ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION DES UNIVERSITÉS AFRICAINES

CONFERENCE OF RECTORS, VICE- CHANCELLORS AND PRESIDENTS OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

COREVIP

THEME “INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA”

June 2 – 5, 2015

Kigali, Rwanda

Conference Report

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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 3 Background ...... 6 Objectives of the Conference ...... 6 Opening Ceremony ...... 7 Conference Sub-Themes ...... 8 Highlights of Presentations ...... 10 Implementation of AAU Core Programme and New Strategic Plan ...... 10 Keynote Presentations ...... 10 European Union and African Union Commission Special Session ...... 11 Harmonisation and Quality ...... 11 Mobility and Transferability of Credits ...... 12 New Modes of Teaching and Learning ...... 13 Curriculum Relevance and Employability ...... 13 Emerging Centres of Excellence ...... 14 Closing Session ...... 15 Appendixes ...... 16 Summaries of all paper presentations ...... 16 Conference program ...... 21 Communiqué ...... 28 Conference Feedback...... 33 List of Participants ...... 42

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction and Overview Higher education in Africa has an important role to play in progressing the continent’s ambitions. As the Association of African Universities (AAU) prepares to celebrate 50 years of serving higher education in Africa, in 2017, it becomes paramount for African Higher Education institutions and stakeholders to evaluate how well higher education has contributed to solving some of Africa’s most pressing challenges of poverty, food insecurity, conflict and poor governance.

The 18th Conference of Vice Chancellors, Presidents and Rectors (COREVIP) of African Universities was held in Kigali, Rwanda on 2 – 5 June 2015 and attracted over 250 participants from 30 African countries and 14 other countries across the world. COREVIP is one of the permanent organs of the AAU responsible for debating and taking concerted action to reinforce inter-university co-operation. It is held every two years in a selected member country. This year’s COREVIP was successfully co-hosted by the AAU and the Government of Rwanda. We are grateful for the financial and material support provided by the European Union, Sida, World Bank, African Development Bank, Carnegie Corporation, West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), Government of Rwanda and the University of Rwanda. The rich conference program was made up of plenary sessions, parallel sessions, special session and working group. The AAU’s convening power as the voice of higher education in Africa was re-affirmed when ninety-nine African Vice Chancellors, Presidents and Rectors joined a diverse cross-section of participants that included development partners, policy makers, heads of quality assurance agencies in Africa, various stakeholders in higher education in Africa, students and experts in ICT, teaching and research in higher education. High profile participants included the honourable Minister of Education of Rwanda, Professor Silas Lwakabamba, President of the AAU and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Professor Olusola Oyewole, Professor James McWha, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rwanda, Mr. Daniel Schaer, Chargé d’ Affaires who represented the European Union Ambassador to Rwanda and Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission.

Internationalization as a Strategy for Change in African Higher Education The conference theme – internationalization of higher education in Africa – inspired valuable debates and discussions that led to useful recommendations targeted at the AAU, African Universities, African Governments and the African Union Commission. Internationalisation has become an integral part of higher education in all parts of the world and is emerging as a major driving force for change in universities. African Universities stand to benefit if they develop policies and strategies to support internationalization in their campuses. Some of the benefits include student mobility, international research collaboration and exposing students to knowledge of international issues. The problem of insecurity in some campuses of African Universities needs to be satisfactorily addressed to promote internationalisation in the institutions.

Africa needs to review the model of receiving aid and consider sustainable strategies such as developing partnerships through internationalization. If African higher

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education systems were attractive, African Universities would be able to market themselves to facilitate internationalisation on the continent. Increased academic mobility and exchanges within African countries, between African countries and among the 5 African regions was also recognized by COREVIP as important. The highly engaging COREVIP sub-themes included the review of AAU core programmes, discussions on the joint Africa/EU Strategy, harmonization & quality, mobility & transferability of credits, new modes of teaching, curriculum relevance & employability and centres of excellence.

A Review of AAU Core Programmes The assessment of the implementation of AAU’s core programs indicated good progress. Changes in donor interests continue to impact on the continuity of AAU programmes. In order for the AAU to continue serving higher education in Africa effectively it requires multifaceted financing strategies and these include increasing the number of AAU members, seeking out African philanthropists, engaging African governments, using online crowd funding, building foundations, endowing prestigious chairs and nurturing donor relations. There were concerns on the non-engagement of North African universities in the Africa Centers of Excellence project, with recommendations for special attention to be paid to this by the AAU and the World Bank.

The joint Africa EU strategy The special session of the European Union (EU) and African Union Commission (AUC) discussed the Harmonisation and Tuning initiative and AUC’s other initiatives that hold potential for African higher education institutions. The Erasmus+ programme and Marie Curie actions offer funding and collaboration opportunities to African Universities and these must be considered when calls for participation are issued.

Harmonisation and Quality Globalisation, innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT), the emerging knowledge economy, the African Union 2063 agenda and national agendas are key driving factors of harmonization in Africa. In order for harmonization to thrive and mature we must respond to and address the issues of territoriality, political luke- warmness, linguistic diversity and funding support. External accreditation and quality assurance are no longer a choice to be made because higher education institutions are already and increasingly operating cross-border education – with faculty and students moving between countries.

Mobility and Transferability of Credits Credit transfers cannot be recognised when the curricula in African higher education institutions are not harmonized. Of major concern is that several African countries are unaware of the potential benefits in attracting international students. Harmonisation of curricula should be encouraged within countries and institutions and also elevated to regional and continental levels to facilitate academic mobility of staff and students and credit transfer. The proposed role of the African Union is to foster and facilitate continental higher education policies on internationalisation.

New Modes of Teaching and Learning Governments of African countries have a major role to play in providing adequate support to the development of open distance learning through the creation of an

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enabling environment. Learners of the 21st century prefer to learn from anywhere and at their convenience. Therefore ICT-mediated teaching, supported by devices and platforms that are prevalent globally today, holds a lot of promise for increasing access to quality education in Africa.

Curriculum Relevance and Employability Matching curricula to employer/industry needs requires the continuous engagement of the private sector, governments, other institutions of education from elsewhere and the current/past/future students. Following up on past students through tracer studies is recommended as a way of learning from the experience of alumni and using their challenges and reported skills gaps to inform the review of curricula.

Emerging Centres of Excellence The key goals of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) are to enable scientists to share their expertise by delivering high quality training and applied research that will ultimately contribute to addressing Africa’s developmental challenges. Innovative approaches for funding the CoEs and sustaining them are urgently needed. Suggestions of funding strategies include public investments, self-financing, market approaches, creation of specific financing facilities, formation of an Association of CoEs as an apex body to negotiate for funding and discretional funding linked to performance.

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Background

Africa, in particular, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), comprises some of the poorest nations of the world. It needs a strong higher education sector to assist in its rapid development. At the same time, Africa must be part of the global knowledge economy. The real challenge is to be able to develop a higher education sector that can assist the continent in reconciling two seemingly contradictory missions – to be locally relevant and globally attractive and competitive. Because of the limited resources available in many individual African countries, such objectives can best be achieved through collaboration and cooperation among the universities on the continent and also with others in other regions of the world so as to learn and benefit from their experiences.

It is in this context that the Association of African Universities (AAU) organized its 2015 Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents (COREVIP) under the theme “Internationalisation of Higher Education in Africa”. Internationalisation is now an integral part of higher education in all parts of the world and in many instances it is a major driving force for change in universities.

Internationalisation is, however, not new to African higher education. Indeed, it was through internationalisation that most African universities were created and developed prior to, and after independence, the majority of them being modelled on universities in countries of which they were former colonies. After decades of neglect and under- funding, African universities are now going through a major process of revitalisation.

But African universities have so far been grossly disadvantaged by the internationalisation of higher education in the north. Academic mobility is grossly skewed with very few foreign students coming to Africa, while outward student mobility from Africa is among the highest in the world. There has also been significant brain drain of academic staff to the north. And Africa has to cope with an invasion of cross-border higher education providers, in many cases of dubious quality.

African universities, therefore, need, to adopt new internationalisation strategies and to contextualise and prioritise their activities by giving preference to, among others, regional activities. They also need to collaborate with institutions in other developing regions, such as Asia and Latin America, which have similar development concerns and are developing innovative ways to address them. Similar collaborative arrangements should be extended to universities in Europe and North America. In a world that is inevitably globalised, working and collaborating with institutions in all parts of the world, on agreed terms, can only be enriching for the universities in Africa. Objectives of the Conference

The major objective of the Conference was to create a platform for debating how internationalisation could help to:

1. Promote quality higher education in Africa; 2. Promote mobility and credit transfer across Africa; 3. Improve relevance, learning outcomes, skills and competences, and graduate employability; and

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4. Promote new modes of teaching and learning (including e-Learning and Distance Learning).

Participants The Conference was attended by 99 Vice Chancellors. In total over 250 participants from 30 African countries & 14 other countries attended. Participants comprised; Heads of higher education institutions from African countries; Heads of Quality Assurance Agencies in Africa; Stakeholders in higher education in Africa; Experts in ICT, teaching and research in higher education, Development partners and Students.

Opening Ceremony

The Conference was declared open by the Honourable Minister of Education of Rwanda, Professor Silas Lwakabamba who welcomed participants on behalf of the government, to Rwanda. He expressed his country’s appreciation to AAU for holding the 2015 COREVIP in Rwanda, observing that Africa could only be relevant in the global higher education landscape through stronger higher education systems. Re- echoing the fact that internationalisation, which is now the driving force of higher education all over the world is a platform for change in higher education institutions, the Honourable Minsiter stressed that massification of education that is unmatched with necessary human and material resources would constitute a major hindrance to the development of education on the Continent. He advised African Universities to continue to collaborate with Western universities and among themselves to maximise the benefits of internationalisation.

In a welcome remark, the President of the Association of African Universities (AAU) and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Professor Olusola Oyewole, thanked the President and people of Rwanda for hosting 2015 COREVIP, adding that the presence of the universities and the development partners at the conference was indicative of the confidence in AAU’s role in higher education in Africa. He enumerated some of the benefits of internationalisation as quality assurance, academic mobility and credit transfer and assured that AAU would continue to draw the attention of higher education institutions on the continent to how they could improve to better serve the people.

