Every major space procurement is an opportunity to build skills, firms and intellectual property, if technology transfer is designed in from the start. Too often it is an afterthought, limited to short training courses.
Effective technology transfer
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Define objectives
What capabilities should the country or company have at the end?
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Build into contracts
Make transfer commitments specific, measurable and enforceable.
- 03
Learn by doing
Embed African engineers in design, build and test teams.
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Transfer ownership
Move intellectual property, tools and responsibilities progressively.
- 05
Sustain
Fund follow-on projects that use and grow the new capability.
Research commercialisation
Africa's universities produce valuable research in remote sensing, AI, materials and engineering. TAG helps turn it into businesses:
- Opportunity scouting. Identifying research with market potential.
- Validation. Testing with real customers and use cases.
- Venture building. Founding teams, business models and first funding.
- Licensing. Licensing technology to existing companies.
Commercialisation of TAG capabilities
TAG also licenses its own brand and know-how through structured partnerships. See partnership and brand licensing.