Vice Presidency for Science and Technology Leads Development of Technological Cooperation Between Iran and Senegal

In a meeting between Iran's ambassador to Senegal and the head of the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Development Organization, emphasis was placed on developing exports of knowledge-based products.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, quoted by the Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, this meeting was an opportunity to examine the capacities of artificial intelligence and technological infrastructures for the development of economic and technological cooperation between the two countries.

Rouzbeh stated that Senegal is the gateway to Africa and stated: Iran's knowledge-based companies, having international standards, have the ability to produce at a competitive cost and quality on par with global competitors.

Referring to the capacity of more than 11,000 Iranian knowledge-based companies, he made several proposals for the development of cooperation, which included supporting the holding of the National Day (22nd of Bahman) technological exhibition, providing technological content for the Senegalese media, joint production in the fields of agriculture, medicine, energy and petrochemicals, transferring the technical know-how of agricultural drone production, and also helping to create science towns and innovation houses in Senegal.

The head of the Organization for the Development of International Scientific and Technological Cooperation also emphasized the readiness for policy making in the field of scholarships for Senegalese students, hosting the country's technical delegations to visit the technological infrastructures in Iran's Technology and Innovation House (IHIT).

In the continuation of this meeting, Hamid Muradkhani, Iran's Ambassador to Senegal, while welcoming these proposals, demanded the active presence of the Scientific Vice-Chancellor and Cooperation Development Organization in the Iran-Africa Joint Commission. He considered the transfer of technology and education as the key axes of the interaction between the two countries, and emphasizing the importance of elite networking and cooperation in the fields of oil and energy, he announced the finalization of a memorandum of understanding, which is to be presented during the visit of the Senegalese delegation to Iran in January of this year.