Earlier, the Secretary General of AAU, Professor Etienne Ehouan Ehile had expressed appreciation to the Government of Rwanda, University of Rwanda, the Carnegie Mellon University, and the development partners for their support in hosting the Conference. Improving quality of education, according to him, is the most important investment governments could make. He said that the theme of the conference was apt as the world was becoming borderless, adding that internationalisation was throwing up opportunities for higher education institutions. He enjoined higher education institutions to embrace internationalisation to tap into each other’s rich experiences. The Secretary General announced that AAU would be celebrating its Golden jubilee at the next COREVIP and extended invitation to participants while soliciting their support to make the event a success. He thanked the Government of Ghana for providing office accommodation and premises for the Secretary General and for the support through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) to AUU to acquire its own premises.

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In his welcome remark, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rwanda thanked AAU for holding 2015 COREVIP in Rwanda. He said the University of Rwanda has 30,000 students with 14 campuses across Rwanda and that the University was building a strong research-base through its postgraduate studies. He added that the university would welcome proposals for joint research projects, joint teaching programmes and exchange of staff and students.

Mr. Daniel Schaer, Chargé d’ Affaires on behalf of the EU Ambassador to Rwanda, said that the European Union collaborates with the African Union and African Universities. He informed participants that EU has been investing in Education in Africa; adding that Harmonisation and the Tuning initiative had been very successful. He said the EU was happy for the opportunity to collaborate with AAU on the 2015 COREVIP.

Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, Commissioner for Human Resource, Science and Technology, African Union Commission, thanked all who had been working on the promotion of African higher education. He considered COREVIP as one of the most important meetings on the Continent as members of the academic world constitute the vehicle for inspiring national, regional and continental policies. He recalled some of the past gatherings on education and higher education spearheaded by the AUC and called on all stakeholders to recognise the role of higher education and to give it the appropriate attention. He advised participants not to neglect Technical and Vocational Education Training, but to support and give it the recognition it deserved.

Goodwill messages were delivered by the International Association of Universities, the World Bank, GUNI-Africa, Carnegie Mellon University of Rwanda and the Inter- University Council for East Africa.

The Conference observed a minute’s silence in honour of the students who died at the terror attack on Garissa University, Kenya and two late prominent members of AAU, Professor Russel Botman, Vice-President, AAU and Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University, and Professor Alexander Kwapong, first Ghanaian Vice- Chancellor, University of Ghana. Conference Sub-Themes

The Conference discussed internationalisation of higher education in Africa under the following five sub-themes: Harmonisation and Quality; Mobility and Transferability of Credits; New Modes of Teaching and Learning; Curriculum Relevance and Employability; and Emerging Centres of Excellence in Africa.

Harmonisation and Quality Harmonisation of higher education is the coordination of educational programmes with agreements to minimum academic standards and ensuring equivalency and comparability of qualifications between and within institutions and countries facilitate the promotion of quality and mobility of both staff and students. The African Union Commission (AUC), with the support of the European Union, has embarked on a process of developing a strategy for harmonising higher education in Africa to help foster cooperation among the institutions and facilitate academic and professional

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mobility. One element of the strategy is the promotion of Quality Assurance (QA) at national and institutional levels.

Several initiatives are being taken to harmonise and assure quality in higher education in Africa. The German Academic Exchange (DAAD) has provided support to the Inter- University Council of East Africa to harmonise and promote quality in the five countries of the East African community. The African Union is also actively promoting harmonisation and quality in African higher education through its African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM) in collaboration with the AAU.

Mobility and Transferability of Credits The importance of greater mobility of staff, students and professionals among African countries was underscored over three decades ago when the Regional Convention on the recognition of academic qualifications in African states, commonly known as the Arusha Convention, came into existence in 1981. In 2007, the Arusha Convention was revised in Addis Ababa to take into account the major changes that had taken place in higher education over the last three decades. The revised Arusha Convention (currently called Addis Convention), is now in the final process of approval by UNESCO and the African Union, to be signed by the African countries.

Africa may learn from the European experience known as the Bologna Process which has developed the European Credit Accommodation and Transfer system (ECTS) and the Diploma Supplement which facilitate credit transfer and attestation attached to qualifications among European countries and higher education institutions.

New Modes of Teaching and Learning The past couple of decades has seen rapid development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Africa, which has helped in widening the use of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and e-Learning in higher education. ODL in Africa is offered by two main types of higher education institutions: single mode dedicated ODL institutions, and dual mode universities (offering both face-to-face teaching and ODL).

Curriculum Relevance and Employability A common complaint from employers is that the curricula of programmes at universities do not take into account the needs of employers, which often leads to graduate unemployment. This is one of the reasons for developing the ‘Tuning Africa’ project initiated by the European Union to enhance degree compatibility, graduate mobility and employability and competitiveness in Africa.

Emerging Centres of Excellence in Africa Most individual African institutions and countries have limited resources – human, physical and financial – to undertake research, especially in fields of science and technology, to address some of the major common challenges facing the continent. One way of overcoming this challenge is through regional and continental collaboration, and this has led to the creation of centres of excellence (CoEs), supported by donor funding. The World Bank, in collaboration with AAU, has recently launched the creation of 19 competitively-selected African Centres of Excellence (ACEs) hosted by universities in West and Central Africa in areas of Science and Technology relevant to Africa’s development. It is now in the process of launching similar Centres in East and Southern Africa.

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Highlights of Presentations

The Conference proceeded in eleven Plenary, one Special Session and one Working Group – Parallel Sessions, during which a total of 40 reports and papers were presented. The presentations were followed by discussions during which the sub-themes of the conference were examined and far-reaching recommendations made.

Implementation of AAU Core Programme and New Strategic Plan

The Mid-term Review of the core AAU programmes which spanned 2 years since the 2013 Libreville Conference was to inform members about the activities of the Association within the last 2 years. There was an update on the ACE programme, which is a World Bank sponsored project focussing on West and Central Africa in the first phase and East and Southern Africa, the second. Universities in North Africa were not represented in the ACE programmes and that AAU was exploring ways to reach North Africa with its activities. The Board of AAU had identified areas that need special attention and may further spread the activities of the Association to neglected areas on the Continent. Benefits of AAU were targeted at higher education institutions that were in good standing with respect to being up-to-date with their financial obligation to the Association. Changes in donor interest impacts on the accomplishments of AAU programmes.

Recommendations on AAU Core Programme and New Strategic Plan

 AAU should develop strategies that would enable the Association to reach North African Universities;  The membership drive of AAU should be improved and that defaulting members should be made to redeem their financial commitment to the Association.  AAU should continue to partner with its donors and endow chairs from accomplished Africans to improve its funding;  AAU should focus on programmes on the Continent that are not receiving desired attention to facilitate the spread of its programme across the Continent.

Keynote Presentations

Impressive speakers took the stage to engage the conference attendees on the theme “internationalization in higher education”. Internationalisation is now an integral part of higher education in all parts of the world and in many instances, a major driving force for change in universities. Rwanda was committed to internationalisation had adopted a policy to transform the country into a knowledge-based economy through the pillars of access, quality and relevance. African Universities were disadvantaged in the area of internationalisation as there is continuous brain drain of Africans to developed economies. There was also an invasion of the African higher education space by dubious cross border education providers. Outstanding innovations were emerging from Africa, indicative of the fact that Africa had grown but has yet transformed as a number of the people live in poverty. Higher education in Africa had a, critical role to

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play, in advancing and shaping the Continent’s aspirations. All education was important but it was higher education that produces high level manpower professionals that drive the arts and the sciences. Internationalisation offered an avenue to pursue national developmental goals but it could only be delivered if it was shaped by coherent national, regional and continental policies. Internationalisation could help develop the quality of public institutions and increase the relevance of students to employers’ needs;

Key Recommendations Arising from key Note Presentations  African higher education institutions should provide quality education across the continent to attract international students, faculty and partners;  Higher education institutions should sign Memoranda of Understanding with their foreign partners that  The problem of insecurity on some campuses of African Universities should be adequately addressed to promote internationalisation in the institutions;  A safety audit of African higher education institutions should be carried out by national governments and the institutions;  The capacities of teachers should be improved to enable them to deliver their courses in such a way that would attract international students;  National Governments should adopt regulatory systems and policy frameworks that enable African Universities to exploit the potential of internationalisation.

European Union and African Union Commission Special Session The opportunities that Erasmus+ programme and Marie Curie actions offer to African Universities were discussed during this session. The European Union harmonisation and Tuning initiative (Arusha/Addis Ababa) Convention and AUC’s other initiatives hold immense potential for African higher education institutions.

Key Recommendations from EU and AUC Special Session

 Africa should move from the concept of receiving aid to developing partnership through internationalisation that would be beneficial to the Continent.  The Arusha Convention should not be replaced by Addis-Ababa Convention as it would distort history;  African Universities should make their higher education systems attractive and market themselves to facilitate internationalisation on the Continent;

Harmonisation and Quality

Emphasis was made by the various presenters that harmonisation would lead to improved internationalisation through staff and student mobility, resource sharing and partnerships and improved standards. The drivers of harmonisation include globalisation, developments in ICT, emerging knowledge economy, AU vision for Africa 2063, and national visions. Territoriality, political lukewarmness, linguistic diversity and funding support constitute hurdles to harmonisation in Africa. The issue of poor rating of harmonisation in Western (Anglophone) Africa and Northern Africa where the rating was not clear was raised. The GUNI Dream of harmonisation of higher education in Africa. Higher education institutions were increasingly operating cross- border education and faculty and students were moving between countries thus making external accreditation and quality assurance an imperative. East Africa was doing well

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in citation impacts and other regions in Africa could learn from these universities. In the northern and southern Africa universities, most of their collaborations were outside Africa, while in the middle and western Africa, most of the international collaborations were within Africa.

Key Recommendations from Harmonisation and Quality Theme  The scaling up of existing sub-regional good practices on the Continent needs to be prioritised;  Strong advocacy should be mounted on political actors to facilitate harmonisation in Africa;  Safety on campuses of African higher education institutions should be made a priority to boost internationalisation;  Special funding should be provided to support Africa’s internationalisation process in addition to reducing cost of tuition and services as well as more scholarships for international students;  AAU should design a checklist of progress on indicators of internationalisation and measure progress of African higher education institutions over the next two years;  AAU should publish a report on the rating of African higher education institutions on internationalisation which should be launched in 2017 as one of the activities to commemorate the Association’s golden jubilee.  African leaders should be committed to strengthening their national economies because the requirements for running an effective system of higher education that would bring about the much desired technological advancement and industrialisation were too enormous for fragile economies to bear;  Diverse partnerships and collaboration among key actors should be forged to overcome the challenges confronting the delivery of higher education in the ECOWAS region.

