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The African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications (ASP) is a biennial school in Africa. It is based on the observation that fundamental physics provides excellent motivation for students of science. The aim of the school is to build capacity to harvest, interpret, and exploit the results of current and future physics experiments and to increase proficiency in related applications. The participating students are selected from all over Africa. The school also offers a workshop to train high school teachers, an outreach to motivate high school pupils and a physics conference to support a broader participation of African research faculties. ASP was started in 2010, but has since evolved to be much more than a school—it has grown to become a program of continuous activities with directed ethos towards physics as an engine for development in Africa. In this talk, we will present the school and discuss strategies to make it sustainable.
