Invest in technology, African leaders urgedBy BUUMBA CHIMBULUAFRICAN leaders must close the region’s science and technology gap to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).Africa’s failure to advance in science and technology has been compounded by the fragmentation of its markets, according to the former President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim.Ms Gurib-Fakim said this would require collaboration and partnerships to create the right conditions to develop centres of excellence on the continent.She this at the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) fifth annual Babacar Ndiaye Lecture on “the importance of science, technology and innovation in the transformation of African economies.”“Academia, governments and the private sector would have to collaborate much more closely to ensure the funding is provided and that the conditions for science to thrive are put in place,” Ms Gurib-Fakim said.She observed that the deficit of investment in science and technology and absence of economic and scientific infrastructure has undermined the process […]
Invest in technology, African leaders urged