Mobility and Transferability of Credits

There is increased mobility and internationalisation across the world which is beneficial for the development of Higher Education Institutions. There are numerous higher education initiatives by other countries to promote internationalisation. Several African countries are unaware of the potential benefits in attracting international students. Some African Universities have policies for internationalisation, staff exchange, Centres for International Programmes, an Internship and Cultural Exchange Programmes and are members of international bodies. Many students from African Universities are unable to benefit from MOU’s with European and American Universities because of the high cost of travels and need for signed maintenance arrangements. Consequently the universities have resorted to intra-continental collaborations. It was stressed that credit transfer cannot be recognised when the curriculum is not harmonised. There are some African countries that already have harmonised curriculum for their universities which can facilitate national mobility and credit transfer. Open and Distance Learning was reported to be playing a major role in internationalisation.

Key Recommendations from Mobility and Transferability of Credits Theme  The African Union should foster and facilitate continental higher education policy on internationalisation.

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 African universities should be empowered by their Governments and the Private sector to sponsor student mobility;  Harmonisation of curriculum should be encouraged within countries and institutions and that this should be transmitted to regional and continental levels to facilitate academic mobility of staff and students and credit transfer;  AAU should focus on synergy within Africa higher education institution and should be empowered to move internationalisation to the desire level on the Continent;  Students’ choices are critical to promoting mobility – therefore African Universities should make themselves attractive to help students make informed choices;

New Modes of Teaching and Learning Presenters emphasised that the new modes of teaching and learning have the potential to improve the intended educational outcomes. Learners of the 21st century assimilate easily through ICT- mediated teaching, aided by devices and platforms that are common place globally today. The ODL mode of learning in Africa is already internationalised and was changing how education was resourced, accessed and qualified. Internationalisation is making virtual-based modes of instruction in higher education a reality.

Key Recommendations on New Modes of Teaching and Learning

 Conventional universities should begin to consider the dual mode by introducing ODL in their education delivery;  Governments of African countries should give adequate support to the development of ODL through the provision of facilities and an enabling environment;  ICT enabled teaching and learning should be improved in African higher education systems to promote internationalisation;  Institutions of higher learning should embark on vigorous staff development and retraining to bring faculty up-to-date with modern methods of teaching.  To ensure quality in the use of ODL, more funds should be put into the content of programmes by African governments collaborating with universities.

Curriculum Relevance and Employability Presenters in this session narrated research studies that they had conducted on the subject of curriculum relevance and employability. A match between employer needs and curriculum focus is needed if graduates are to be employable. Therefore higher education institutions need to integrate relevant skills such as critical thinking skills, communications skills, adaptability skills, creative and innovative skills, entrepreneurial skills and other soft skills to improve on the quality of graduates.

Key Recommendations on Curriculum Relevance and Employability  Universities must prioritise collaborating with industry/professional practitioners in the development of their curriculum to provide useful input regarding the skill set required to perform in the job market.

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 African Universities need to follow up on their past students (through tracer studies) to know their challenges and skills gaps to inform the review of their curriculums.  African Universities must vigorously pursue and implement internship programmes to give students the hands-on practical training like medical students and those in the military.  African Universities must invest in training programmes for the staff to improve quality and graduate employability.  African Universities must train students in languages (French, English, Mandarin, Arabic etc.) or be encouraged as it is an added advantage for students with specialisation in various fields to also have a second language advantage.  African governments must be encouraged to establish specialised universities to address specific societal problems.  Universities should introduce Novel programmes that address needs of society (based on careful identification of societal problems in their countries and regions).  African Universities should be encouraged to engage in applied research to promote employability.  AAU should create poster sessions at future COREVIP project research findings and achievements.

Emerging Centres of Excellence

The concept of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) is new to higher education in Africa - however, with the required resources, they have the potential of making positive impact on the socio-economic development on the continent. The main objectives of CoEs are to enable scientists to share resources and exploit diversity of institutions and programmes available across Africa. The achievement of the African Union in establishing the Pan African University (PAU) in five institutes in each region, hosted by a university with a lead thematic partner was recognised and commended.

Key Recommendations on Emerging Centres of Excellence  The CoEs should be well funded and resourced to enable them meet their objectives;  COEs should create separate operating units to ensure management efficiency and effectiveness.  African Universities should adopt innovative approach to funding the CoEs that include public investment, self-financing, market approach, creation of specific financing facility, formation of an Association of CoEs as an apex body to negotiate funding, discretional funding that is linked to performance should be explored by all stakeholders;  AAU must create a database of all networks of Centres of Excellence in Africa for ease of contact, collaboration and accountability;  Sustained collaboration among university, community and industry should be fostered to support the Centres of Excellence;  African Universities should explore the possibility of shifting from single to multi-donor funding of Centres of Excellence to ensure sustainability.

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 COEs should seek support and ownership from University top management and leadership.  COEs should have autonomy and flexibility to operate but should be made accountable with regular audits of their programmes and activities.  AAU should convene a small group to prioritise the list of recommendations indicating various actors/implementers as well as a plan of action with deadlines.

Closing Session

Professor Olusola Oyewole the AAU President chaired the closing ceremony. Speakers at the closing ceremony included Mr. M. Daniel Schaer (Charge dAffaires on behalf of His Excellency the Ambassador of the European Union to Rwanda), Professor Bruce H. Krogh the Director of the Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda and Professor Etienne Ehile the AAU Secretary General. Gratitude was expressed to all the participants, local organizing committee, the Government of Rwanda, University of Rwanda, Development Partners, member Universities and the AAU Secretariat for a well-organized conference and useful deliberations. The participants also had the opportunity to tour the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Industrial Zone in Kanombe Museum. Later in the evening a closing reception was hosted by the Rwanda Ministry of Education and the University of Rwanda at Serena Hotel.

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Appendixes

Summaries of all paper presentations

Plenary Session– Harmonisation and Quality

Mamadou Diarra Directeur/EBAD/UCAD made a presentation on the “African Universities' Libraries amidst the LMD Reform” and focused on the case study of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) countries. She highlighted that most African Universities were in the process of adopting or have adopted the LMD reforms. With this reform, francophone universities were witnessing a new philosophy and new pedagogical methods which put the student at the center of the learning and teaching process. However, for the student to better play this role, necessary tools including adequate documentary and information resources should be provided as well as sufficiently equipped libraries. This, among other facilities, would assist the student's participation in class as well as in other learning and teaching activities, and enhance his/her information literacy.

Prof. Dr. Günther Singer and Mr William S. Parrott from the Peregrine Academic Services made a presentation titled “External Institutional and Programmatic Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education by Non-Governmental Organisations”. They concentrated on current and previous activities within the European, East Asia, and North Africa Higher Education Areas. Peregrine Academic Services are a globally recognized leader in providing online exam services for colleges and universities related to program-level assessment, academic levelling, and APA writing style competency. The presentation discussed cross border quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the Association for Transnational Higher Education Accreditation (ATHEA), the Mongolian National Council for Education Accreditation (MNCEA) and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in Tunisia .

Mr Philip Purnell of Thomson Reuters made” a presentation on “Research Output & Impact in Africa Internationalisation of Higher Education”. He spoke about research from Rwanda and the level of its visibility. He underscored the power of cited references, the importance monitoring and evaluating the impact and visibility of research and the associated indicators. He revealed that Africa based researchers were now publishing nearly 3 times the quantity of research papers than 10 years ago. All of Africa’s sub-regions have significantly increased their research productivity. He stressed that international collaboration was important in raising the profile of African research outputs. To date industry collaboration on research papers is dominated by eastern sub-region

Professor Peter A. Okebukola the Chairman of Council at Crawford University and President of the Global University for Innovation (GUNI)-Africa presented a paper titled “On the March to Regional Harmonisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education in Africa: Hurdles and Possibilities”. He alluded to the fact that diversity and differentiation were by themselves positive hallmarks of higher education institutions. He described eight major efforts at harmonising higher education in Africa with the key purpose of maintaining quality standards. These were (a) implementation of the Arusha Convention; (b) introduction of the African Credit Transfer System; (c) articulation of 2015 Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) | Internationalisation of Higher 16 Education in Africa

the African Quality Rating Mechanism; (d) Creating regional centres of excellence; (e) the establishment of the African Higher Education and Research Space (AHERS); (f) establishment of the Pan African University; (g) LMD reforms in francophone countries; (h) the establishment of the Africa Regional Qualification Framework. In conclusion he said that the outlook for Africa in ensuring quality higher education was bright and that it was important not to forget quality assuring the lower levels of education.

Plenary Session – Mobility and Transferability of Credits

Professor Chrispen Chiome a visiting Professor at Great Zimbabwe University made a presentation on internationalisation of higher education. He narrated a research study on ways in which African universities can move towards an African credit and transfer system in Higher Education. He stressed that employers recognized that international experience mattered in hiring decisions because graduates acquire the skills to succeed in a global economy. Prof Chiome recognized that countries and academic institutions had elaborate strategies for internationalisation. He pointed out the glaring gap of an absence of an African credit accumulation and transfer system. The study results emphasized that given the fluidity of HE in Africa, credit transfer systems were vital elements in supporting students along educational pathways. He concluded by saying that Africa urgently needed a credit accumulation and transfer system (CATS)

Prof. Olive M. Mugenda the Vice Chancellor of Kenyatta University, Kenya spoke on internationalizing African Universities and shared the Kenyatta University initiatives. She quizzed the conference participants whether universities were preparing their students for global experiences. Kenyatta University has commenced a number of initiatives to support internationalization and these include an internationalization policy, a centre for international programmes, a KU “Summer” Programme, faculty & staff exchange programme, internship programme, an annual culture week event membership to international bodies, a department of foreign languages at Kenyatta University and an intra-Africa student exchange program. She mentioned one of their challenges as not having a good measure to measure extent of internationalization

Dr Simon Peter Ngalomba from the School of Education at the University of Dar es Salaam made a presentation on the intra-regional students’ mobility schemes with a focus on examples from East African Universities. He narrated research undertaken to (1)identify admission rate of foreign students by nationality and study programs in selected East African universities and (2) determine factors that led students to choose Kenyan universities over other universities in the East Africa region. The findings revealed that the pattern of university students’ mobility in East Africa region indicates that students’ mobility is largely into Kenyan universities. The pull to Kenyan Universities was because of affordable tuition fee (East African students’ flat-rate tuition fee), flexible admission policies and simple immigration procedures (Free of charge students pass for EA students)

Prof Bonaventure Mve –Ondo, in his presentation titled “The world seems to be on the move, so are African Universities: ways for internationalization of Higher Education’’ stated that the internationalization of higher education in Africa is a fact, a problem and an opportunity. Currently there are insufficient funds to support higher education in Africa unless we all focus on the same action plan which is to develop and

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improve facilities, quality, assure democratization of training, develop employability and entrepreneurship. All these could be made possible by creating ways of getting resources, through for example, the establishment of taxes like the ‘’ Mandela tax’’ and taxes on maritime transport of goods that lead to the destruction of local production and to the non-creation of youth employment.

