Prof. Benno Ndulu's talk: Invention and innovation as a catalyst of development.

[epigenetics]

Tazama a stimulating discussion by our current governor, Prof. Benno Ndulu
at one of World Bank seminars. Bonyeza link ya clip ya nne katika orodha.

http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/711/1512/hi.htm#

You need to have RealPlayer installed to be able to watch the clip.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

He is using a lot of word-fillers....i.e. eeh..uum...eeh......good nevertheless....

 

[Bongolander]

He is using a lot of word-fillers....i.e. eeh..uum...eeh......good nevertheless....

There are cheap words anyway. Even a kid knows that inventions and innovations are keys to development and prosperity. I was hoping that he will say we should do A and B so as we can innovate and invent

 

[Pundit]

The West can afford to TALK,we can't, we must DO.

What has the governor personally and in his capacity do to accelerate invention and innovation? How does he influence public policy towards that lofty goal? Since the governor is so keen on the two, what did we invent or innovate in the building of the BOT Towers under his leadership? Have we successfully invented or innovated any banking concepts or are we just copy pasting western concepts with no contribution to the global banking industry?

All it takes to talk like that, sadly to much acclaim and with little or no room for critical examination, is to parrot some Jeffrey Sachs or Muhammad Yunus and be on the right side of acceptable socio-economic concepts and trends.

The big question is what have you done with this knowledge?