ABOUT
Who We Are
The mission of African Innovation Alliance (AfIA) is to advance the development of local technological innovations across Africa We provide entrepreneurs, researchers, students and established organizations access to existing space-technologies which can be adapted and transformed into commercial products and solutions
support the development of local technological innovations by providing access to
harness the benefits and locates engages the intellectual, technological, financial and commercial capacity in support of economic and social development. The African continent imports technologies due to its inability to source it locally.
African Innovation Alliance's vision is to and competitive to technology imports
Africa's reliance on technology imports not only inhibits local technological development efforts in the continent but contributes to the underdevelopment of economies.
We are eregizing our efforts to build a strong indigenous scieifitic and modern technological development capacbility that can guarantee some degree of self-relaince in technological matters, in hope of stimulating rapid and internally stimulated development of the African economy.
Conceived in 2018, AfIA is energizing collaborations among space-tech companies, entrepreneurs and educators to create local African-based communities . AfIA is dedicated to providing
offers African entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, businesses the opportunity to access leading space-science technologies . As an
Technology plays an important role in development because as a resource it has the capacity to provide economic growth
Our vision
AfIA's vision is to spur the creation and expansion of innovative technologies. so tat African's have the capabilities to generate technologies so that the contient becomes less reliant on technology importation
enable Africa to become a generator of adaptive technologies, where the development of the continent is pushed and enabled through locally designed, adaptive technoloogies and we invest in our own innovation nework on
by a group driven to
by members of the UK-Ghanaian diaspora.
Our belief that many of the developmental challenges facing Africa can be solved by engaging space-science technologies and its applications in novel and innovative ways has led us to develop two core initativ
Our Mission
To enable needs-based innovation and the utilization of space-based technologies and their applications across the African continent by:
Fostering the creation of an entrepreneurship ecosystem engaged with leading space-related organizations in Europe, Asia and USA
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Advancing STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) through the development of an education hub and a network of programs tailored for primary through to higher education
For generations the African continent lacked access to the appropriate resources, technology, education and knowledge capabilities needed to improve and make this a reality.
Where We Are
We are headquartered in Accra, Ghana —coined the gateway to Africa—and one of the fastest growing African economies (2017-2018) according to the I.M.F.
We are in the process of establishing offices in the USA and London (UK), so that we can engage closely with our partners and build sustainable relationships. We are developing a collaborative network linking partner organisations, knowledge specialists, and the African diaspora with students, entrepreneurs, academics and enthusiasts across the African continent.