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Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024
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African countries made a bold attempt to turn around their development fortunes by adopting the Monrovia Strategy in July 1979, and the Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) for the Economic Development of Africa [1980–2000] and Final Act of Lagos in April 1980. The LPA was a visionary, far-reaching and unprecedented blueprint on how to foster collective self-reliance and sustainable development of the continent. Subsequent attempts at charting Africa’s development have drawn inspiration from that visionary framework.
Among many conferences that followed the Lagos Plan of Action was CASTAFRICAII organized by UNESCO/ OAU/ECA, which brought together experts and 26 African ministers responsible for STI, to develop strategies for the economic recovery of Africa. The adoption of the Abuja Treaty in 1994 to achieve mutually beneficial economic integration through establishing an African Economic Community (AEC), constituted an important and forward looking act by the African Heads of State and Government. The transformation of OAU to AU in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2001 was envisioned to “build an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, an Africa driven and managed by its
own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena”. It was also intended to accelerate implementation of the Abuja Treaty, demonstrating a renewed commitment of African political leaders to the socio-economic advancement of the continent.
The Constitutive Act of the AU made provisions for the following organs and continental institutions in accordance with the stipulations in the Abuja Treaty and the Sirte Declaration on the creation of the AU: The Assembly of the Union; The Executive Council; The Pan- African Parliament; The Court of Justice; The Permanent
Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga - Personal Name
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Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024
Information Technology
English
2014
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