The following points summarily explain the steps and attitudes the government needs to put in, in order to arrive at a positive outcome.

There seems to be a very huge gap between government perception and public perception in this matter. While governments are busy counting the number of workshops conducted, the number of hospitals built and doctors employed, for instance, they fail to count or even notice the outcomes those activities bring about, especially to the growth and benefits of the public.

There should be a partnership between the government and a social entrepreneur or a scientist because the first thing you need to understand is that the government have something that a scientist may not have. Like in the areas of financing any innovations which the scientist or social entrepreneur may present and also help government decision-makers figure out how to get the necessary or conducive atmosphere for the innovation.

Most times, the government responds to other people and at other times social entrepreneurs/scientist are only accountable to themselves and to their own organizations. So they need to work together to achieve more.

Some scientist doesn’t like engaging in politics and complains that working with the government is too slow. But sooner or later, irrespective of whether you want public money or not, you will need to engage government. It does not matter if you are in eye care or water or energy or financial inclusion-government have scale, government set policy and regulatory frameworks, the government has nation-wide infrastructures. Engaging with government is a critical challenge if social entrepreneurs want to take their innovations to scale.

Another major challenge in Africa’s underdevelopment is that, and I quote "Due to lack of capacity to transform much of its raw materials into finished products, Africa continues to export its resources with little or no value added, leading to loss of job opportunities. Where value is added, these African products are subject to many tariff and non-tariff barriers in the major Western markets,"