Description
Scientific and technological achievements have become commonplace. As remarkable as these achievements are for other regions of the world, enormous challenges and opportunities remain to be addressed in Africa. Although vital for development, Africa’s science, innovation, education and research infrastructure, particularly in fields such as Fundamental and Applied Physics, has been over the years under-valued and under-resourced. The vision is that Africa should take its equal place as a co-leader in the global scientific process, along with all the social-economic benefits thereto. The necessity of initiating ASFAP has become essential for Africa, hence our ambition and motivation to jump-start this process.
https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/
The first edition of the ASFAP process is nearing completion.
The Open Symposium on African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP), November 17-21, 2025
Presentation of the advanced draft of the ASFAP report to the international communities for feedback.
For details, please see the agenda: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1541442/
Report of the Light Source WG and chapter of the ASFAP report.
Report of the Compact Light Sources WG and chapter of the ASFAP report.
Report of the Condensed Matter & Materials Physics WG and chapter of the ASFAP report.
Report of the Biophysics WG and chapter of the ASFAP report.
Report of the Atomic & Molecular Physics WG and chapter of the ASFAP report
Summary of recommendations of the ASFAP report as they relate to light sources.