Plenary Session – New Modes of Teaching and Learning

Professor Primrose Kurasha the Vice Chancellor of the Zimbabwe Open University and President of the African Council for Distance Education made a presentation on Modernisation of Higher Education. She discussed how to foster an increased response to the changing pedagogical landscape in higher education in Africa. Open Distance Learning in Africa ODL is changing how education is resourced, delivered and taken up in Africa. Higher Institutions of learning need to respond to the changing pedagogical landscape. The shift is towards a more student-centred approach in teaching and learning. African countries and universities need to adequately respond to to changing pedagogical landscape. She recommended more work to be done towards fully-fledged institutional or national strategies for adopting new modes of learning and teaching because "Distance education is the future".

Prof. Faustin Kamuzora from Mzumbe University in Tanzania spoke about the need to embrace ethos of Education 3.0 for effective learning outcomes in Africa. He emphasized the importance of learning and paused a question on whether university curricula were aligned with the current world realities. He challenged academics and providers of education to know their customers and the reality of the world waiting university graduates. Universities were encouraged to embrace the ethos of Education 3.0 in order to achieve the desired Learning Outcomes. These outcomes include competency of students and their being able to use creativity to sustain themselves. He recommended a number of actions including combining work and play through inclusion of the appropriate games in curriculum. This may be a good strategy because for them education should not be a dull, repetitive, and tedious.

Dr. A. N. Maduekwe from the Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education at the University of Lagos in Nigeria presented research findings on the study of the "Effects Of Virtual-mediated Process Writing On University Students’ Academic Achievement In Nigeria". He reported that in Nigeria, there was evidence of lack of creativity, clumsy expression, inadequate control and organization of content, poor spellings, general lack of cohesion and coherent devices in University students’ works as observed by several researchers. Recent studies have found that, virtual-mediated learning can affect writing performance positively. Analyses of the study he presented showed that virtual-mediated process writing could be used to increase academic achievement, written communication, level of motivation, creativeness and collaboration towards learning.

Professor Joseph Dennis Ongeri from the Catholic University of East Africa based in Nairobi presented on learner-centered teaching (LCT) as a pre-requisite for open and distance learning success. He focused on evidence from an action research study. He began with a quiz asking the Vice Chancellors how many times they met lecturers, students, entire university population during an academic year for social/sports events. He discussed what the students from Generation NeXt expected from educational

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institutions. He reminded the audience that Promoting learner-centered teaching practices was about facilitating success for all learners. He narrated the research and findings of a study on the "effectiveness of learner-centered teaching in introductory economics. In spite of the challenges of LCT application in the teaching of economics, the study revealed that there are many advantages of using LCT in economics. If applied consistently LCT, has a promising future in the teaching of economics.

Plenary Session – Curriculum Relevance and Employability

Mr Fred Awaah the Secretary General of the All-Africa Students Union made a presentation on curbing graduate unemployment in Africa focussing on the students' perspective. He reported that over 40 percent of the global jobless people were youth. In Ghana, 70,000 graduates from various tertiary institutions join the labour force every year and only about 5,000 get employed. One measure suggested for curbing graduate unemployment is the establishment of graduate entrepreneurship fund. The causes of graduate unemployment in Africa cannot be attributed to a single stakeholder and a multi- stakeholder approach is needed to address this problem.

Prof. Benedicta Egbo from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada made a presentation on “Quality, Curricular Relevance and Knowledge Mobilization in African Universities”. A framework for increased internationalization was suggested. He began by asking what will it would take to make African Universities attractive to international students. He recommended that interventions be in 3 key areas - Quality Assurance & Institutional Audit, Curricular Relevance, Knowledge Mobilization & Employability and Inter-institutional Partnerships & Resource-Sharing. He called on African universities to reposition themselves as globally recognized research institutions that promote quality teaching, learning and research.

Prof. Dr. L.T. Nyaruwata from the Zimbabwe Open University, Harare presented on the Zimbabwe universities’ graduates youths’ perception of university entrepreneurship curriculum as an empowerment strategy for self-employment. He emphasised that unemployment of university graduates was a global problem and Zimbabwe had not been spared of this crisis. He narrated the research conducted to examine the Zimbabwe Universities’ youths graduates’ perception of the relevance of local universities' entrepreneurial curriculum to self-employment or establishment of small to medium business. The findings were that Zimbabwe universities’ youth graduates were unemployed not because of the irrelevant entrepreneurial curriculum – but the challenge was financial and other support for graduates to set up businesses. Some challenges for graduates were cited to be inaccessible youth loans, volatile economic environment and unreliable government structures.

Dr Gbenga Adewale and Dr D. O. Ashamu from the International Centre for Educational Evaluation at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria presented on graduates’ employability in Nigeria. They shared the case study of South-West, Nigeria. Their research revealed that the majority of the employers preferred knowledgeable (1st class and 2:1) graduates because they believe that these types will be teachable and adapt to new situations. However less than a quarter of the graduates turned out by universities obtain 1st class and 2:1 degrees – implying that the rest were actually employable. A number of recommendations were shared including that graduates should be job creators and not job-seekers.

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Plenary Session – Emerging Centers of Excellence

Dr Johnson M Ishengoma from the School Of Education at the University Of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania presented on emerging centers of excellence in Africa & the challenge of their financial sustainability. He described the concept of centers of excellence & university-based centers of excellence. He delved into the categorization & salient features of centers of excellence, the assumptions & characteristics and finally made recommendations on innovative approaches for financing emerging centers of excellence in Africa for sustainability. Six approaches were suggested for financing centers of excellence and these included public investment approach, self-financing, adoption of the market model, creation of a specific financing facility, establishment of an Association of African Centers of Excellence and Public-Private Partnership arrangements. A comprehensive study was recommended to find out which among the proposed innovative funding approaches are feasible. Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai the former Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities and Honorary President of the International Association of Universities made a presentation on regional, continental and international collaboration as a necessary foundation for emerging centres of excellence in Africa. He described Networks of centres of excellence using the following examples - NEPAD Networks of Centres of Excellence in S&T, African Union’s Pan African University, RUFORUM (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture), RISE Networks, DAAD Centres of African Excellence and World Bank’s African Centres of Excellence. His concluding remarks on the sustainability of centers of excellence revealed that almost all networks were financed by donors/funding agencies, therefore long-term financial sustainability was vital. AAU was called on to develop a central database of all networks of centers of excellence Dr Joseph A. Ajienka, Dr Bene W. Abbey, Dr Ogbonna F. Joel & Dr Onyewuchi Akaranta from the University of Port Harcourt in Port Harcourt, Nigeria made a presentation on triple helix plus for emerging centres of excellence in African universities. They described the triple helix plus model as an interface between emerging African centres of excellence, industry and professional bodies is critical to the economic growth and sustainable development of the continent. Triple Helix Plus has transformed the Institute of Petroleum Studies into a world class institute for petroleum research and training center. African Universities were called upon to evolve from being conventional universities to entrepreneurial and eventually world class universities.

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Conference program

Monday June 1

14.00 – 19.00 Arrival and Registration of Serena Hotel Participants

Tuesday June 2 08.00 – 08.45 Registration continues Serena Hotel

09.00 – 10.30 OPENING CEREMONY Chair: Prof. Olusola Oyewole (AAU President)

10.30 – 11.00 Group Photograph & Tea Break

11.00 – 11.30 PLENARY SESSION I Chair: Prof. Olusola Oyewole (AAU President) Election of Conference Bureau Adoption of Conference Programme and Session Agenda Constitution of Working Groups

11.30 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION II Chair: Prof. Olusola Oyewole (AAU President) AAU Business Session Report on the Implementation of the Core Programme

Report on the New Strategic Plan 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 PLENARY SESSION III Chair: Prof. Goolam Mohamedbhai Former AAU Secretary General Keynote Presentations 14.00 – 14.25 Topic 1: Internationalization Presenter 1: Hon. Minister of of Higher Education in Africa: Higher Education of Rwanda, The Experience of Rwanda Prof. Silas Lwakabamba 14.25 – 14.50 Topic 2: tbc Presenter 2: Dr. Martial De- Paul IKOUNGA, Commissioner for HRST, AUC on behalf of H.E. Dr. N. D. Zuma Chairperson of AUC

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14.50 – 15.10 Topic 3: Higher Education for Presenter 3: Dr. Sajitha Africa's Transformation Bashir, Education sector Manager for Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank 15.10 – 15.30 Topic 4: Internationalization Presenter 4: Mr. Etienne of Higher Education in Africa: Porgo, Manager for Higher Challenges and Opportunities Education and Skills for Africa Development Division, African Development Bank Group Discussion 15.30 – 15.45 Tea Break 15.45 – 16.30 European Union and African Chair: Prof. D.D. Kuupole, Union Commission Special VC University of Cape Coast, Session Ghana 15.45 – 16.05 Opportunities that Presenter: Ms. Deirdre Erasmus+ programme and Lennan, Repr. of EUC Marie Curie actions offer to Directorate of Education African universities 16.05 – 16.45 Topics: Presenters: (i) Dr. Beatrice (i) Overview of African Union Njenga, Head of Education Programmes: Continental Division, AU Commission Frameworks and Perspectives (ii) Dr. Yohannes (ii) Continental Quality Woldetensae, Senior Assurance Initiatives of the Education Expert, AU African Union Commission Discussion

16.45 – 17.00 Brief Report on the pre- Presenter: Prof. Paul Omaji, COREVIP Conversation blog Former VC Salem University, discussions Nigeria

