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The guiding theme of GSS 2023 is that scientific discoveries, by themselves, will not help countries achieve the SDGs unless countries in Africa and other emerging regions strengthen their capacity to translate results in the lab into tangible results on the ground. African Development Bank President Adesina said it best when he remarked, “Technologies to achieve Africa’s green revolution exist. For the most part, they are all just sitting on the shelves.” GSS 2023 asks "why are these game changing technologies sitting on the shelves and how can Africa leverage the Diaspora, youth, engineering know-how, the private sector, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to transfer these technologies from the shelves of research laboratories to farmers in the field, factories in the cities, processing plants that add value to basic commodities, and urban and rural consumers still lacking reliable and affordable access to water, power, sanitation, health care, and other basic services."
GSS 2023 answers these questions through case studies presented by thoughtful doers and was explicitly designed to complement the discussions at The 1st STI in Africa Day which also convened at the margins of the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs.
The guiding theme of GSS 2023 is that scientific discoveries, by themselves, will not help countries achieve the SDGs unless countries in Africa and other emerging regions strengthen their capacity to translate results in the lab into tangible results on the ground. African Development Bank President Adesina said it best when he remarked, “Technologies to achieve Africa’s green revolution exist. For the most part, they are all just sitting on the shelves.” GSS 2023 asks "why are these game changing technologies sitting on the shelves and how can Africa leverage the Diaspora, youth, engineering know-how, the private sector, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to transfer these technologies from the shelves of research laboratories to farmers in the field, factories in the cities, processing plants that add value to basic commodities, and urban and rural consumers still lacking reliable and affordable access to water, power, sanitation, health care, and other basic services."
GSS 2023 answers these questions through case studies presented by thoughtful doers and was explicitly designed to complement the discussions at The 1st STI in Africa Day which also convened at the margins of the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs.
GSS 2023 SYNTHESIS AND SUMMARY