| ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States |
| AISI |
African Information Society Initiative |
| AMCOST |
African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology |
| AOSTI |
African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation |
| ARAPKE |
African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy |
| ASTII |
African Science Technology and Innovation Indicators |
| AU / AUC |
African Union / African Union Commission |
| CEN-SAD |
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States |
| COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| CORDIS |
Community Research and Development Information Center |
| CPA |
Consolidated Plan of Action |
| DG DEVCO (EuropeAid) |
Directorate General for Development and Cooperation |
| DG Connect |
Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (ex DG INFSO: Directorate General Information Society and Media) |
| DG RESEARCH (RTD) |
Directorate General for Research and Innovation |
| EAC |
East African Community |
| ECCAS |
Economic Community of Central African States |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Commission of West African States |
| EU / EC |
European Union / European Commission |
| Euromed |
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership |
| EuropeAid |
EuropeAid Cooperation Office |
| FP6 |
6th Framework Programme for Research and Development |
| FP7 |
7th Framework Programme for Research and Development (2007-2013) |
| Horizon 2020 |
The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) |
| ICT |
Information Communication Technologies |
| IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| JAES |
Joint Africa-EU Strategy |
| JEG8 |
Joint Expert Group on P8 (EU-Africa Partnership 8: Science, Information, Society and Space) |
| JSAP |
Joint Strategy and Action Plan |
| MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MS |
Member States |
| NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NREN |
National Research and Education Network |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PPP |
Public-Private Partnership |
| R&D |
Research and Developement |
| REA |
Research Executive Agency |
| RECs |
Regional Economic Communities |
| SADC |
Southern Africa Development Community |
| S&T |
Science and Technology |
| SMEs |
Small & Medium Enterprises |
| STI |
Science Technology Indicators |
| UMA |
Union du Maghreb Arabe |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
| UNECA |
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
