Higher education in Africa should focus on research and innovation efforts, towards solving the enormous and complex global challenges facing the continent, the Founder and Chairman of the African Network INC, a non-governmental organisation, Dr Kojo Appiah, has advised.
He said education and research should be tailored towards solving problems such as climate change, food insecurity and pandemics, confronting Africa.
Dr Appiah, who is also the RSC Member of the Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence (ACE), cautioned that climate change would be more threatening to Africa due to drought, erratic rainfall and fires.
He was speaking at the end of a three-day conference on research and innovation in Africa, held in Accra.
