The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has partnered with Heritors Lab Limited to improve research outcomes in the country and transfer them to the private sector.
The two research institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage financial and human resources available to realize this vision.
The short ceremony was attended by the Director-General of CSIR, Prof. Paul P. Bonus, the Chief Executive Officer of Heritors Lab Limited, Derryedean Dadzie, and staff from both institutions.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Director-General of CSIR Prof. Paul P. Bonus indicated that this collaboration will enable them to transfer research and technology developed to end users.
“The main objective is that we will pool our resources together, whether it’s human capacity, our infrastructure and facilities, or financial resources. We want to work with them so that we can transfer our research and technology development to the private sector and to Ghanaians.”
“One of our biggest challenges over the years has been the ability to transfer technologies to end users. The partnership with Heritors Lab Limited will help us achieve this goal.”
The Chief Executive Officer of Heritors Lab Limited, Derryedean Dadzie, also said that this partnership will create a conducive atmosphere to empower researchers and innovators, and also create a platform for research works to be commercialized.
“The bigger picture is that scientific innovation becomes a market commodity. Currently, we have a public research system, and we want to change the paradigm to make it public and commercialized. We hope to bring these innovations to the market and transfer them to key industry players and add value to them.”
He was also optimistic that this collaboration will create jobs.
Heritors Lab is a private-sector organization with the focus on generating value and developing viable economies within the research and innovation value chain.
