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Ethiopia Urges Faster Biotech Research Commercialisation
CIO Africa · yesterday · Read the Full Story on CIO Africa
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Ethiopian officials have called for stronger public-private collaboration to commercialise biotechnology research and proposed establishing a National Shared Laboratory.
- Innovation and Technology Minister Frehiwot Tamru called for stronger public-private collaboration to accelerate the commercialisation of research findings.
- Discussions at the Bio and Emerging Technology Institute highlighted the need for a National Shared Laboratory to serve institutions across the country.
- The proposed facility aims to prevent resource duplication, improve institutional capacity sharing, and strengthen the competitiveness of Ethiopia's biotechnology sector.
- BETIn completed several research initiatives over the past five years and transferred technologies to end-users to support food security, public health, and industrial development.
- Highlighted achievements include improved maize and rice varieties, modern enset-processing technologies, Spirulina cultivation, Boran cattle genetic improvement, poultry vaccines, and industrial machinery.
- The consultative meeting gathered state ministers, senior officials, institutional heads, and BETIn executive management to review projects, technology transfer, and strategic implementation.
- BETIn Deputy Director General Hailu Dadi presented the institute's five-year operational performance and first-quarter plan for fiscal year 2026/27.
- BETIn maintains international research partnerships and implements externally funded research projects.
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