Business News of Wednesday, 18 August 2021Source: GNAThe Government has announced that it will dedicate a minimum of one per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to supporting research, science, technology, and innovative activities. To that end, the government was putting measures in place to establish a National Research Fund, which would be accessible to researchers and all potential innovators. Currently, the Fund Bill has been passed and the government is working on the regulatory framework for operationalising the fund. Dr Eric Nkansah, Technical Advisor and Director in charge of Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education, announced this at the opening ceremony of the maiden African Mathematical School in Mathematical Methods in Analysis and Probability in Accra. "The hope of Africa lies in building a solid mathematics research foundation in our education.

Source: GhanaWeb August 17, 2021 20:37 UTC