{"id":8681,"date":"2022-01-16T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T10:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/science-tech-and-innovation-key-for-ldcs-setipa"},"modified":"2022-01-16T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:02:53","slug":"science-tech-and-innovation-key-for-ldcs-setipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/science-tech-and-innovation-key-for-ldcs-setipa","title":{"rendered":"Science, tech and innovation key for LDCs: Setipa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Science, technology and innovation are critical tools of transformation for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) like Lesotho, Joshua Setipa, Managing Director for the UN Technology Bank has said.<\/p>\n<p>Setipa, who is a Mosotho national, is a former cabinet minister in His Majesty King Letsie III\u2019s government, was addressing a special session of the UN Technology Bank Virtually today. The session was an Africa Regional Review meeting in preparation for the 5th UN Conference on LDCs to be held in Doha, Qatar in January next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Science, technology and innovation are critical tools of transformation for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) like Lesotho, Joshua Setipa, Managing Director for the UN Technology Bank has said. 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