The transition towards a global bioeconomy: Opportunities and challenges for Africa

THE TRANSITION TOWARD A GLOBAL BIOECONOMY Opportunities and Challenges for Africa Calestous Juma Bio-Innovate Launch, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011

THE NEW HARVEST Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Misplaced optimism
“ The book’s sense of optimism appears to be driven less by the changes taking place in rural Africa than by the conversations taking place around Boston, Massachusetts, where the author is based.”
-- Gouglas Gollin, Science , Vol. 332, March 11.

A biosciences future
“ [T]he author suggests that with greater investments in human capacity, ‘[b]ioinformatics could do for Africa what computer software did for India.’ Perhaps this is true, as a statement of remote possibility. But given the current state of biological research in sub-Saharan Africa—and the distance by which the region lags behind China, India, and other countries—it seems farfetched.”
-- Gouglas Gollin, Science , Vol. 332, March 11.

Infrastructure for mobility and connectivity

Technical education, engineering

Business incubation

Growth in knowledge

2003 300,000,000 2007 1,000,000 2008 60,000 2012 1,000 2020 100

Mobile communication

Broadband

Eassy International submarine cable Malawi Seacom International submarine cable 88.68 48P 83.54 48P 71.12 48P 79.30 48P 104.16 48P 78.53 48P 109.65 48P 123.35 24P Zambia 91.65 48P 88.17 24P 74.56 48P 111.99 48P 110.96 24P 140.23km 48P 54.98 24P 23.92 24P 134.94 48P 99.44 48P 108.79 48P 66.72 48P 81.54km 48P 143.40 48P 116.33 24P 34.56 48P Rwanda Uganda 肯尼亚肯尼亚 Kenya Burundi

4 Ducts 3 Ducts 1 Duct Electrogaz

Genomics

Productivity *100 breadfruit trees/ha (20 t/ha fresh fruit) Crop Yields (t/ha) dry weight Breadfruit* 6.0 Corn 4.0 Rice 4.1 Wheat 2.6 Cassava 10.0

Protein content: flour
Range 1.8 - 7.6 %
Banana, cassava 2.8% Sweet potato 3.6% Rice 7.1 % Corn 8 - 11% Courtesy: AMP Jones, UBC Okanagan

Governing innovation

Executive leadership

Regional integration

Coordinated action

Expert advice

Science and technology diplomacy

Risk perception and management

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