{"id":10894,"date":"2020-06-22T15:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=10894"},"modified":"2020-06-22T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:58:46","slug":"750m-to-be-spent-on-innovation-tech-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/750m-to-be-spent-on-innovation-tech-improvement","title":{"rendered":"750M\/- TO BE SPENT ON INNOVATION, TECH IMPROVEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania: <\/strong>THE Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will spend 750m\/- on improving innovation and technology of 70 finalists at this year\u2019s national competition for science, technology and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing winners at the weekend, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Joyce Ndalichako, said\u00a0innovation would be improved through the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech).<\/p>\n<p>The winners were from the exhibition of Innovation Week held in March this year after judges went through their works and decided who had excelled.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Ndalichako announced the three top winners in seven categories who participated in the exhibition whereas the overall winner in each would receive 5m\/-, runners-up 3m\/- and 2m\/- for those who held third position.<\/p>\n<p>She insisted a need for innovation for increased productivity, employment and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Ndalichako was of the view that innovation should direct market demand as it was the only avenue where they saw the value and benefit of innovations for their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Innovation is richness. You must be guided on how best to attain that benchmark we have with us from copyrights, business registration and Costech. Use them effectively,&#8221; he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s competition attracted 583 innovators who showcased their innovations expressing government commitment to empowering local innovators so that their technologies could be valued in and outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology used 50.55bn\/- for 145 projects of 517 researchers in postgraduate courses last year,&#8221; said director of Science, Technology and Innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The government last year also spent 750m\/- on 60 innovators who took part in previous competitions and among the innovators included the one who came up with an idea to make a chopper.<\/p>\n<p>She noted\u00a0that the government was determination to recognise innovators from the grassroots, saying the innovations which would receive support should have an impact on national development.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the innovators were attached to innovation centres and hubs from where they were developed and registered for patent rights.<\/p>\n<p>She said the government was committed to seeing that innovations contributed to technological advancement and industrial economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time,\u201d he said, \u201cthis year&#8217;s competition has included innovators from primary schools the ultimate goal being innovation inclusiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will spend 750m\/- on improving innovation and technology of 70 finalists at this year\u2019s national competition for science, technology and innovation. 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