-regional basis for Africa

Abstract

The present report discusses the role of science and technology and concludes with a scheme for the establishment of a network of seven sub regional technological research institutes. While the focus on a scheme of this nature has been determined largely by the terms of reference under which this study has been prepared, the author does not ignore the feasibility of other approaches, such as a network of technological research institutes specializing in certain industrial branches or a combined scheme incorporating features of more than one approach. The comprehensive discussion of a sub-regional scheme in this report should therefore not be interpreted as a final preference for this approach.