Heritors Labs strengthens Ghana’s innovation ecosystem ties with Francis-Xavier Sosu

On 14th March, representatives from Heritors Labs, Mr Kofi Ocloo and Programme Engagement Lead, Ms Barbara Aidoo paid a courtesy go to to Hon. Francis-Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament for the Madina Constituency. This high-level engagement underscored the shared dedication to fostering a strong, innovation-driven economic system by way of strategic partnerships between authorities, non-public sector stakeholders, and analysis establishments.

Discussions centered on accelerating Ghana’s transition in the direction of a knowledge-based economic system by addressing commercialisation bottlenecks and strengthening coverage frameworks that assist science, expertise, innovation, and analysis (STIR).

On the coronary heart of the dialog was ARICS 2025—a flagship initiative shaping Africa’s research-to-commercialisation agenda. Hon. Sosu reaffirmed his dedication to supporting this game-changing platform, highlighting the important function of coverage advocacy, regulatory facilitation, and legislative backing in accelerating Ghana’s innovation-driven financial progress. From Suppliers to International Energy Gamers A key spotlight of the assembly was Hon. Sosu’s settlement to ship a keynote tackle at ARICS 2025 on the subject: “The Africa Commerce Awakening – From Suppliers to International Energy Gamers.”

For many years, Africa has powered world industries, supplying the uncooked supplies that drive economies worldwide. However the time has come for extra Africa to Lead. The tackle will give attention to shifting from being suppliers to constructing, proudly owning, and main industries on a worldwide scale.

Hon. Sosu’s tackle will dive into how we are able to create the correct surroundings for African innovators, start-ups, and companies to interrupt boundaries, scale past native markets, and compete on the highest ranges.

As a part of the discussions, Mr Ocloo offered the Innovation Belief Hall Proof Report— a cross-continental financial partnership to foster innovation and speed up the commercialisation of analysis for financial affect between the UK and African Commonwealth international locations.

Constructing upon the UK’s strong innovation ecosystem, the ITC presents a structured framework to facilitate co-creation, mental property trade, and regulatory alignment. This initiative will present important insurance policies and infrastructure to assist shared innovation amongst taking part international locations, fostering mutual progress.

Nations at the moment being thought of for this innovation economic system partnership are: Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda and the UK beneath the UK Africa Innovation Belief Hall.

Talking on the importance of this initiative, Mr Ocloo acknowledged; “Innovation thrives on collaboration, and the Innovation Belief Hall (ITC) is a daring step in the direction of bridging the hole between analysis and business success throughout the UK and African Commonwealth international locations.

By leveraging the UK’s well-established innovation ecosystem, this partnership creates a structured framework for innovation co-creation, mental property trade, innovation commerce and innovation useful resource and infrastructure sharing. Our objective is to propel innovation past improvement and into lively commercialisation, driving financial affect for all taking part nations.” This engagement marks a pivotal step in aligning Ghana’s Science, Expertise, Innovation, and Analysis (STIR) coverage aims with a broader innovation and industrialisation agenda that spans continents.

By fostering strategic partnerships, mental property trade, and regulatory alignment, Heritors Labs is driving funding in cutting-edge analysis, expertise improvement, and market-driven options. This method is ready to speed up the commercialisation of innovation for lasting financial affect, strengthening Ghana’s place throughout the world innovation ecosystem. As Ghana positions itself on the forefront of Africa’s innovation revolution, Heritors Labs stands able to champion this imaginative and prescient by way of sustained engagement, funding, and policy-driven

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