11.0 – Sankofa Center of Excellence

Sankofa requires going back to the past, to get lessons and perspectives, which can help in building the future. It requires elements of memory and that means not forgetting the past even as the future is designed. Sankofa is a system and can be institutionalized. That institutionalization could involve a Center of Excellence (CoE) to make the innovation ecosystem work, always. In this section, I present how the Sankofa Center of Excellence can be implemented in any organization that wants to build the Africa’s Sankofa innovation process. My focus here is how organizations can improve their business processes and efficiency…