Academia, private sector partnership critical – GIPC

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• Asempa 10 years ago

  Why do Ghanaians think that the country needs foreign investors to build our industries and to create jobs? Is this because our economic textbooks say so or what? I don't understand that mindset. Why do we rule ourselves then ...
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  Why do Ghanaians think that the country needs foreign investors to build our industries and to create jobs? Is this because our economic textbooks say so or what? I don't understand that mindset. Why do we rule ourselves then? Why don't we just call the British back to rule us? Meanwhile, our financial resources are stolen by our leaders and stashed in foreign banks by our very leaders telling us we can't develop without foreign investors. This is crazy.

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• Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

  To have any meaningful partnership between academia and industry Ghana must first solve the dumsor problem; we must also blame every government since 1966 for not making Ghana electricity production and distribution a nationa ...
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  To have any meaningful partnership between academia and industry Ghana must first solve the dumsor problem; we must also blame every government since 1966 for not making Ghana electricity production and distribution a national priority. Secondly, Ghana cannot grow economically and all that comes with economic development if we are reduced to a service nation; we do not manufacture/produce anything except export our mineral raw materials and natural resources. Research cannot take place on battery power.
  
  The relation that must exist between industry and academia bothers on the old adage question: which came first, the chicken or egg? It is possible to have manufacturing and production plants in Ghana but their growth may come down to research and development budgets. In the global market, industries die because they fail to develop, expand gain or maintain their customer base even if it is the only source of a commodity in demand. Companies needing to stay relevant must help fund research work at our university and technical institutions. In Ghana we have not seen much in the way of funding of meaningful research; we have had higher education faculty and staff more into how much money they can make from their employer than future possibilities and potential. Businesses and government alike must invest in research at out institution.

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