The objective of this project is to strengthen capacities of national Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policymakers and other stakeholders in selected developing countries in Africa in designing and implementing policies that support the learning, diffusion and adoption of technologies in the energy and agricultural sectors and help build resilience to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and future health emergencies. The main problem that this project addresses in target countries is the lack of capabilities to understand the socioeconomic and environmental implications of new and emerging technologies in the energy and agricultural sectors so that their benefits can be harnessed and their potentially negative effects minimized. The project will support STI policy makers and other stakeholders in target countries in Africa to design and implement a technology assessment exercise in the energy and agricultural sectors, and to take action to utilize technologies as catalysts for sustainable development. Enhanced capacity would be demonstrated by having identified and characterized the relevant technological trends and associated socio-economic and environmental implications in the area of energy and/or agriculture, as well as having an action plan for these technological sectors in each target country defined and adopted by various stakeholders. UNCTAD will serve as the lead entity involved in project implementation with substantive and logistical support from UNEP, FAO, UNECA, and UNDP.