Vision:
AAS aims to be the engine for driving scientific and technological development in Africa.

Mission:
Deriving from the mandate, the AAS mission is to serve, first, as an honorific society with the primary function of honouring African science and technology achievers and, second, as a developmentoriented mobilizer of the entire African science and technology community with the fundamental role of facilitating the development of scientific and technological capacity for science-led development in Africa, promoting excellence and relevance in doing so.

Objectives:
The main objectives of the Academy, as stated in its constitution, are to:-

-Promote and foster the growth of the scientific community in Africa by recognizing, supporting and enhancing excellence in the scientific research undertaken by African scientists;
-Stimulate and nurture the spirit of scientific discovery and technological innovation in Africa in order to promote socioeconomic development through research and development;
-Promote collaboration among African scientists and between them and the world scientific community in order to facilitate regional integration and to serve the cause of global peace and security;
-Facilitate, coordinate and undertake the publication and dissemination of scientific and technological achievements in Africa;
-Improve Africa’s capacity for management of research, development and public policy by bridging the gaps among natural, applied and social scientists, the productive sector and the government;
-To provide information on, and support for, public awareness and understanding of science and technology, and to promote the development of a science culture in Africa.

Goals:
The overall goals of AAS are to strengthen science and technology capacity, to mobilize science and technology resources in the continent and among the African diaspora, to stimulate problem-solving research and development in the pivotal areas of the continent’s development, and to market the Academy’s activities widely for greater impact on African social development and economic growth.