Forty percent of the Angolan delegation's inventions and technological solutions at the 72nd edition of the Ideas, Inventions and New Products Fair (iENA 2021), in the city of Nuremberg, Germany, and where our country won eight medals, were authored by women .
This information came from the national delegation present at the event, where it participated with 15 projects registered, with the respective percentage authored by women or co-authored by men and women from higher education institutions, in the areas of Mechatronics and Electrical and Computer Engineering .
This percentage value of 40% of the female gender represented 18% less, compared to 58% in the previous edition, where the delegation explains that this was due to the reduction in support for participation in the event, which influenced the registration of few projects.
It was also revealed that 80% of the projects carried out at iENA 2021 were conceived in Higher Education institutions, namely in the universities Agostinho Neto, Methodist of Angola and Mandume Ya Ndemufayo, in addition to the Research Center of the University Agostinho Neto (UNINET).
BUT: Angola wins eight medals at the Ideas, Innovation and New Products Fair (iENA 2021)
The remaining 20% involves the Center for Research in Public Policies and Local Governance (CPPPGL), University Agostinho Neto, Casa de Caminho André Luiz, Evangelical Center Gosen Tabernacule, under the protection of the Church of Revival of Angola (IRA) and the Polytechnic Institute of Administration and Management – ELIDA.
It should also be noted that all these projects were only possible because they were part of Angola's National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.
It mentions, by the way, the National Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy (ENCTI) and the Coordination Mechanism of the National Science, Technology and Innovation System (MCSNCTI), which refer to the insertion of Science, Technology and Innovation in Angola's Development Strategy.
Recently, programs and projects aligned with the empowerment of national women in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation have deserved special attention at the level of the different Ministerial Departments, with emphasis on the Department that oversees the Science, Technology and Innovation policies in Angola.
"We take this opportunity to highlight the program for the Identification, Selection and Motivation of Talents at a National level, through the internationalization of ideas, inventions and new products in the largest fair of this nature that takes place annually in Germany – Nuremberg – “iENA”, He explained.
This event, argued in a note, has been the stage of great relevance and considered as the world's leading technology reference, in which Angolan women have participated, even reaching 30% of representation in some editions.
