Lise Korsten (left) and Peggy Oti-Boateng are steering the African Academy of Sciences’ new strategy. Credit: AAS Kenya “We have a renewed mission,” the executive director of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Peggy Oti-Boateng, proudly declared at the launch of the academy’s strategic plan on 29 February. “In our previous mission, we were leveraging our resources, but now we want to leverage science, technology and innovation for sustainable development on the continent....