The commander of U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley alongside the Ambassador of the United States to Gabon, Ambassador Vernelle FitzPatrick, began discussions on strategic efforts to further stability and prosperity in the region by observing how a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program in Gabon – ACTE Academy – is growing its youth to be leaders and innovative thinkers to one day combat challenges that yield instability during a visit on Nov. 4 in Libreville, Gabon.
“The youth here are using their talents, curiosity, and intellectual curiosity to explore new horizons,” Langley stated. “What they discover here will benefit populations across Gabon for many years to come.”
Since its founding in 2005, ACTE Academy’s vision of “an Africa where scientific and technological innovations play a central role in the process of economic development and social fulfillment” was demonstrated through numerous project demonstrations.
For Langley, observing the children, from six to 12 years old, work on projects that encouraged ‘out of the box’ thinking when integrating multidisciplinary approaches of artificial intelligence and remote control in projects was quite impressive.
“We know that globally, science, technology, engineering, and math will take the world into new heights of capability - solving some of the challenges we have on this earth,” said Langley.
As a command responsible for taking a three-dimensional approach to employ broad-reaching efforts to foster partnerships and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity, this visit underpinned the endless possibilities that stem from such actions.
U.S. Africa Command, one of 11 U.S. Department of Defense combatant commands, is responsible for employing broad-reaching diplomacy, development, and defense approaches to foster partnership efforts to promote regional security, stability, and prosperity. U.S. AFRICOM’s area of responsibility consists of 53 African states, more than 800 ethnic groups, over 1,000 languages, vast natural resources, a land mass that is three-and-a-half times the size of the U.S., and nearly 19,000 miles of coastland. Working alongside its partners, AFRICOM counters transnational threats and malign actors, strengthens security forces and responds to crises.
Date Taken: | 11.18.2024 |
Date Posted: | 11.25.2024 06:34 |
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