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Gambia ambassador urges financing, digital infrastructure and South‑South cooperation to make science inclusive
Summary
Ambassador Lamine Babadiba of The Gambia closed Science Day with a call for increased investment in research capacity, digital infrastructure, and South‑South cooperation to ensure developing countries co‑create science and benefit from AI and other technologies.
In closing remarks, Lamine Babadiba, Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations, urged stronger investment in science, technology and innovation (STI) in developing countries and argued that science must be inclusive and grounded in communities’ lived experience.
“Science must be more than a driver of innovation. It must become a catalyst of justice, equity, and transformative change,” Ambassador Babadiba said, calling for expanded…
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