Nigeria and the Czech Republic pledge n9 billion to fund research and technological developments
Chairman of the Presidential Implementation Committee for Technology Transfer between Nigeria and the Czech Republic (PIC), Dr. Mohammed Dahiru, said the two governments had committed a direct intervention fund of 9 billion naira to boost technological research and development (R&D).
Dr. Dahiru revealed on Wednesday that 25 companies that have scaled the assessment committee's criteria assessment process will receive funding from the R&D co-funding project between the Czech Republic and Nigeria starting in 2023.
>The Government of the Czech Republic is supporting Nigerian tech companies with $10 million (equivalent to 4.5 billion Naira) and an additional matching fund of the same amount already approved by the Federal Government through of the National Agency for Scientific and Technical Infrastructures. (NASENI).
In his opening remarks, the co-chairman of the presidential implementation committee as well as the executive vice-president/director general of the National Agency for Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (NASENI), Engr. Professor Mohammed Haruna, said the evaluation of the proposal was diligently carried out by the members of the evaluation committee under the auspices of the PIC, who were selected from the Nigerian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering of Nigeria (as research experts) and the Nigeria-Trade and Investment Council of the Czech Republic.
He says, "The process was well-articulated, transparent and well-coordinated by experts in research and business, and ably assisted by the PIC Secretariat.
“To my knowledge, this is the first time in the history of Nigeria that the private sector, academia and the public sector have collaborated to jointly submit research and development proposals with work plans for commercialization and mass production from the beginning supported by business plans.
“This cooperation between Nigeria and the Czech Republic and the collaboration between NASENI and TA CR teaches us the methods of deploying applied research and the best option to forge a marriage between the private sector, academia and government otherwise known as the Triple Helix,” he says.
Chairman of the Presidential Implementation Committee for Technology Transfer between Nigeria and the Czech Republic (PIC), Dr. Mohammed Dahiru, said the two governments had committed a direct intervention fund of 9 billion naira to boost technological research and development (R&D).
Dr. Dahiru revealed on Wednesday that 25 companies that have scaled the assessment committee's criteria assessment process will receive funding from the R&D co-funding project between the Czech Republic and Nigeria starting in 2023.
>The Government of the Czech Republic is supporting Nigerian tech companies with $10 million (equivalent to 4.5 billion Naira) and an additional matching fund of the same amount already approved by the Federal Government through of the National Agency for Scientific and Technical Infrastructures. (NASENI).
In his opening remarks, the co-chairman of the presidential implementation committee as well as the executive vice-president/director general of the National Agency for Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (NASENI), Engr. Professor Mohammed Haruna, said the evaluation of the proposal was diligently carried out by the members of the evaluation committee under the auspices of the PIC, who were selected from the Nigerian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering of Nigeria (as research experts) and the Nigeria-Trade and Investment Council of the Czech Republic.
He says, "The process was well-articulated, transparent and well-coordinated by experts in research and business, and ably assisted by the PIC Secretariat.
“To my knowledge, this is the first time in the history of Nigeria that the private sector, academia and the public sector have collaborated to jointly submit research and development proposals with work plans for commercialization and mass production from the beginning supported by business plans.
“This cooperation between Nigeria and the Czech Republic and the collaboration between NASENI and TA CR teaches us the methods of deploying applied research and the best option to forge a marriage between the private sector, academia and government otherwise known as the Triple Helix,” he says.
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