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Nature 445, 356-358 (25 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445356a; Published online 24 January 2007

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Science in Africa: All eyes on Addis

Michael Cherry1

  1. Michael Cherry is Nature's contributing correspondent in South Africa.

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Next week, African leaders will come together to talk about science and technology at a summit in Ethiopia. This presents an opportunity to allot some foreign aid and, if they get it right, to launch projects that will draw further donations from abroad, says Michael Cherry.

If asked to name Africa's highest priorities, most people would cite poverty, disease and conflict, not science and technology. But at next week's summit of African leaders in the ancient Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, science and technology research for African development is top of the agenda.