Country
Ethiopia

Owner / Lead
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

Initiative
IST-Africa

Highlights
Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC), and co-funded under Horizon 2020 (Contract 723240) IST-Africa is a strategic collaboration between IIMC (Ireland) and Ministries and National Councils responsible for Innovation, Science and Technology adoption, policy and research in 18 African Countries. | IST-Africa facilitates and supports: - Strategic engagement with Africa focused on International Research, Innovation and Policy Cooperation | - Knowledge sharing, capacity building and skills transfer between IST-Africa Partner Countries | Collaborative Open Innovation, ICT-enabled Entrepreneurship (including Social Entrepreneurship) and Global Development (including ICT4D) - Africa - EU Strategic Partnership (ICT-enabled Research and Innovation supporting Sustainable Development) | Ethiopia | Kenya | Tanzania | Uganda are all members.

Key Date(s)
2002

Website
http://www.ist-africa.org/home/default.asp