2003年，非盟和非洲开发新合作计划（New Partnership for Africa’s Development）开始实施一项洲际战略 “开发和运用科学和技术推动非洲社会经济转型、促使其融入世界经济。
In 2003, the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development began implementing a continent-wide strategy “to develop and use science and technology for the socioeconomic transformation of the continent and its integration into the world economy.”