17.00 – 18.30 PLENARY SESSION IV - Chair: Dr. Eva Egron-Polak, Paper Presentations on Secretary General, Harmonisation and Quality International Association of Universities (IAU) 17.00 – 17.15 Topic 1: On the March to Presenter 1: Prof. Peter Regional Harmonization and Okebukola Internationalization of Higher President, GUNi-Africa Education in Africa: Hurdles and Possibilities 17.15 – 17.30 Topic 2: External Institutional Presenter 2: Prof. Dr. Günther and Programmatic Singer and Mr. William S. Accreditation and Quality Parrott Assurance in Higher Education by NGOs: Current and Previous Activities within the European, East Asia, and North Africa Higher Education Areas

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17.30 – 17.45 Topic 3: Emerging Research Presenter 3: Mr. Philip Areas – A New Technique to Purnell Accelerate Thought Leadership & Innovation in Developing Customer Education Countries Manager, Thomson Reuters, Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 17.45 – 18.00 Topic 4: Les Bibliothèques Presenter 4: Prof. Diarra , Universitaires Africaines A Directeur de L’EBAD, L’heure De La Réforme LMD Burkina Faso : L’exemple De L’UEMOA 18.00 – 18.30 Discussion 19.30 Welcome Reception hosted Venue: Serena Hotel by MINEDUC & University of Rwanda Wednesday June 3

09.00 – 10.45 PLENARY SESSION V Chair: Dr Marie Christine Gasingirwa, the Director General of Science, Technology and Research, Ministry of Education, Rwanda 09.00 – 09.30 (i) Report on Higher Education Presenter: Dr Innocent S. in Rwanda Mugisha, Executive Director Higher Education Council, Rwanda 09.30 – 09.45 (ii) Optimizing Skills Presenter: Mr Joakim Bakke, Development in Africa UNESCO through Academic Mobility 09.45 – 10.00 (iii) Overview of the World Presenter: Dr. Hiroshi Saeki, Bank ACE Project Senior Economist, World Bank 10.00 – 10.15 (iv) Overview of the Presenter: Mrs. Rachel Ogbe, ECOWAS Academic Mobility ECOWAS Commission Scheme 10.15 – 10.30 (v) Supporting Nutrition Presenter: Prof. Paolo Suter, Studies in HEIs Director of Nestle Foundation Switzerland 10.30 – 10.45 Discussion 10.45 – 11.00 Tea Break

11.00 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION VI - Chair: Prof. Orlando Paper Presentations on Antonio Quilambo (AAU Mobility and Transferability Vice President) of Credits 11.00 – 11.15 Topic 1: Internationalizing Presenter 1: Prof. Olive African Universities: The Mugenda, Prof. Agnes Kenyatta University Initiative Gathumbi, Dr. Jackline Nyerere, and Prof. F. Q.

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Gravenir, Kenyatta University, Kenya 11.15 – 11.30 Topic 2: Internationalisation of Presenter 2: Prof. Chrispen higher education: towards an Chiome African credit and transfer Great Zimbabwe University, system in higher education Zimbabwe 11.30 – 11.45 Topic 3: Intra-regional Presenter 3: Prof. Simon Peter students mobility: Examples Ngalomba, from East African Universities University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 11.45 – 12.00 Topic 4: Le monde comme il Presenter 4: Prof. va, les universités africaines Bonaventure Mve-Ondo comme elles vont Recteur honoraire de Quelques pistes de réflexion et l’Université Omar BONGO d’action pour de Libreville, Gabon l’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur 12.00 – 12.30 Discussion 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 15.30 PLENARY SESSION VII - Chair: Professor Njoroge Paper Presentations on New George, UR Principal College Modes of Teaching and of Education Learning 14.00 – 14.15 Topic 1: Modernisation of Presenter 1: Prof. Primrose Higher Education: Fostering Kurasha an increased response to the Vice Chancellor; Zimbabwe changing pedagogical Open University, Zimbabwe landscape in higher education in Africa 14.15 – 14.30 Topic 2: The Effects of Presenter 2: Dr. A.N. Virtual-Mediated Process Maduekwe Writing On University University of Lagos, Nigeria Students’ Academic Achievement in Lagos State, Nigeria. 14.30 – 14.45 Topic 3: A Need of Embracing Presenter 3: Prof. Faustin Ethos of Education 3.0 for Kamuzora Effective Learning Outcomes Mzumbe University, Tanzania in Africa 14.45 – 15.00 Topic 4: Learner-Centered Presenter 4: Prof. Joseph Teaching (LCT) as a Dennis Ongeri Perquisite for Open and The Catholic University of Distance Learning Success: Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Evidence from an Action Kenya Research 15.00 – 15.30 Discussion 15.30 – 15.45 Tea Break

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15.45 – 16.00 PLENARY SESSION VIII - Chair: Prof. Olugbemiro Paper Presentations on Jegede, Former AAU Curriculum Relevance and Secretary General Employability 16.00 – 16.15 Topic 1: Curbing Graduate Presenter 1: Mr. Fred Awaah, Unemployment in Africa: Secretary General, All Africa Students Perspective Stu dents Union 16.15 – 16.30 Topic 2: Graduates’ Presenter 2: Dr. Gbenga Employability in Nigeria: The Adewale Case of South-West, Nigeria University of Ibadan, Nigeria 16.30 – 16.45 Topic 3: Zimbabwe University Presenter 3: Dr. Mrs. Graduates Youths’ Perception Leonorah Nyaruwatah of University Entrepreneurship Zimbabwe Open University, Curriculum as an Zimbabwe Empowerment Strategy for Self-Employment 16.45 – 17.00 Topic 4: Quality, curricular Presenter 4: Prof. Benedicta relevance and knowledge Egbo mobilization in African University of Windsor, universities: a framework for Canada increased internationalization 17.00 – 17.30 Discussion 19.30 Dinner hosted by EU Venue: Serena Hotel Thursday June 4, 2015

09.00 – 10.45 PLENARY SESSION IX – Chair: Dr. Sajitha Bashir, Emerging Centres of Education Sector Manager for Excellence Eastern and Southern Africa region, World Bank 09.00 – 09.15 Topic 1: Regional, Continental Presenter 1: Prof. Goolam and International Mohamedbhai Collaboration: Foundations for Former AAU Secretary Emerging Centres of General Excellence in Africa. 09.15 – 09.30 Topic 2: Triple Helix Plus for Presenter 2: Prof. Joseph A. Emerging Centres of Ajienka, Prof. Bene W. Excellence in Africa Abbey, Prof. Ogbonna F. Joel, Prof. Onyewuchi Akaranta, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria 09.30 – 09.45 Topic 3: The West Africa Presenter 3: Prof. E.Y. Centre for Crop Improvement Danquah, Prof. S.K. Offei, (WACCI), University of Prof. V. Gracen, P. Tongoona, Ghana: An Emerging Centre Dr. D.K. Dzidzienyo, Dr. A. of Excellence for Training Danquah, Dr. J. Eleblu & Dr. Plant Breeders in Africa B. Ifie, University of Ghana, Ghana 09.45 – 10.00 Topic 4: Emerging Centers of Presenter 4: Dr. Johnson Excellence in Africa and the Ishengoma Challenge of their Financial

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Sustainability and University of Dar Es Salaam, Contribution to Excellence in Tanzania Higher Education 10.00 – 10.30 Discussion 10.30 – 10.45 Tea Break 10.45 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION X – Chair: Prof. Peter Presentations by Key Partners Okebukola, President GUNi- Africa 10.45 – 11.05 Topic 1: Peregrine Academics Presenter 1: tbc 11.05 – 11.20 Topic 2: Next Einstein Forum Presenter 2: Prof. Nkem (NEF) Khumbah, Executive Director, NEF 11.20 – 11.35 Topic 3: Presenter 3: tbc AASU/INASP/SARUA 11.35 – 11.50 Topic 4: IBO /ANIE /ACDE Presenter 4: tbc 11.50 – 12.10 Topic 5: Tuning Africa Project Presenter 5: European Union Commission (tbc) 12.10 – 12.30 Topic 6: Results of 4th Global Presenter 6: International Survey on Association of Universities internationalization IAU (IAU) 12.30 – 13.00 Discussion 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 16.30 WORKING GROUPS – PARALLEL SESSIONS 14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session I: Chair: Ms. Deirdre Lennan, Harmonisation and Quality Repr. of EUC Directorate of Education Rapporteur: Dr. Noel Saliu 14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session II: Mobility Chair: Prof. James Emejulu, and Transferability of Credits Universite Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon Rapporteur: Mrs. Adeline Addy 14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session III: New Chair: Prof. Paul Gines, Modes of Teaching and Former 2iE Director-General Learning Rapporteur: Mrs. Gabrielle Hansen 14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session IV: Chair: Prof. Mayunga Curriculum Relevance and Nkunya, Executive Secretary, Employability IUCEA Rapporteur: Ms. Felicia Nkrumah 14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session V: Emerging Chair: Prof. Tolly Mbwette, Centres of Excellence Rector, Pan African University Rapporteur: Mr. Fred Awaah 16.30 – 17.00 Tea Break 19.30 Dinner hosted by AAU Venue: Serena Hotel

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Friday June 5, 2015

Friday June 5 PLENARY SESSION X Chair: Prof. Karrar Ahmed 09.00 - 10.30 Bashir Elabbadi, AAU Vice President Reports from Working Groups Rapporteurs Reports from Parallel Events Rapporteurs

10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break

11.00 – 12.30 CLOSING CEREMONY Chair: Prof Olusola Oyewole, AAU President -H.E Ambassador Michael Ryan, EU Ambassador to Rwanda -Prof. Bruce H. Krogh, Director Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Rwanda (for LOC) -Prof. Etienne Ehile, AAU Secretary General

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Conference Tours (Gisozi Genocide Memorial, ndustrial zone, Kanombe Museum) Entertainment 19.00 Closing Reception hosted by Venue: Serena Hotel MINEDUC and University of Rwanda

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Communiqué

We, the participants at the 18th Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) held at Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda from 2nd to 5th June 2015 deliberated on Internationalisation of Higher Education in Africa. We reflected on the actions required to strengthen Harmonisation and Quality, Mobility and Transferability of Credits, New Modes of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Relevance and Employability, Emerging Centres of Excellence in Africa.

We recognized that:  Higher education in Africa has a, critical role to play, in advancing and shaping the Continent’s aspirations;  Changes in donor interest impacts on the accomplishments of AAU programmes;  Open and Distance Learning is playing a major role in internationalisation.

