Sustainable Industrialization in Africa

Padmashree Gehl Sampath is Chief of the Technology and Innovation Report Series Taskforce at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to this, she has worked as a Researcher at the United Nations University-MERIT and as Assistant Professor on International Development and Innovation at the Open University, UK. Her research interests include trade, industrial policy and development issues, and has published several journal publications, book chapters and four authored books. She holds a Bellagio Residency and an award from the Rotary International in India. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka is Director of the Monitoring and Research Division, UN-HABITAT, Kenya; a Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, United Nations University- MERIT, The Netherlands and Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development at The Open University, UK. His research interests are in Science Technology, Innovation Policy and Systems in Late Development, Innovation Systems in Industry Small and Medium Enterprises, industrial clusters in Developing Countries and latecomer Industrialization and Economic Development. He has published several books in addition to journal articles and other works. He is a board member of several academic journals and programmes including the STEPS-IDS, Sussex, UK. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering.