South Africa’s (SA) Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says the African continent must change the way it engages with itself and the rest of the world when it comes to science, technology and innovation.
Nzimande was delivering his department’s budget vote in Parliament.
He has tabled a budget of more than R10 billion ($600 million)
Nzimande says it will be spent to advance science, technology and innovation.
“Africa must change the way it engages with itself and the rest of the world. One of the critical tasks in this respect is the building of what we call a sovereign research and development agenda. By this we mean research and development agenda that is designed, funded and led by Africans. To make this call is not to reject international funding and partnership funding but to advocate for sovereign support that is underpinned by equity and fairness and doesn’t replace domestic and continental investment and innovation in future.”
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