Science and innovation can help Africa thrive in coming decades, says Janneh

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Science, knowledge and innovation can help Africa survive the global financial crisis and thrive in the coming decades, United Nations Under Secretary-General and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, said in Addis Ababa today. In a closing remark at the end of the first session of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST-1), Mr. Janneh said Africa had the opportunity “to invest out of the crisis by delivering quality education, research, innovation, and addressing sustainability problems such as the enabling environment and investment in frontier science and new technologies”.