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- African Agency of Biotechnology
An agency to help develop biotechnology across the continent.
- African Development Bank
Pan-African development finance institution established in 1964 to foster economic growth and social progress in Africa.
- African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
The African mandate to use information and communication technology to accelerate
economic and social development in Africa.
- Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA)
AISA is an independent research organisation and think-tank, focusing on Africa in its research, publications and resource library. The Institute has built a solid reputation over 40 years, combining in-depth analysis and research with topicality and policy relevance.
- African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)
ATPS is a network of researchers, policy-makers and all those interested in advancing the course of technology policy making in Africa.
- African Union
International organization founded as the Organization of African Unity to promote
cooperation among the independent nations of Africa.
- African Virtual University
The African Virtual University (AVU) is an innovative educational organization established to serve the countries of Africa.
- Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
The Treaty establishing COMESA binds together free independent sovereign States which have agreed to co-operate in exploiting their natural and human resources for the common good of all their peoples.
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
The CBD is a global, comprehensive agreement addressing all aspects of biological
diversity: genetic resources, species, and ecosystems.
- e-Africa Commission
The e-Africa Commission was established in 2001 to manage the structured development of the ICT sector on the African continent within the NEPAD context.
- East African Community (EAC)
The EAC is the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
- Economic Commission for Africa
As the regional arm of the UN in Africa, it is mandated to support the economic and social development of its 53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development.
- Innogen
Innogen is the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics.
- International Development Research Center (IDRC)
The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.
- Organization of African Unity
The OAU aims to promote the unity and solidarity of African States; co-ordinate and intensify their co-operation and efforts to achieve a better life for the peoples of Africa; defend their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence; eradicate all forms of colonialism from Africa; promote international co-operation, giving due regard to the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and co-ordinate and harmonise members’ political, diplomatic, economic, educational, cultural, health, welfare, scientific, technical and defence policies.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Brings together countries sharing the principles of the market economy, pluralist
democracy and respect for human rights.
- Regional Water Demand Initiative (WaDImena)
The Regional Water Demand Initiative for the Middle East and North Africa (WaDImena) is an intra-regional, multi-donor program that is supporting and promoting water demand management (WDM) approaches in the increasingly water-scarce countries of the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA region.
- South Africa's Department of Science and Technology (DST)
The Department of Science and Technology strives towards introducing measures that put science and technology to work to make an impact on growth and development in a sustainable manner, in areas that matter to all the people of South Africa.
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
SADC was formed as a loose alliance of nine majority-ruled States in Southern Africa known as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), with the main aim of coordinating development projects in order to lessen economic dependence on the then apartheid South Africa.
- The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
The primary objective of NEPAD is to eradicate poverty in Africa and to place African countries both individually and collectively on a path of sustainable growth and development to thus halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process.
- The NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF)
The NBF envisages an African powerhouse that utilizes all its resources to generate innovative economic growth that engenders socio-political stability and sustainable livelihood for all its people on par with global standards.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
As the regional arm of the UN in Africa, it is mandated to support the economic and social development of its 53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development. It reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
- United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
The UNESCO contributes to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication.
- United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD)
The UNCTAD aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy.
- United Nations Millennium Development Goals
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.
- WAITRO Africa Regional Focal Point
The World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO) provides an international voice for technological research and development, a global clearing-house for technological information, and an agency for promoting co-operation between member research establishments.
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