The Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) is a coalition of national science academies across Africa, established in December 2001. It serves as a platform for collaboration on scientific challenges, policy advice, and advancing research relevant to the continent. NASAC promotes evidence-based decision-making, training, and joint statements on issues like health, environment, and sustainable development. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, it has grown to include 32 member academies and 7 affiliate members.
Member academies are:
African Academy of Sciences
Académie Algérienne des Sciences et Technologies
Académie Nationale des Sciences, Arts et Lettres du Benin
Botswana Academy of Sciences
L’Académie Nationale des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres du Burkina Faso
Burundi Academy of Sciences and Technology
Cameroon Academy of Sciences
Académie Nationale des Sciences et Technologies du Congo
Congolese Academy of Sciences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
Kingdom of Eswatini Academy of Sciences
Ethiopian Academy of Sciences
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Académie des Sciences de Guinée
Kenya National Academy of Sciences
Madagascar's National Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences
Académie des Sciences du Mali
Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology
Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Morocco
Academy of Sciences of Mozambique
Nigerian Academy of Science
Rwanda Academy of Sciences
l'Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal
Academy of Science of South Africa
Sudanese National Academy of Sciences
Tanzania Academy of Sciences
Académie Nationale Des Sciences, Arts Et Lettres Du Togo
Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
Uganda National Academy of Sciences
Zambia Academy of Sciences
Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences
L’Académie des Sciences, des Arts, des Cultures d’Afrique et des Diasporas Africaines
Statement on climate change
In 2007, the Network of African Science Academies submitted a joint “statement on sustainability, energy efficiency, and climate change” to the leaders meeting at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.
“A consensus, based on current evidence, now exists within the global scientific community that human activities are the main source of climate change and that the burning of fossil fuels is largely responsible for driving this change.”