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The need to establish an African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC) dates back to the First African Congress for Scientific Research, Technology and Drug Industry that was held in Cairo 13 – 15 December 2004, and culminated in the 2005 Sirte Executive Council decision EX/CL/Dec.216 (VII), requesting the Commission to study the matter. The African Ministerial Conference in charge of Science and Technology (AMCOST V) in Congo, Brazzaville in April, 2014 reviewed the Statutes of ASRIC, which was then adopted by the Executive Council trough decision (EX.CL/Dec.747 (XXII)), thereby paving the way to establish and operationalize ASRIC.

The governance of the ASRIC consists of a Congress with a Bureau; a Scientific Committee; and a Secretariat. Establishment of ASRIC is a direct implementation of a decision of the AU policy organs. With the establishment of ASRIC, the continent has a pan-African platform that serves as a voice for the African research community and allows African scientists to be directly involved in research policy and programming process and widen the spread of research in all sectors of development and knowledge generation. ASRIC not only brings together the scientific community, but also the funding agencies, the private sector, Civil Society, Entrepreneurs and business leaders and other stakeholders.

The need to establish an African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC) dates back to the First African Congress for Scientific Research, Technology and Drug Industry that was held in Cairo 13 – 15 December 2004, and culminated in the 2005 Sirte Executive Council decision EX/CL/Dec.216 (VII), requesting the Commission to study the matter. The African Ministerial Conference in charge of Science and Technology (AMCOST V) in Congo, Brazzaville in April, 2014 reviewed the Statutes of ASRIC, which was then adopted by the Executive Council trough decision (EX.CL/Dec.747 (XXII)), thereby paving the way to establish and operationalize ASRIC.

The governance of the ASRIC consists of a Congress with a Bureau; a Scientific Committee; and a Secretariat. Establishment of ASRIC is a direct implementation of a decision of the AU policy organs. With the establishment of ASRIC, the continent has a pan-African platform that serves as a voice for the African research community and allows African scientists to be directly involved in research policy and programming process and widen the spread of research in all sectors of development and knowledge generation. ASRIC not only brings together the scientific community, but also the funding agencies, the private sector, Civil Society, Entrepreneurs and business leaders and other stakeholders.

The secretariat of the African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council is based in Abuja, Nigeria