China-Africa Science, Technology and Innovation Collaboration, 22 April 2025 Indian Research Scholars Association
Organizing
Book Launch Discussion on
China-Africa Science, Technology and Innovation Collaboration
22 April 2025
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Panelist: Prof. Mammo Muchie, Professor, University of Gondar, Ethiopia & Adjunct Senior Research Professor at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Tshwane University Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, & Chief Editor, African Journal on Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis, Scopus index
Panelist: Prof. Angathevar Baskaran, Head, University of Malaya North-South Research Centre, and Professor, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & Development Studies, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Malaya. Malaysia
Panelist: Prof. Mingfeng Tang, Dean Assistant in charge of the International Affairs Office, Founder and Director of the Sino-French Innovation Research Center, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
Organising Committee Members
Vikash Kumar, President of the Indian Research Scholars Association
Dr. Hemant Kumar, Post Doctoral Fellow, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ganeshi Lal, Research Scholar, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi
Rimlee Kalita, Research Scholar, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh
Mrs. Asha Rajpurohit, Assistant Professor Government College, Sailana
Manorama Kuntal Department of Political Science Jamia Millia Islamia
Sakshi Singh, Research Scholar, Faculty of Education, Banaras Hindu University, Kashi, BHU
Shubhangi Amble, Research Scholar Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Maharashtra
Aaysha Zameer, Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi
Anurag Yadav, Research Scholar, School of Law, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
Papi Halder, Ph.D. Scholar, Lucknow University
Sunita V Yadav, Research Scholar at D.T.S.S COLLEGE Mumbai Maharashtra
Arpanpreet Kaur, Research Scholar, Central University of Punjab
Sunita V Yadav, Research Scholar at D.T.S.S COLLEGE Mumbai Maharashtra
Naina Prasad, Research Scholar, Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha
Brief About the Book: This edited volume brings together researchers from various disciplines to explore science, technology, and innovation cooperation between China and African countries by using different perspectives. The growing economic, technological, and scientific cooperation between Africa and China provides opportunities to jointly develop mechanisms to provide a skill base from discovery to creativity, invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, and implementation for the benefit of both Africa and China. This book contributes significantly to the knowledge and understanding of the different dimensions of China-Africa STI cooperation and can reach out to all stakeholders with evidence-based research. The China-Africa relationship is currently being discussed, and various positive and negative claims are spread globally. The decision to focus on the science, technology, and innovation collaboration between China and Africa is motivated by the fact that China’s primary relationship with Africa is driven principally by building the infrastructure that contributes to economic development in Africa. All the contributions in this book demonstrate in all spheres, the China-Africa relationship is driven by the principle of mutual benefit. The People’s Republic of China and African countries enjoy long-standing and comprehensive cooperation in science, technology, and innovation. The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), over the years, concertedly and strategically invested in supporting this cooperation, with African partner governments reciprocating with investments of their own, critically confirming the values of co-ownership and shared responsibility, which underpin the collaboration. Indeed, the Africa-China science diplomacy partnership can be regarded as an outstanding success story and a best-practice example of the cooperation required to respond to the significant societal challenges of the twenty-first century.
About The Editors
Prof. Mammo Muchie Completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University, New York, USA, and received his postgraduate M.Phil. and D.Phil. in Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development (STI&D) from the University of Sussex, UK. Professor and DSTNRF research chair in Innovation Studies at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa. Fellow of the South African Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Science, and the African Science Institute. Adjunct Professor at Bahir Dar and University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Senior research associate fellow at the TMD Centre of Oxford University and the Africa Centre of Excellence in Data Science at the University of Rwanda. Chairman of the advisory board of the African Talent Hub of the Community Interest Company to raise funds for making Africa the talent, innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, and knowledge hub. Special distinguished advisor to the Africa Union’s Student Council and a mentor for the African Entrepreneurship award. He has initiated the African Unity for Renaissance and Knowledge Exchange. He is a founding scientific advisor to the African Solar Network and chair of the Network of Ethiopian Scholars. He is also a co-founding member of the Nano Technology Institute in TUT. He is a scientific and academic advisor to the local e-Governance research that involved ten African countries on ICT4D. He is the founder and co-Chief Editor of the African Journal on Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID). Since 1985, he has produced over 495 publications, including books, chapters in books, and articles in internationally accredited journals and entries in institutional publications. He has received many awards, including outstanding contributions to Science, Engineering, Technology (SET), and innovation by NTSF in South Africa. He has taught at the University of Economics in Prague, was a part-time senior lecturer in Cambridge University, UK, was a Visiting Professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University in India and Tonji and Shanghai University in China, and was an Honorary Professor at Jiaxing University in China, Assistant Professor in Amsterdam University and Visiting Professor in Carleton College, USA and Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark.
Prof. Angathevar Baskaran, Head, University of Malaya North-South Research Centre (UMNSRC) and Professor (Innovation and Entrepreneurship), Department of Political Science, Public Administration, and Development Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. He is also a Senior Research Associate at SHARChI (Innovation Studies), Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He holds Ph.D. (Science & Technology Policy Studies, Sussex Univ., UK), M.Sc. (Financial Management, Middlesex Univ., UK), MPhil (International Studies, JNU, India), M.A. (History, Punjab Univ., India), and M.A. (Political Science, Madurai Univ., India). He was a Senior Lecturer at the Middlesex University Business School, London (from 1999 to 2014). His research interests include the Economics of Innovation, National Innovation Systems, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Management, with the main focus on multidisciplinary themes related to emerging and developing economies. He has produced over 140 publications, including 15 books and 40 journal articles. He has undertaken research projects for UNESCO, OECD, and the European Commission, as well as the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He is the Co-editor-in-chief of the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID) and a member of the editorial Board of the International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, and Innovation and Development.
Prof. Mingfeng Tang, Assistant Dean in charge of the International Affairs Office, Founder and Director of the Sino-French Innovation Research Center (SFIRC) at the Faculty of Business Administration, the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), Chengdu, China; Associated Researcher at Bureau d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée, Strasbourg, France; and Visiting Professor in the University of Leeds, UK. Her main research fields include technology business incubators, green innovation, innovation systems, entrepreneurial behavior, etc. She has published 57 peer-reviewed academic papers in Chinese and international journals, and domestic and international academic conferences accepted another 41 papers. She published four book chapters and 2 English monographs. She presided over and participated in 38 domestic and foreign research projects financed by NSFC, CSC, OECD, EU, DAAD, and others. She also won the 2023 Excellent English Taught Course Award and the 2022 Excellent Hybrid Course Award of Sichuan Province, the 2023 Excellent Teacher Award, the 2020 Excellent Researcher Award, the 2018 Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Supervisor Award, the 2010 Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award, and other awards in the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, the Best Paper Award on The Thirteenth Annual Global Information Technology Management Association GITMA World Conference 2012 and The Fifth International Technology Management Forum 2007 at Zhejiang University.
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