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Science &

Technology Division:

Achievements and

Reflections

During the last 5 years, the S&TD of through the MRC budgetary allocations,
MRC hosted a number of research the researchers in the division were hard
programmes including Renewable at work in liaising with funding institutions
Energy Technologies Drug Development to acquire funding for their proposed
and Diagnostics; Traditional Medicine research projects. He also indicated
and Drug Discovery; Indigenous that there was considerable success
Knowledge Systems Technology (IKST) in mobilising research funding by the
Food and Beverage; Farms to Forks; and researchers which contributed to the
Malaria Operational Research. smooth running of these initiatives.

Prof. Cheikhyoussef stated that the As an example, the Wind Power Mrs Iileka
division organised stake-holders’ Generation Project has been amongst The past 2 years have been a
workshops to identify key research UNAM’s flagship projects that received great experience and learning
themes or areas that speak to external funding to support community curve working on a community
national priority goals for sustainable initiatives for wind power generation wind energy project. I am
development of Namibia. Prof. as a way to support communities’ looking forward to a successful,
Cheikhyoussef further stated that socio-economic initiatives. One of the sustainable and replicable
apart from the operational budget lead researchers on the wind power community-engaging project
for research that the division receives project reflects on her experience: within the next 5 years

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