Core curriculum

• African and diaspora scientists and inventors and their contribution to technical and technological development (choice of ancient or contemporary periods)
• African mathematics in ancient times
• African architecture, geometry and algebra in ancient times (case examples: Egypt, Carthage, Mali, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Benin City, etc.)
• Physics and chemistry in ancient Africa
• The principle of technology transfer and its impact on development and innovation in African countries
• The deep-rooted sources of African ancestral medicine and contemporary innovation (the pharmaceutical industry, endogenous healing methods and the economic challenges of public health)
• Nature and its fruits (the land, fishing resources, etc.) in the lives of African peoples before foreign penetration: conservation techniques and methods
• The challenges of virtual technologies in Africa’s development strategy

Miscellaneous engineering: state-of-the-art in African countries, new inventions and inter – African synergy in the following fields (by way of example):

• Information technology
• Transport (road, sea, air)
• Automotive industry
• Railway industry
• Shipbuilding
• Aeronautics industry
• Armaments industry
• Communications industry
• Mining industry
• Medical industry
• Food industry
• Clothing industry
• Solar energy and its future
• Fossil fuels and their future
• Alternative sustainable energy sources