Nora Ndege is a Future Africa Forum contributor and expert. Nora Ndege is an interdisciplinary scholar with more than seven years’ experience in sustainable development research. She is competent in a broad array of issues around innovation, particularly agricultural innovations, and transformative knowledge systems that enhance the role of science and technology to address societal needs. She is currently a research and policy fellow at the African Centre for Technology Studies where she supports the linkage of multilevel policies to local resources and development realities – in a manner that creates sustainable development opportunities for the poor. She is also the chairperson of KeAWARD an alumni organisation that empowers agricultural communities. She holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Information and Communication Management and is currently a PhD student with the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.