Email
info@afrismat.africa
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 8AM - 4PM
Brief background:
Africa is home to extensive amounts of the world’s critical materials essential to the global clean energy, manufacturing, and digital technology transitions. However, the continent faces a significant shortage of skilled professionals able to transform this natural wealth into inclusive industrial growth. The Africa School of Materials will address this gap through a mutually beneficial, bold, strategic partnership focused on training, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
- Pan-African and Global Reach: Rooted in Africa, connected to the world.
- Multidisciplinary Approach: Science, engineering, digital technologies, and policy.
- Innovation Pipeline: From lab to industry to entrepreneurship.
- Inclusive and Future-Driven: Focused on equitable participation and long-term resilience.
- To train 100,000 African students, researchers, applied scientists, and industry leaders in material science and allied disciplines by 2035.
- To strengthen pan-African collaboration through research, mobility, talent exchange, and co-development of industrial solutions.
- To establish Africa led material science-based innovation ecosystems that contribute simultaneously to local technology led industrial economies and global science and.
- To integrate digital technologies and circular manufacturing into Africa’s industrial transformation
- Talent Development and Capacity Building: Training pipeline from undergrad to industry.
- Continental Collaboration: Networks and mobility across Africa, EU, and global partners.
- Research led Innovation: Green tech, critical materials, AI, additive manufacturing.
- Industry Integration and Future-Ready Curriculum: Co-designed Material Sciences programs for Industry 4.0/5.0.
- Entrepreneurship: Incubators, accelerators, funding for science-driven ventures.
- Infrastructure and Open Science: Smart labs, digital platforms, equitable access to knowledge.
- Policy, Ethics and Social Impact: Ensuring sustainability, inclusion, and just industrial growth.
- Youth Dividend: Africa’s youth bulge (> 400 million) represents a unique opportunity to build the world’s largest talent base in materials science and engineering.
- Resource Advantage: Africa holds approximately 40% of global critical raw materials.
- Global Need: Secure and ethical supply chains for clean energy and digital industries.
- Industrial Transformation: With digital tools and smart training, Africa can build a technology led, inclusive current and future industrial economy.
- Sustainability Imperative: AfriSMAT positions Africa as a leader in material science training, circular manufacturing, digital industrial and innovation led entrepreneurship.
- Pan-African and Global Reach: Rooted in Africa, connected to the world.
- Multidisciplinary Approach: Science, engineering, digital technologies, and policy.
- Innovation Pipeline: From lab to industry to entrepreneurship.
- Inclusive and Future-Driven: Focused on equitable participation and long-term resilience.
