"African Ministers of Science and Technology met at their fourth Ministerial Session on 10 March 2010, in Cairo, Egypt ... Prof. Erdelen said due to the fact that African countries continue to move towards an open market system and depend on their own natural resources as a means of economic development, the importance of scientific research for the accumulation and use of the best scientific information for the strategic management and sustainable utilization of resources is important." (Quoted from article)