Fundamentally flawed solution: "African governments need to invest more in research and development to create a pool of talent and expertise that could transform the continent." Governments in Africa do not have the ability to propel innovation. https://twitter.com/Afroscientist/status/1293904007249817608

Industry and entrepreneurs do if the enabling environment is created. We should stop flogging this "Governments Need" dead horse.

Industry turns invention into innovation and creates the taxable revenues that can fund the science. To understand this dynamic listen to the @IndRevPod podcast as a primer.

Accumulated wealth over time is what generally funds basic science. Either directly via private means or publicly by taxable revenues generated by industry. Intentional relatively well run bureaucracies also have this ability.