The statement of the Council of Ministers held on Thursday at Palace of the Republic announces that the Head of State, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye asked the government to proceed with the establishment of a Fund national center for research and innovation development.

The National Research Development Fund and Innovation will aim to “strengthen structures national research institutions and engineering schools, in order to train leading researchers and engineers and to have human capital endogenous”. Bassirou Diomaye Faye insisted on “the imperative of develop courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), with a particular emphasis on fundamental digital literacy and the possibilities of artificial intelligence.”