Ghana’s research fund faces a test of turning funding promises into scientific breakthroughs

MyJoyOnline · 2026-10-16T07:52:23.000Z · Science

Ghana must move beyond establishing a national research fund to ensure sustained financing for scientific research and innovation, the Acting Administrator of the Ghana National Research Fund, Prof Abigail Opoku-Mensah, has said. She warned that the passage of legislation alone would not guarantee the funding researchers need to develop solutions to the country’s economic, environmental and social challenges. “A law alone does not automatically translate into an operational fund,” she told journalists and content creators at the ongoing 5 day- UK Media Excellence for Emerging Technologies in Accra, highlighting the delays between the enactment of the Ghana National Research Fund Act in 2020 and the inauguration of the Fund’s governing board in June 2025. The Fund was established to strengthen domestic support for research and reduce Ghana’s dependence on grants from foreign development partners.

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