The Technology, R&D, Education and Economy (TREE) Conferences aim at providing a space for an Africa centered international debate about how science and technology could bring about sustainable development through relevant education. TREE 2018 was an interdisciplinary conference that favors empiric…
The Technology, R&D, Education and Economy (TREE) Conferences aim at providing a space for an Africa centered international debate about how science and technology could bring about sustainable development through relevant education. TREE 2018 was an interdisciplinary conference that favors empirical research and mathematical model building for sustainable development. Although the primary focus of the conference was the sustainable development and prosperity for Africa, best practices from other parts of the world are most welcome as a way to enrich the debate. TREE explored how innovation helped create added value and insured development and how African countries could build on traditional knowledge in various sectors to develop frugal innovation: in agriculture, health and medicine, nutrition, arts, handicraft, etc.