The coordinator of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Biosciences Initiative, Aggrey Ambali, on Wednesday said that there was need for African countries to pave way to a better understanding of science, technology and innovation in the socio-economic transformation of their countries.
Speaking in Lilongwe during the official launch of NEPAD’s African Science, Technology and Innovation Initiative (ASTII), he said, it was significant for African states to overcome the science, technology and innovation divide which afflicts the socio-economic development of the people and the continent.
“Nepad recognises science and technology as engines of Africa’s economic transformation and sustainable development,” he said.
He said the body, through ASTII, supported African countries to improve the quality and understanding of their science and innovative systems at national and regional levels.
ASTII I is being implemented Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and now Malawi.
Wednesday 24 September 2008
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