Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) wants its research to pay its way. Speaking at a staff durbar of the CSIR-Water Research Institute in Accra in September 2017, the chairman of the CSIR Governing Council, Prof. Robert Kingsford-Adaboh, said the council would pursue the commercialisation of its goods and services to make them more accessible and competitive. He also proposed two trade fairs a year to showcase what the institutes produce.
The Director-General, Dr Victor K. Agyeman, said most of the institutes were running at a loss because their products were priced above the market and were not competitive, and that management and staff had begun discussing how to turn this around. The Director of the Water Research Institute, Dr Osmund Duodu Ansa-Asare, pledged the institute’s support.
This is a summary of a report by Doreen Andoh and Gifty Biney for Graphic Online. Read the full report on Graphic Online.
