According to him, building relationship with other countries offered an opportunity to use interdisciplinary research methods to make impact in African countries to alleviate human suffering.

"If Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and other African countries can come together to work on a particular project while three other African countries also do same, there will be a great improvement in our African countries and series of mistakes would not occur," he said.

Prof Buah-Bassuah was speaking at the opening of a two-week international workshop on spectroscopy and spectral imaging.

It is being organised on the theme, "Using Simple Tools for Advanced Research in Optical Spectroscopy and Multi-Spectral Imaging". 

Sixty African Scientists from eight countries including Kenya, Mali, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Ghana are attending the workshop organised by AFSIN in collaboration with the International Science Program (ISP).

Participants are expected to find properties of elements in food, drug, plants as well as Agriculture products and perform research to solve problems in these areas.

Prof Buah- Bassuah called on African governments to invest in advanced research to enable their scientists play a leading role in the "new frontiers of science".

Prof Sune Svanberg, a Physics Professor at the Sweden Lund laser Center and south China Normal University in Guangzhon, explained that to shape a better world, spectroscopic monitoring of food could be useful in solving the global challenges of food production, quality and safety.

He cited the mosquito counting and trapping, black scattering and shadowing equipment which was recently produced in China as one of the ways spectroscopy is contributing to reduction of malaria in African countries.

Professor Carla Puglia, a Representative of ISP underscored the need for young people in Africa to build their capacities in research to be able to solve emerging challenges on the continent.

She urged members of AFSIN to work with commitment and passion to make their project a success to meaningful impact their respective societies.