Our acronym RIKE-SD (Research for Impact, Knowledge Economy & Sustainable Development) is unique and symbolic in the global STI ecosystem because of our innovative strategies of problem solving geared toward society centered connected community development that guarantee sustainable development in our clime. Africa and other developing nations missed out of the millennium development goals due to obvious dysfunctional knowledge management systems and adoption of non-adaptive systems using a copy-and-paste approach. We are determined to aggregate community challenges for citizen research that will have direct impact on the communities.
We are innovating the Polygonal Nexus as a novel approach to ensure both sustainability and impact as the end point. The approach will ensure active recognition and interconnectedness of Government, Academia, Industry, Communities & Funders being the wheels of our progress.