H. E. Dr. Benson Alfred Bana has facilitated the linking of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Nigeria and Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) through a two day (7th and 8th September, 2022) working visit of COSTECH to NOTAP. Among other things, the visit will birth a Memorandum of Understanding and give rise to platforms of cooperation like staff and program exchange between the two institutions. 

The COSTECH team was represented by the Director General, Dr. Amos Nungu and Dr Gerald Kafuku, Director of Innovation and Technology. The team was able to tour the Raw Material Research and Development Council of Nigeria and as well as a courtesy call on Dr. (Sen) Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora, Honourable Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Nigeria.