Mr Kwamena Quaison, Director, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) has lauded Kasapreko and Despite Group for collaborating with the research institutions.
He commended these giants companies at the opening of the Matchmaking and Information Sharing Workshop in Koforidua.
Speaking on behalf of Madam Ophelia Mensah Hayford, Minister of MESTI, he said Technology Transfer and commercialisation of Research had been a major policy concern for the government of Ghana.
He commended the research collaborations between the Kasapreko and the Centre for Plant Medicine and that of Despite Group of Companies’ with the Food Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
“Today, the alomo bitters of Kasapreko and Neat fufu of Despite have created lots of jobs and supported economic growth of the Ghanaian economy. It is our hope that more Kasaprekos and Despites will emerge from this matchmaking,” he said.
To improve research and make it easy accessible to entrepreneurs, he said the sector Minister had tasked the Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate of the Ministry to find an innovative solution to the weak research – industry collaboration and ensure that research outputs from research institutions are made available to entrepreneurs to create the needed jobs to support economic growth.
He acknowledged the significant roles played by universities and research institutes all over the world in the creation of new businesses, adding that the Ministry would accelerate that culture in Ghana.