We are cognisant of that:  Outstanding innovations were emerging from Africa, indicative of the fact that Africa had grown but has yet transformed as a number of the people live in poverty;  All education was important but it was higher education that produces high level manpower professionals that drive the arts and the sciences;  Credit transfer cannot be recognised when the curriculum is not harmonised;  Harmonisation would lead to enhanced internationalisation through staff and student mobility, resource sharing and partnerships and improved standards;  Learners of the 21st century assimilate easily through ICT mediated teaching, aided by devices and platforms that are common place globally today;

We acknowledged that:  Benefits of AAU are targeted at higher education institutions that were in good standing with respect to being up-to-date with their financial obligation to the Association;  It is commendable for the African Union to have established the Pan African University (PAU) in five institutes in each region, hosted by a university with a lead thematic partner;

We are aware that:  The Board of AAU had identified areas that need special attention and may further spread the activities of the Association to neglected areas on the Continent;  The Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) programme is focussing on West and Central Africa in the first phase and East and Southern Africa in the second phase;

We noted that:  The Mid-term Review of the core AAU programmes was to inform members about the activities of the Association within the last 2 years;  Universities in North Africa were not represented in the ACE programmes and that AAU was exploring ways to reach North Africa with its activities; 2015 Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) | Internationalisation of Higher 28 Education in Africa

 Internationalisation is now an integral part of higher education in all parts of the world and in many instances, a major driving force for change in universities;  African Universities were disadvantaged in the area of internationalisation as there is continuous brain drain of Africans to developed economies. There was also an invasion of the African higher education space by dubious cross border education providers;  Internationalisation offered an avenue to pursue national developmental goals but it could only be delivered if it was shaped by coherent national, regional and continental policies;  Internationalisation could help develop the quality of public institutions and increase the relevance of students to employers’ needs;  Initiatives such as the European Union harmonisation and Tuning initiative hold immense potential for African higher education institutions.  The Erasmus+ programme and Marie Curie actions offer African Universities great opportunities for collaboration;  The drivers of harmonisation include globalisation, developments in ICT, emerging knowledge economy, AU vision for Africa 2063, and national visions;  The poor rating of harmonisation in Western (Anglophone) Africa and Northern Africa where the rating was not clear;  Territoriality, political lukewarmness, linguistic diversity and funding support constitute hurdles to harmonisation in Africa;  Higher education institutions were increasingly operating cross-border education and faculty and students were moving between countries thus making external accreditation and quality assurance an imperative.  East Africa was doing well in citation impact;  In the northern and southern Africa, most of the collaboration were outside Africa, while in the middle and western Africa, most of the international collaboration were within Africa.  There is increased mobility and internationalisation across the world which is beneficial for the development of HEIS  There are many higher education initiatives by other countries to promote internationalisation;  Several African countries are unaware of the potential benefits in attracting international students;  Some African Universities have policies for internationalisation, staff exchange, Centres for International Programmes, an Internship and Cultural Exchange Programmes and are members of international bodies; and their internationalisation;  Many students from African Universities are unable to benefit from MOU’s with European and American Universities because of the high cost of travels and signed maintenance; consequently the university has resorted to intra- continental collaborations  Some African countries already have harmonised curriculum for their universities which can facilitate national mobility and credit transfer;  The ODL mode of learning in Africa was already internationalised and was changing how education was resourced, accessed and qualified;  Internationalisation is making virtual-based mode of instruction in higher education a reality;

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 The concept of Centres of Excellence is new to higher education in Africa; however, with the required resources, they have the potential of making positive impact on the socio-economic development on the continent;  The main objectives of CoEs are to enable scientists to share resources and exploit diversity of institutions and programmes available across Africa;

Recognising the need for the following specific actions in order improve the quality of Higher Education in Africa

The COREVIP 2015 participants call on AAU to:  Develop strategies that would enable the Association to reach North African Universities;  Improve the membership drive of AAU and appeal to defaulting members so that they redeem their financial commitment to the Association.  Continue to partner with its donors and endow chairs from accomplished Africans to improve its funding;  Focus on programmes on the Continent that are not receiving desired attention to facilitate the spread of its programme across the Continent  Facilitate the scaling up of existing sub-regional good practices on the Continent;  Facilitate strong advocacy should be mounted on political actors to facilitate harmonisation in Africa;  Design a checklist of progress on indicators of internationalisation and measure progress of African higher education institutions over the next two years;  Publish a report on the rating of African higher education institutions on internationalisation which should be launched in 2017 as one of the activities to commemorate the Association’s golden jubilee.  Focus on synergy within African higher education institutions and should be supported to move internationalisation to the desired level on the Continent;  Create poster sessions at future COREVIP project research findings and achievements.  Create a database of all networks of Centres of Excellence in Africa for ease of contact, collaboration and accountability;  Convene a small group to prioritise the list of recommendations indicating various actors/implementers as well as a plan of action with deadlines.

We recommend that African Universities through their Vice-Chancellors should:  Facilitate the collaboration with industry/professional practitioners in the development of their curriculum to provide useful input regarding the skill set required to perform in the job market.  Champion the incorporation of relevant skills such as critical thinking skills, communications skills, adaptability skills, creative and innovative skills, entrepreneurial skills and other soft skills to improve on the quality of graduates.  Prioritize following up on their past students (through tracer studies) to know their challenges and skills gaps to inform the review of their curriculums.

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 Vigorously pursue and implement internship programmes to give students the hands-on practical training like medical students and those in the military.  Prioritize investments in training programmes for the staff to improve quality and graduate employability.  Champion training students in languages (French, English, Mandarin, Arabic etc.) as it is an added advantage for students with specialisation in various fields to also have a second language advantage.  Introduce Novel programmes that address needs of society (based on careful identification of societal problems in their countries and regions).  Engage in applied research to promote employability.  Provide quality education across the continent to attract international students, faculty and partners;  Improve the capacities of teachers to enable them to deliver their courses in such a way that would attract international students;  Make their higher education systems attractive and market themselves to facilitate internationalisation on the Continent;  Recognise that students’ choices were critical to promoting mobility and strive to make themselves attractive to help students make informed choices;  Consider the dual mode of teaching by introducing ODL in their education delivery;  Adopt innovative approaches to funding the CoEs that include public investment, self-financing, market approach, creation of specific financing facility, formation of an Association of CoEs as an apex body to negotiate funding, discretional funding that is linked to performance should be explored by all stakeholders;  Foster sustained collaboration among university, community and industry to support the Centres of Excellence;  Explore the possibility of shifting from single to multi-donor funding of Centres of Excellence to ensure sustainability.  Support and own Centers of Excellence and facilitate the creation of separate operating units to ensure management efficiency and effectiveness.  Support Centers of Excellence to be autonomous so that there is flexibility for them to operate. However they must be accountable with regular audits of their programmes and activities.  Embark on vigorous staff development and retraining to bring faculty up-to- date with modern methods of teaching.

The COREVIP 2015 participants call on the African Union Commission to:  Facilitate mechanisms for harmonisation of curriculum within countries and institutions and that this should be transmitted to regional and continental levels to facilitate academic mobility of staff and students and credit transfer;  Ensure that the Arusha Convention is not replaced by Addis-Ababa Convention as it would distort history;  Forge diverse partnerships and collaboration among key actors to overcome the challenges confronting the delivery of higher education in the ECOWAS region.  Foster and facilitate continental higher education policies on internationalisation.

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The COREVIP 2015 participants call on the African Governments to:  Prioritise safety on campuses of African higher education institutions to boost internationalisation;  Conduct safety audits of African higher education institutions;  Be committed to strengthening their national economies because the requirements for running an effective system of higher education that would bring about the much desired technological advancement and industrialisation were too enormous for fragile economies to bear;  Improve ICT enabled teaching and learning in African higher education systems to promote internationalisation;  Give adequate support to the development of ODL through the provision of facilities and an enabling environment;  Establish specialised universities to address specific societal problems  Ensure quality in the use of ODL, by investing into content development for the higher education programmes.  Support the funding of Centers of Excellence to enable them meet their objectives;  Support partnerships with the private sector as a way of empowering African universities to fund student mobility;  Provide special funding to support Africa’s internationalisation process in addition to reducing cost of tuition and services as well as more scholarships for international students;  Adopt regulatory systems and policy frameworks that enable African Universities to exploit the potential of internationalisation.  Take measures so that Africa moves from the concept of receiving aid to developing partnership through internationalisation that would be beneficial to the Continent.

Appreciation

Finally, participants express gratitude to the Association of African Universities for organising the 18 Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) on Internationalisation of Higher Education in Africa. We also appreciate the support of the Government of Rwanda, Ministry of Education, Rwanda; University of Rwanda; and the European Union to the conference.

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Conference Feedback Open Ended Questions

What did you like most about this conference? 1. Quality of presentations; Plenary sessions; Variety of topics; Presentations; quality of presentations; Wide range of topics; Discussions and presentations; Many topics; Choice of topics; Presentation; Quality of presentation; Relevant discussions and presentations; topics for each day; Choices of topics; Plenary sessions; The quality of plenary and parallel sessions 2. The attendance; The quality of attendees; Cordial relationships among the participants; There was a great turnout and members tried as much as possible to mix and get to know one another at personal and institutional levels; The army of personality at the conference; Diverse opinion of participants 3. The level of discussions; Variety of subjects discussed; Discussions about employability, mobility and harmonization; The academic discussions and quality; Quality of discussions; The magnitude of issues addressed 4. Overall Organization; The care that went into making the conference a memorable experience; Effective coordination of presentation; Organization 5. The theme; The theme; Theme of conference came at the right time; The theme of quality and harmonization; The theme of the conference; The theme was appropriately focused; Challenges and Prospects of Internationalization; Increasing awareness of opportunities for cross border migration of learners; concepts and best practices of internationalization; Relevance of Theme 6. Time keeping was good; time management 7. Networking; Interactivity and connectivity of Higher Education minds; great networking opportunities; Networking opportunities; Interaction and development of partnerships with new universities; Networking; Opportunities to interact with other universities from different sub-regions and francophone/ lusophone universities; Encouragement of institutions in Africa to interact; New ideas and networking; New ideas and networking 8. Great presenters; The choice of robust presenters; The high quality of paper presenters; Quality of conference presenters; Speakers; Speakers and presenters; paper presenters 9. One voice; Commitment to Africa; 10. Mobility and credit transferability; Transfer of credits 11. New teaching methods; Quality issues of teaching and learning; 12. Information made available on funding opportunities 13. The translations in French 14. Days provided was useful 15. The meals; The choice of host country; Entertainment Intra-sessions 16. Communication Relevance and employability as well as priorities and vision of COREVIP 17. The focus on Quality: Relevance and Employability of graduates of African Universities 18. Shared good practices from University of Ghana and Kenyatta university What did you like least about this conference?

