[1] It is a multidisciplinary research and development establishment located in Kwali Area Council about 70 km from Abuja, Nigeria.
SHESTCO houses and collaborates with the Nigerian branch of the American-based company Xechem Pharmaceuticals.
[2] The agency may have developed a commercially viable product with NICOSAN, for the management of Sickle cell anemia.
[5] In February 2009 IBM stated they had plans to build a production plant for computer software and hardware in Nigeria.
The Director General of SHESTCO, Sunday Thomas, expressed his concern about the decreasing funding for R&D in Nigeria.