Ghana’s
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says it is on track in the
establishment of a technology commercialization company.
The
‘CSIR Plus’ company was incorporated in 2009 to run as a public-private sector
venture, functionally independent from the mainstream corporate CSIR
management.
Director-General
of the Council, Dr. Abdulai Baba Salifu, says the initiative is to further
enhance the corporate goal of generating science and technology products for
the benefit of society.
He said the business should take off as
soon as a Chief Executive Officer is engaged to take charge of operations.
“One
of the reasons why we’re slightly behind in actualizing it has been the issue
of a chief executive who is ready to grow the company because for now, we don’t
think we may be competitive in terms of the remuneration level we may need to
pay that person”, noted Dr. Salifu.
CSIR is the largest scientific research organization
in Ghana, operating under the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology
(MEST) and collaborates with all the other Ministries particularly the
Ministries of Food and Agriculture, Land and Forestry, Health, and
Education.
There are
13 research
institutes under the Council
with mandates covering specialized areas in agriculture and
agro-processing, industry, environment, building and road construction, fisheries,
forestry, water resources, the social sciences and some aspects of health.
Some of the institutes have over
the years developed and released improved crop varieties and their production
technologies.
The
CSIR-Plus has the primary purpose of identifying and commercializing CSIR
technologies and services on sound business lines.
The
objective is to consolidate and develop commercialization linkages with CSIR
and industry, government agencies and the investment community.
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