Special Edition: Celebrating Transformative Innovation in Africa
Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC)
Innovation for Transformation
Welcome to this?special edition celebrating?the opening of the new Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH)?in partnership with Future Africa at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and the founding TIPC institutions – the?University of Sussex Business School, the?Joint Research Centre of the Spanish National Research Council and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (INGENIO CSIC-UPV)?and?Utrecht University's Centre for Global Challenges (UGlobe)?based in the Netherlands.
The opening of TIAH marks a key moment in the next chapter of TIPC's international strategic partnership for policy, innovation and transformation. It encapsulates all that TIPC 2.0 stands and strives towards for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals and the Africa 2063 agenda.
The Transformative Innovation Africa Hub will work closely with the?TIPC 2.0 Global?team and TIAH's counterpart in South America, the?TIP Latin America Hub.?
The Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH)?researchers, practitioners and policymakers will embark on co-creation for sustainable?and just systems change with TIPC member South Africa's experienced community of practice; the TIPC coordinating partner institutions' researchers; and shall use the key materials, networks and tools of the TIP research-action-impact methodology to steer towards transformations in Africa.?
Watch the launch of TIAH and debate on TIP in Africa below.
TIP Work in Africa
A significant part of TIP work in Africa has centred on water security and provision as embodied in?SDG:6.?
Read more on the?policy engagement and the outcomes for the 'Living Catchment'?communities in South Africa on using the process of Transformative Innovation Policy for ensuring access to water and sanitation for all.??
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“We had engineers, geographers, anthropologists, water quality specialists and engagement specialists...we had to get to a common understanding on what we were trying to do and how we could get the project to be transformative for a very real societal impact.
It was a bit difficult in the beginning, but with the (TIP Resource Lab) structured brainstorming tool, we went through that process within the first month. We were able to map everything from who’s responsible for setting up engagements, to what tools we are going to use.?We argued things through but in a very structured proactive way. We would recommend the tools.”
Assistant Professor, Dr Mguni from the Pathways to Water Resilient South African Cities (PaWS) project
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Dr Chux Daniels?is?Director of the Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH), part of the global strategic partnership - Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium 2.0 (TIPC 2.0).
Chux Daniels, PhD is a Research Fellow in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy at the?Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)?at the? University of Sussex Business School .
As Director, Founder and Research Lead for TIAH, Dr Daniels manages the African partnerships and the coinciding TIP research programme with a post-doctoral team based at the Future Africa TIAH office.
Dr Daniels, and the team, are available for transformative innovation discussions with policymakers and practitioners across the region who are interested in benefiting from the network, connection, methodology and knowledge associated with TIAH.
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