Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

The NM-AIST African Grand Challenge is the first ever African Challenge that was initiated, for Africans by Africans to stimulate and catalyze innovations. The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha is one in a network of Pan-African Institutions of Science and Technology located across Sub-Saharan African (SSA). These institutions, which are the proud brainchild of the late Nelson Mandela, envision training and developing the next generation of African scientists and engineers with a view to impacting profoundly on the continent’s development through the application of Science, Engineering and Technology and Innovation (SETI).