ANSTI recognizes that highly qualified staff are very necessary for effective collaboration in research and development. Thus, it has several activities aimed at providing training and additional experience outside the scholars home institution. The various elements of the training programme include:

(a) Post-graduate Fellowships in ANSTI Institutions
In recent years ANSTI has sponsored over two hundred (200) first degree holders from various African countries to study for the postgraduate degrees in ANSTI member institutions. The sponsorships cover all expenses including university fees, travel expenses and subsistence.

(b) Visiting (Staff exchange) Fellowships
Each year about 5 or 8 academic staff members of ANSTI institutions are awarded grants to enable them to teach and do research in another ANSTI institution. This activity further enforces the collaborative objective of ANSTI.

(c) Short term training Fellowships
ANSTI also supports the participation of both academic and technical staff in short courses which it organizes. Such courses serve to continuously update the knowledge and skills of serving staff members of ANSTI institutions. Over the years nearly three hundred and thirty (330) ANSTI institution members have participated in different training programmes under full or partial sponsorship of the Network.

(d) Institutional Development
ANSTI has also tried to establish centres of excellence within the network. These centres can be called upon to organize its different training activities. Host institutions of training programmes (specially those for the postgraduate degree courses) are usually assisted in developing their capabilities for organizing and running the courses. To-date nearly US$300,000 Dollars of equipment, books and journals have been made available to ten (10) ANSTI institutions.