| Abstract: | Delay in coping with overdue technological change is considered one of the primary causes of the present African crisis. Full African recovery appears contingent upon the design and implementation of policies and plans to anticipate, supply and manage technological necessities. Although there is some understanding of the deficiencies in science and technology supplies, not much has been done to stimulate local demand, which appears crucial to the installation of practical—and, consequently, adequately supported—science and technology infrastructures. Excessive dependency on outside technological competence has impeded Africa's creativity and innovativeness, which are indispensable to rural progress, increased food production, and overall, self-sustained development. Curtailment of dependency necessitates the reduction of poverty, the increase of technological sagacity, and the growth of African collective self-reliance, which are difficult to achieve without independent scientific and technological decisions and purposeful guidance of technical change. |