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1. Some presentations by students 2. The food was monotonous 3. Rude statements 4. Dominance of the West 5. Time for working groups was short 6. Don’t know 7. Absence of important regions 8. Focusing on mechanics at the expense of substance 9. Some sessions went too late in the evening 10. Very limited outdoor activities 11. Sitting arrangement approximated to primary school class 12. No response 13. Too crowded 14. Limited time for discussions 15. Food ( tea snacks) too sweet 16. The level of intercession, cooperation, collaboration and oneness 17. Too long opening session 18. AAU and AU roles overlapping 19. Not enough time for discussions and interactions; Too many plenary sessions; Too many speeches; limited time for discussions and interactions; Limited time for discussions; Limited time of discussions; The crowded programme; Papers too many; Time allocated to discussions were too short; Presenters not having enough time to present papers; "Too packed with many presentations; Too many papers at the plenary sessions and not enough time to gain from shared experiences; The conference schedule was tight; Very little time for discussions; Program of speakers too clouded. They were all rushing and could not deliver adequately; The number of papers presented (too many) 20. The chair persons for plenary sessions were biased 21. Forging partnerships with industries 22. Largely the same individuals were given approach to speak during discussion panels 23. Nothing 24. Plenary sessions 25. Loss of time on opening with donor talks 26. Too much male dominance 27. Some speakers were boring 28. Participants not being encouraged to react to presentations 29. Too much time for plenary sessions and less time given to parallel sessions 30. Enhancing teaching and learning in AUs 31. Contribution of the participants 32. The time between lunch and dinner 33. The venue was poor and uncomfortable, better facilities in the auditorium; Sitting arrangement when participants had no tables to work on. Hope this is the best venue in Rwanda. 34. Research and Management 35. Intellectual property 36. Dinner times as they included further presentations 2015 Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) | Internationalisation of Higher 34 Education in Africa

37. A few papers based on unsatisfactory research; Poorly presented paper by a pers. 38. It was ok 39. Climate change and environmental issues in Africa 40. Personnel cost $3000 41. Entertainment was very few 42. No diploma of participation 43. We were not allowed the used of the elevator 44. My hotel was too far from the conference venue; Accommodation of participants and the transportation 45. Least registration fee for members, institutions and vice chancellors 46. Time keeping 47. Advocacy to government to reduce wasteful spending and make funds available for Higher Education. 48. The speech by the Turkish guy before dinner on Thursday 49. Inability to use mostly African dressing as a way of internationalization of African culture 50. Notable absence of Portuguese Speaking Universities" 51. Excessive time taken by some participants who were given the chance to ask questions/make comments 52. Shorten days to 3

Do you have any other comment(s) regarding the organization and execution of this conference? 1. Student involvement 2. Include more representative from the industry and private sectors 3. Appreciation to AAU for the labour 4. less plenary sessions and more time discussions; Create more time for discussions and break times should be extended 5. Involvement of persons, institutions from different regions. i thought was bias. 6. Institutions developmental projects should not always be concentrated to North and Western Africa but be spread across all regions 7. AAU to be gender sensitive 8. Attract more presentation for parallel sessions 9. Great effort by LOC 10. I have benefited very much from discussion about various topics 11. Excellent well done 12. Some presenters were shallow. Look for experts who can present their experiences and research 13. Encourage participants to contribute to AAU publication and Higher Education institutions leadership and development in Africa 14. Streamline conference organization 15. Catering - food too monotonous 16. The organization have done well, Papers should be filtered so that they address the theme of the conference

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17. AAU should be empowered by its members to play a quality assurance role in the development of Higher Education on the continent. Encourage Francophone countries, Arab nations to participate 18. As much as possible it should try to meet every 2 years 19. More research oriented papers in the future 20. It should be better to change the places of diner Suggested topics for future COREVIPs 1. Quality Assurance (7 votes) 2. Mobility (6 votes) 3. Africa Centers of Excellence (5 votes) 4. Financing (5 votes) 5. Internationalization (4) 6. Community Engagement (2 votes) 7. Internationalization & Governments (2 votes) 8. Research (2 votes) 9. Teaching Models (2 votes) 10. AAU Membership Issues 11. Accreditation 12. Dakar Resolutions 13. Education & E-governance 14. Leadership 15. PhD Training 16. Presentations 17. Ranking of African Universities 18. Scholarships 19. Success Stories 20. Vocational Training 21. Young Universities

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I. Relevance of the conference theme

II. Importance of this theme to the institution or the Organization you represent

III. Length of the conference

IV. Overall balance between plenary and parallel sessions

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V. Overall conference organization

VI. Quality of pre-conference communications with AAU Secretariat

VII. Efficiency of registration process

VIII. Quality of conference materials

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IX. Overall quality of plenary session speaker contributions

X. Was sufficient time allocated for discussions for plenary sessions?

XI. Level of interactivity during parallel sessions

XII. Number of sessions offered

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XIII. Quality of hotel accommodation

XIV. Networking opportunities

XV. Quality of conference facilities and venue

XVI. Is your institution/Organization an AAU member?

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XVII. Have you attended an AAU COREVIP before?

XVIII. What did you like most about this conference?

XIX. What did you like least about this conference?

XX. Suggested future COREVIP Topics

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List of Participants

No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY University of Port Harcourt, 1 Prof ABBEY Bene Nigeria Director Nigeria Director, University Dev.t 2 Prof ABDEL-AZIZ Fatouh Mansura University Centre Egypt 3 Mr ABDULAHI Abdulaziz Mohammed Makerere University PhD Student Uganda Representative of Vice 4 Dr. ABDULWAHID Umma Sule Lamido University Chancellor Nigeria 5 Dr. ABEBE SEGNI Birhanemeskel Rift Valley University Vice President Ethiopia 6 Mrs. ADDY Adeline AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana Benue State University 7 Prof. ADEDZWA Daniel Kparevfa Makurdi Center Leader ACE Nigeria 8 Dr. ADEWALE J. Gbenga University of Ibadan Paper Presenter Nigeria 9 Mr ADUDA David Otieno National Media Group Editor Kenya 10 Prof. AGAB ELDOUR Ahmed Abdalla University of Kordofan Vice Chancellor Sudan 11 Prof AHMED Mohamed Elamin Al Neelain University Vice Chancellor Sudan Partnership for African Social 12 Dr. AINA Omotade Akin and Governance Research Executive Director Kenya Federal University of 13 Prof. AKANJI Musbau Adewumi Technology, Minna Vice Chancellor Nigeria 14 Prof AKARANTA Onyewuchi University of Port Harcourt Paper Presenter/ Professor Nigeria Recteur and AAU Board 15 Prof AKO Edward Oben Université de Maroua Member Cameroon 16 Mr AKPAN Udeme One Media Studios Nigeria University of Professional 17 Dr. ALABI Goski Studies Dean Ghana

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY University of Professional 18 Prof. ALABI Joshua Studies, Accra Vice Chancellor Ghana American Council on 19 Dr. ALEMNEH Teshome Education Program Officer U.S.A 20 Prof ALI AHMED Hassabo West Kordufan University Sudan, El-Nahud Sudan Université AbdouMoumouni Vice-Recteur chargé des 21 Prof AMADOU Boureima De Niamey affaires académiques Niger 22 Prof. AMBALI Abdulganiyu University Of Ilorin Vice Chancellor Nigeria 23 Prof. AMIN JibrilaDahiru Federal University, Dutse Vice Chancellor Nigeria 24 Mr. AMO-HOYTE Maxwell AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana Recteur & AAU Board 25 Prof AMVAM-ZOLLO Paul Henri Université De Ngaoundéré Member Cameroun 26 Ms. APEDOE Agnes AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana Tayyab International 27 Mr AQIB Muhammad Company Management Director Pakistan Federal University of Deputy Vice Chancellor, 28 Prof ARAYELA Olatunde Technology, Akure Academics Nigeria 29 Mrs ASARE-PEASAH Yaa Oforiwah Ghana News Agency Journalist/ News Editor Ghana Adekunle Ajasin University, 30 Mr ASUNLOYE Isaac Olusola Akungba-Akoko Dep. Director Nigeria Paper Presenter/ Secretary 31 Mr AWAAH Fred All Africa Students Union General Ghana Prof. University of Energy and 32 Mrs. AWUAH Esi Natural Resources, Sunyani Vice-Chancellor Ghana 33 Prof. AYANLAJA Samson Crawford University Vice Chancellor Nigeria 34 Mr. AYENEW Bereket Haramaya University PhD candidates Ethiopia 35 Dr. AYOUB Twahir Interpretor English/Arabic Uganda

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Director, Academic 36 Dr. AYOUB ADAM Akan Bassey Covenant University, Nigeria Planning Nigeria 37 Dr AYUK-ETANG Elisabeth University of Buea Researcher/Lecturer Cameroon Conference LOC, Dep. 38 Dr. BAGUMA Abdallah University of Rwanda Chairperson Rwanda Prof. 39 Dr. BAHAR MOHAMMED Ali Hussein University of Zalingei Vice Chancellor Sudan UNESCO, Section for Higher Senior Programme 40 Mr. BAKKE Joakim Education Specialist France Federal University Of 41 Prof. BALA Abdullahi Technology, Minna Deputy Vice Chancellor Nigeria Deputy Dean, School of 42 Dr. BARAYANDEMA Jonas University of Rwanda, CBE Business Rwanda 43 Ms. BARRE Delphine Team Work COREVIP Organiser Belgium 44 Dr. BASHIR Sajitha World Bank Practice Manager U.S.A Director of Higher 45 Dr. BASSEY Akan Bassey Ayoub Education Research Austria 46 Mr. BEKOE Ransford AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana 47 Mr BENEITONE Pablo Javier Universidad de Deusto Tuning Academy, Director Spain Programme d’Appui Stratégique à la Recherche 48 Prof. BIAKA Zasseli Ignace Scientifique (PASRES) Cote d’Ivoire 49 Prof BISANDA ElifasTozo Open University of Tanzania Vice Chancellor Tanzania United 50 Dr. BOTTOMLEY Ruth INASP Senior Prog Manager Kingdom Botswana Accountancy Director of Academic 51 Dr. BROWN Byron College Affairs Botswana 52 Prof CHABU Ildephonse Mumba Universite De Lubumbashi Recteur DR Congo

