Africa: New inventions and discoveries observatory
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"An Online Observatory for African Inventions and Discoveries has been launched, aimed at encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship to help meet the continent's development challenges....The online observatory aims to recognise African scientific innovations and discoveries and to facilitate their transformation into commercial assets, goods and services - particularly through increasing Africa's share of the world's patents, which are a key part of the knowledge economy...."