Ending Up: Where The Benin Republic New Departure Ends Up In The Biotech tropicana Systems.Incubation, Sustainability,And Development.

DEVELOPMENT TRENDS.

Aboubakar YARI¹&Venus YARI¹

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Abstract:

Incubators were proven an effective approach to achieving long term sustainable development. The concept of business and technology incubation is extensively used in the United States of America. Europe adopted the approach in its development strategies, and the Asian tigers developed an incubation model that demonstrated its capability to quickly revere development trends from aid dependency to aid donation. The South African Gunteng developed a Biotech incubator focused on the country’s Biotech needs. By 2005,the Biotech tropicana Systems introduced the business and technology incubation concepts in Benin Republic, a resource poor country. The concept received a mixed acceptance with proponents and opponents in all segments of society. In 2016,the Benin republic New Departure reform concept finally follows the path of the Biotech tropicana Systems by adopting and implementing a public business incubation system, in public territorial administration. Here, we discuss potential development gains in potential extensions of the New Departure public business incubation approach in other key sectors of development.

Keywords: Business Incubator; Sustainable Development; Public Business; Private Business; Development Gains.

Score: +1

Source: Biotech tropicana Systems. DEVELOPMENT TRENDS.

A. YARI & V. YARI.

Background:

Benin republic is a small country of about 10 millions inhabitants located on the western coast of Africa, between Togo and Nigeria.The country’s industry is weak. Agriculture in the cotton sector in the north of the country and a sea port in the south are the main source of revenues for the country; and the United Nations Development index classified Benin republic as  a Least Developed Country. [1]

Unlike many other African countries Benin republic lacks natural resources such as oil in Nigeria, forest in Congo, or Gold in South Africa. Human capital development is one the few options available for Benin republicto seek for poverty eradication and long term sustained development. [2’,3, 4]

Incubators were proven very successful in quickly developing human capital directed toward generation of new wealth and technological advancement. The concept of business and technology incubation is extensively used in the United States of America with numerous incubators at state level and a very efficient support at federal level, for successful incubators that passed the state tests. The Silicon Valley incubators in California pushed the US computer industry to the global  market.  [5].

Technology incubators have been central in the rapid technological advancement of the Asian tigers. The text of this publication was written on a computer that is the product the tigers incubator revolution. [6;7].

Europe, just behind the United States maintains a large park of business and technology incubators.[8]

South Africa holds the only innovation oriented biotech incubator known to the Biotech tropicana Systems, in Africa. Innovations in the South African incubator system aligned with the emerging economy status of the country. [9]

Incubator in the Biotech tropicana System aligned with economies of least developing countries, emerging economies and developed countries. By mid 1990s the founder completed a Biotechnology training program focused on methodologies, in Europe. Soon after, the founder will pursue his Biotech endeavour in the United States of America, the birth place of modern commercial biotechnology, and home to the largest number of Biotech companies in the world. By the 2000 the concept of private sector led development for the developing world as proposed by the United Nations millennium project will become the core development principle in the Biotech tropicana Systems Biotechnology for development program. [10]

The Biotech tropicana Systems adopted its ownership principle from the country ownership concept of the United States Millennium Challenge Account (US MCA). Ownership is the key innovation of the  US MCA. Once, donated aid is owned by the recipient who is fully responsible of its management, not the donor. A key departure form traditional form of aid that is owned and operated by the donor. This ownership concept was previously demonstrated tobe a key factor that determines the successes of failures of incubator systems. [11]

Incubation from idea to market becomes the central methodology for business development in the Biotech tropicana Systems. Today the Biotech tropiana Systems run over 100 processes and technologies at different levels of development, under incubation; many of which are at market implementation level. [12]

By 2005, Biotech tropicana Systems introduced the business and technology incubator concept in Benin republic, a resource poor country. In 2007, through a press conference, the founder discussed the potential for development gains from incubators, reversing poverty and promoting sustainable development of the country. The concept received mixed acceptance with proponents and opponents in all segments of society.

By 2016, a new reform concept called New Departure succeeded in implementing a territorial administration project by applying the incubator approach in public business. Previous governments failed to implement a very old project aiming to divide the territory from six to twelve departments called ‘prefecture’. Where previous governments wait to create operational capacities before implementing the project, the New Departure incubator approach proceeded and succeeded with a capacity sharing approach, central to incubation parks. The new administrative units will share operational capacity with the old units while working progressively toward their autonomy; what we call ‘the way to graduation’ in the Biotech tropicana Systems. Here, the Benin republic new departure concept demonstrated the power of the incubator approach in process implementation in public business. The Biotech tropicana Systems introduced the incubator concept in Benin republic through business and technology incubation through the private sector. The adoption of the concept by the public sector is another demonstration of the positive impact on overall development, of activities of the Biotech tropicana Systems in developing countries. Here, the Benin New Departure concept followed the path of the Biotech tropicana Systems to merit the positive +1 score assigned to the territorial administration incubator program.

