https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/555 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:33:36 GMT 2026-07-08T06:33:36Z https://http://akb.au.int:443/retrieve/7b6683f6-76cf-4c2b-af65-30264b22911e/ESTI.png https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/555 https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/94977 Title: Sustainable School Feeding Across the African Union Abstract: School feeding programmes have been consistently proving to advance education, health and nutrition outcomes of school going children. Moreover, if well designed with the addition of home-grown food supply component, these programmes have the potential to benefit entire communities through stimulating local markets, facilitating agricultural transformation and enabling households to invest in productive assets. Acknowledging these impacts, and driven by a desire to make progress towards the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063, the Continental Education Strategy for Africa 2016-2025 (CESA 16-25) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many African countries have successfully implemented school feeding programmes at national and sub-national levels. Some of them have already developed into home-grown school feeding programmes. Observing this rapid expansion of school feeding programmes on the continent, the AU, guided by its Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology intensified its support to member states in the design and implementation of national, innovative and home-grown school feeding (HGSF) programmes. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/94977 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/89110 Title: African Space Strategy : Towards Social, Political and Economic Integration Authors: African Union Commission Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI) Abstract: Africa is facing serious challenges in ensuring adequate provision of basic necessities, such as food, shelter, a clean and healthy environment, and proper education, for its growing population. Howbeit, Africa is slowly awakening to the benefits that space science and technology provides in addressing these challenges. If Africa is to leapfrog towards An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena, then bold steps must be taken towards building the indigenous capability and skills required for self-sufficiency and sustained progress. Many of the technological developments required to address the multitude of socio-economic challenges holding this continent back cannot be outsourced. Africa has significant potential for growth compared to the developed world, and this potential should be used to create a prosperous future for all. The commitments and investments we make now will set future generations free if we show real political, economic and social ambition. The convenient lifestyle and high standard of living in the developed world are supported by the instant access to information and space-based applications, such as instantaneous television coverage and navigation services. Even the provision of basic commodities such as food and energy resources is facilitated by space-based technology. In addition, space-based solutions are necessary for the effective management of resources such as water, forests, marine ecosystems and agriculture. Given this reality, it is inconceivable that so many of Africa's space-derived services and products are outsourced. This strategy has been developed to advance an indigenous space sector and provides direction for a formal African space programme. Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/89110 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/89109 Title: African Space Policy: Towards Social, Political and Economic Integration Authors: African Union Commission Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI) Abstract: Africa’s Aspirations for the upcoming 50 years and as stated in the Agenda 2063 reflect Africans’ desire for shared prosperity and well-being, for unity and integration, and for a continent of free citizens and expanded horizons, where the full potential of women and youth, boys and girls are realized, and with freedom from fear, disease and want. Realizing the seven aspirations of the Agenda 2063 requires focus on addressing Africa’s current development issues and challenges specifically with respect to its economic pillars that are agriculture, natural and water resources, energy, blue economy and digital infrastructure. Moreover in Africa, we continue to be confronted with challenges of climate change and variability, natural and anthropogenic disasters and environmental degradation, which have negatively impacted agricultural production, economic productivity and socio-economic infrastructures. These and other pressing realities facing the continent prompted the African Union to formulate the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy (STISA 2024), which is an important intervention for using science, technology and innovation to respond to the key priorities of the continent and realize Africa’s aspirations. On January 31, 2016, the African Union Heads of State and Government adopted the first African Space Policy and Strategy as one of the key mechanisms for implementing STISA 2024. It is clear that space science and technology is an important tool for ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and the creation of high-technology industrial sectors. Furthermore, it makes a considerable contribution to the creation of enabling environments for addressing a wide range of pressing challenges, including the need to create jobs, reduce poverty, manage resources sustainably, and develop rural areas. A formal space sector will assist Africa to realise the vision of a peaceful, integrated, and prosperous continent. It therefore gives me great pleasure to introduce the African Space Policy, which is the first in a set of instruments that will help us to formalise Africa’s space programme. This policy provides the guiding principles for a sustainable and fully effective space programme that will serve the needs of the African continent. Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/89109 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/78394 Title: SECOND ORDINARY SESSION FOR THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (STC-EST) 21th -23rd October 2017, CAIRO, EGYPT Abstract: The Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology, presented the progress report on the implementation of STISA-2024, the status and operationalization of the Pan African institutions i.e. Pan African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO) and African Scientific, Technical Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC), the African Union Research grant, African union Kwame Nkrumah Science awards and the EU-Africa cooperation in STI Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://akb.au.int/handle/AKB/78394 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z