DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 12 -- RESEARCH funding is entering a new phase in Africa. The question is no longer simply how much money is available for science, but whether institutions can turn that money into technologies, businesses, better public services and productivity gains.

That shift was central to discussions at the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) All Partners Forum in Windhoek, where research funding agencies were urged to improve how they select priorities, manage grants and work across borders.

For Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) Director General, Dr Amos Nungu, the next test is institutional capacity.

“A council needs the capacity to work with its peers, align procedures where useful, an...