Discussion:

We argue that Benin republic a resource limited resource poor country may substantially improve its development index by expanding the Biotech tropcana Systems pro poor incubation models to other key sectors of public sector led development. Quick wins in development gains may be achieved by expanding the model to the following but not limited to:

1. Higher educational system
2. Technology parks
3. Supervision panels and international standards

1. Higher educational system

A major characteristic of post colonial African academics is the ‘lack of head’. The higher educational system of Benin republic is no exception; the system lacks core concepts and operate as extensions of core concepts located abroad, in many cases in Europe. Refer  Juma et al; Education section, in Innovaton: Applying Knowledge In Development. The Biotech tropicana Systems diagnosed Juma’s theory in practice through two ‘head transfer’ programs in Benin republic; one program of Biotech trocana,IncHEALTH that transfers core concepts toward a Benin republic health project in the public sector. Another program of Biotech tropicana,IncEDUCATIONAL transfers core concepts to the private higher educations units. Our transfer programs were implemented through our ‘knowledge for cash’ business strategy, yet the positive impact on overall development is clear cut.

We argue that that the current model of university administration should be altered and aligned with the New Departure adopted public incubator approach as applied to university system. The success of the model in territorial administration may be extended to university system to progressively innovate ‘heads’ with core concepts aligned with sustainable development objectives of the country.  Foreign core concepts are  aligned with development objectives of their countries. In addition to concepts focused on emerging and developed countries, core concepts in Biotech tropicana Systems are aligned with development objectives of developing countries, like Benin republic.

2. Technology parks

As ‘heads’ emerge and core concepts become original, the core concepts will provide a basis for initiation of large public owned large business and technology incubation parks to boost the private sector technology innovation capabilities.  A competitive private sector will not only cover domestic technology needs but may provide a diversified source of cash for the country from a competitive global market, and free the country from its chronic dependency on foreign aid. Such a development trend could reverse the preferences from ‘belt’to ‘hat’ that is from labor to intellect in human capital. Benin republic will be going no where with hard labor without intellect. With current development trends, United Nations development index for Benin republic will stay low. [13]

3. Supervision panels and international standards

To reach out to the global market, Benin republic must comply with international standards. To reach out to international standards Benin republic must develop a credible and qualified supervision system. We argue that the current university supervision model should be altered and aligned with the New Departure public business incubation approach to progressively develop a supervision system that will prepare the country to meet global development challenges, in the next future. Conditions for creating universities should be made low and easier to multiply and diversify universities; yet standards for running universities should be made high to meet international standards. [14] Current development trends reflect the opposite. Refer to the 77^th University in Benin republic, In A. YARI & V. YARI, Development Forum.

The Biotech tropicana Systems are an innovation oriented Biotech company. Founded in 2000, and applying simple but strict development principles, such as honesty, transparency, no discrimination, performance driven advancement, in 15 years the company successfully reaches out to the global market, with successful business operations consistent with international standards, in Asia (India, Hong Kong), in Europe (UK), in America (Texas, Washington, DC), in Africa (Biotech tropicana,IncAU). Here, we donate some little success secrets to Benin republic, a small resource limited resource poor country of the western coast of Africa, as part of our contribution to the advancement of the resource poor communities. 

References:

[1] United Nations country development index

[2] Sachs et al;Ending Africa’s Poverty Trap

[3] Jeffrey D. Sachs and Walter V. Reid, Investments TowardSustainable Development

[4] UN Millennium Project. 2005. Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. New York.

[5] The Silicon Valley incubators in California

[6] The World Bank,John Page, The East Asian Miracle: Four Lessons for Development Policy

[7] Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco, What Are The Major Lessons From East Asian Development Experience.

[8] Incubation parks in Europe

[9] South Africa, eGoli Bio incubator

[10] A. Yari & V. Yari, Biotech tropicana Systems

[11] James W. Fox and Lex Rieffel. The Millennium Challenge Account: Moving Toward Smarter Aid TheBrookings Institution. Washington, DC

[12] Biotech tropicana,IncMUSEUM, The Curator files: Graduations.

[13] UN Millennium Project 2005.Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development.Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation.

[14] “Juma, C. and Serageldin, I. (Lead Authors) (2007). ‘Freedom to Innovate: Biotechnology in Africa’s Development’, A report of the High-Level African Panel on Modern Biotechnology. African Union (AU) and New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Addis Ababa and Pretoria