Dr. George Owusu Essegbey has worked in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policy research for several years in the broad sectors of agriculture, industry, environment, and across key thematic areas including innovation studies, sustainable development, biodiversity conservation, and capacity building. He is an STI policy researcher at the rank of Chief Research Scientist and was the Director of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of Ghana for more than 10 years until April 2018. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the CSIR-Technology Development and Transfer Centre (CSIR-TDTC). He has served various national and international organizations with his expertise including UNESCO, UNCTAD, UNEP, FAO, IFPRI, and the World Bank. He is the President of AfricaLics with Secretariat in Nairobi. AfricaLics is the network of researchers in Learning, Innovation and Competence-building systems in Africa. In Ghana, he is among other things the Resource Person for Ghana’s STI Roadmap for the SDGs sponsored by UNESCO and he is facilitating the revision of the National STI Policy.