2015 Grand Challenges plenary (Sustainable Development Goals and Innovation: Focus on Africa), panel discussion (Innovation across Africa: Past, Present and Future), and closing keynotes. Plenary: H.E. Mrs Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (President of the Republic of Mauritius). Panel: Moderator - Ayo Ajayi (Director, Africa Team, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); Panelists: Aggrey Ambali (Head, Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, New Partnership for Africa’s Development), Mwele Malecela (Director General, National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania), Simon Kay (Head of International Operations, the Wellcome Trust), Thomas Kariuki (Director, Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa), William Kamkwamba (Inventor and Author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind); Keynote speaker Sue Desmond-Hellmann (CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
From the 2015 meeting in Beijing, China
Oct 21, 2015