Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK Science and Innovation Network in Africa.
In Africa, the Science and Innovation Network has delivered a refreshed UK-South Africa science and tech cooperation through an MoU signed during the State visit last November. In March 2023 we agreed an action plan to realise mutual objectives of the UK and South Africa including cooperation in space, health, environment, and energy. At the Kenya Innovation Week in December 2022, the UK was awarded the Innovation Development Partner of the Year award, recognising our long-term, strategic engagement with the Kenyan Government on science and innovation, including the development of a digital platform connecting young tech talent to businesses and government.