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Great Zimbabwe University ( Dept. of Educational Paper Presenter/ Visiting 53 Prof CHIOME Chrispen Foundations) Professor Zimbabwe Deputy Vice Chancellor and 54 Dr. CHIRWA Frywell Shaba Cavendish University Executive Director Uganda Université d'Agriculture de 55 Prof. CODJIA Jean T. Claude Kétou (UAK) Rector Benin European University Association/University of 56 Ms COLUCCI Elizabeth Barcelona Advisor Belgium 57 Mr. CORLETEY Abedneggo AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana 58 Ms CRESSWELL Ann Team Work COREVIP Organiser Belgium 59 Prof CROUCH Andrew Univsrsity Of Witwaterstrand Vice Principal South Africa 60 Dr. DAKOURÉ Evariste New Dawn University Burkina Faso 61 Prof DANQUAH E.Y University of Ghana Paper Presenter Ghana 62 Ms DELPOUVE Béatrice Addis Ababa University Managing Director EiABC Ethiopia 63 Dr. DIALLO Bakary African Virtual University Rector Kenya 64 Prof DIARRA Mamadou Directeur de L’EBAD Paper Presenter Sénégal HECADEV Consulting-UTA 65 Dr. DOH Pascal Finland Coordinator Finland 66 Dr. DONKOR Samuel All Nations University College President Ghana 67 Prof. DRANZOA Christine Muni University Vice Chancellor Uganda Vice Chancellor, Academic 68 Prof. DUH Abdalla Ali Puntland State University Affairs Somalia Michael Okpara University Of 69 Prof. EDEOGA Hilary Odo Agriculture, Umudike, Abia Vice Chancellor Nigeria 70 Prof EGBO Benedicta University of Windsor Paper Presenter Canada

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY International Assoc Of 71 Mrs EGRON-POLAK Eva Universities (IAU) Secretary General France 72 Mrs EHILE Ablan Helene Bedia Epse Assoc. Of African Unievrsities Retired Educationist Ghana 73 Prof. EHILE Etienne E. AAU Secretary-General Ghana Vice Chancellor & AAU 74 Prof. EKPO Comfort Memfin University of Uyo Board Member Nigeria Egypt-Japan University for 75 Prof. EL GOHARY Ahmed Science and Technology President Egypt 76 Prof. EL SHIBLY Mekki Medani Omdurman Ahlia University Sudan Former VC and AAU Vice 77 Prof. ELABBADI Karrar Ahmed Bashir Omdurman Ahlia University President Sudan 78 Prof. EL-BADAWI Abdelraouf Red Sea University President Sudan Association of Arab 79 Dr. ELBASHIR Mustapha Idris Universities Assistant Secretary General Jordan 80 Dr ELMAHI Fathel Rahman Ahmed Nile Valley University Deputy Vice Chancellor Sudan Chef de Service Coopération Non 81 Prof EMEJULU James Duplessis Université Omar Bongo Francophone Gabon Director, Centre for Open 82 Prof. FAJONYOMI Ayodele University of Ilorin Distance Learning Nigeria Université Adventiste De 83 Prof. GAKURU SEMACUMU Jean-Baptiste Goma (Uago) Recteur Rwanda French Council of Investors in President of Education and 84 Dr. GINIES Paul Africa (CIAN). Training Commission France 85 Prof. GUDU Samuel Rongo University College Principal Kenya Bindura University of Science Director, Public Relations & 86 Mr. GUTURA James J Education Protocol Zimbabwe 87 Mr. HAKIZIMANA Olivier University of Rwanda Student Representative Rwanda

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY 88 Mrs. HANSEN Gabrielle AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana 89 Mrs HASTINGS Arlen Science Initiative Group Executive Director U.S.A Director, Centre for 90 Prof. IBRAHIM Mohammed Olanrewaju University of Ilorin International Education Nigeria Adekunle Ajasin University, 91 Prof. IBUKUN William Olusola Akungba-Akoko, Director Nigeria 92 Prof. IDIKE Francis Igboji Ebonyi State University Vice Chancellor Nigeria 93 Prof IDRISSA Mshoro Ardhi University Vice chancellor Tanzania Deputy Vice Chancellor, 94 Prof. IJAIYA Nike YetundeSidiqat University of Ilorin Academic Nigeria 95 Prof. IJUMBA Nelson University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda Commissioner for Human H.E Resources, Sciences and 96 (Dr.) IKOUNGA Martial De-Paul African Union Commission Technology Ethiopia 97 Prof. IMBUGA Mabel Jomo Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Kenya 98 Ms. INGABIRE Christine University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda 99 Mr INTIOMALE Sean Jean-Julien Mbonino Research Africa Senior Consultant South Africa 100 Dr. ISHENGOMA Johnson University of Dar es Salaam Paper Presenter Tanzania Ministry of Higher Education, Research , Science and Deputy Permanent 101 Mr. JATTA Madi Technology Secretary The Gambia University of Rwanda, 102 Dr. JEAN FRANCOIS M College Of Education Acting Deputy Dean Rwanda Office of the Secretary to the Secretary to the 103 Prof. JEGEDE Olugbemiro Government of Kogi State Government of Kogi State Nigeria University of Port Harcourt, 104 Prof JOEL Ogbonna Nigeria Director Nigeria

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY 105 Mr JONGSMA Gerhard Henk University World News Senior Correspondent Denmark 106 Prof. JOSÉ Uthui Rogério Pedagogic University Rector Mozambique Muhimbili University Of 107 Prof. KAAYA Ephata E. Health & Allied Sciences Vice Chancellor Tanzania Multimedia, University of 108 Prof. KABERIA Festus Kenya Vice Chancellor Kenya Director, International 109 Prof KALULA Evance Rabban University of Cape Town Academic Programmes Zambia 110 Prof KAMUZORA Faustin Mzumbe University Paper Presenter/ Professor Tanzania 111 Ms. KANEZA Florence University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda Harare Institute of 112 Eng. KANHUKAMWE Quinton Technology Zimbabwe 113 Prof KARAMBIRI HAROUNA 2iE, Ouagadougou Director General/Rector Burkina Faso 114 KAWECA Mugurega Arlette MINEDUC Intern Rwanda 115 Prof. KHALIL Ayoub Adam Mohamed University Of Bahri Vice Chancellor Sudan 116 Mr KHUMBAH Nkem Next Einstein Forum Executive Curator USA 117 Mr. KIYAGA Elias University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda Muslim University of Deputy Vice Chancellor for 118 Prof KONDO Kassim Kalifa Morogoro Academics Tanzania 119 Mr. KOUAME Kouassi 2iE Secrétaire Général Burkina Faso 120 Prof. KROGH Bruce Carnegie Mellon University Director Rwanda University of Agriculture, 121 Prof KUCHA Emmanuel Iornumbe Makurdi Vice-Chancellor Nigeria Director, Academic 122 Prof. KURANGA Sulyman Alege University of Ilorin Planning Nigeria Paper Presenter/ Vice 123 Prof KURASHA Primrose Zimbabwe Open University Chancellor Zimbabwe

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Vice Chancellor & AAU 124 Prof KUUPOLE Domwini Dabire University of Cape Coast Board Member Ghana 125 Prof KWABE Gillian Copperbelt University Director Zambia Manager, Short Term 126 Mrs LATCHIAH Nicola University of Cape Town Int’nal Programmes Zambia 127 Mr. LAWAN Mohamed Naje Sebha University Dir of Int. Coop Libya 128 Dr. LAWLEY Alfredo UNIZAMBEZE Mozambique 129 Ms. LENNAN Deirdre European Union Belgium Botswana Accountancy 130 Prof. LESOLLE Michalel College Executive Director Botswana H.E. 131 Prof. LWAKABAMBA Silas Ministry of Education Minister Rwanda 132 Ms. MADIBA Rachel Ntemela Matete University of Pretoria Director, Student Affairs South Africa University of Lagos (Faculty 133 Dr. MADUEKE A.N. of Educ.) Paper Presenter Nigeria Deputy Exec. Secretary National Universities & President, African 134 Prof MAFIANA Chiedu Commission Quality Assurance Network Nigeria University of Nairobi (AAU Former Vice Chancellor & 135 Prof MAGOHA Albert George Board Member) AAU Board Member Kenya 136 Prof. MAGWA Wiseman Reformed Church University Vice Chancellor Nigeria National University of 137 Prof. MAHAO Nqosa Leuta Lesotho Vice Chancellor Lesotho Group Foundation 138 Prof. MAKHAZA Jack Share World Open University Chairman Malawi University of Pretoria (Faculty Professor, African 139 Prof. MALULEKE Samuel of Theology) Spirituality and Culture South Africa 140 Mr. MALUNGA Benedicto W. University of Malawi Registrar Malawi

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Journalist Redacteur en 141 Mr. MANÉ Daouda Le Soleil de Dakar Chef Central Senegal 142 Mr. MANNEH Jenung University of The Gambia Acting Vice Chancellor The Gambia 143 Prof. MASANJA Grace Verdiana University of Rwanda Rwanda 144 Prof. MAVIIRI John Chrysostom Uganda Martyrs University Vice Chancellor Uganda 145 Prof. MAZIMHAKA Jolly University of Rwanda Rwanda Association of African Director of Research & 146 Prof. MBA Jonathan Chuks Universities (AAU) Academic Planning Ghana 147 Ms. MBABAZI Susan University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda 148 Prof MBALE Jameson Copperbelt University DIRECTOR - RESEARCH Zambia Vice Chancellor & AAU 149 Prof MBATI Peter University of Venda Board Member South Africa 150 Ms. MBOYO Sylvie University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda 151 Prof MBWETTE Tolly Open University of Tanzania Vice Chancellor Tanzania Michigan State University, Center For Global International Project 152 Dr. MEDENDORP John William Connections Manager USA 153 Mrs MOADOUGOU Priscille G. Mutations Deputy Editor-in-chief Cameroon 154 Prof. MOHAMED Abdel-Aziz Mansoura University Professor of Biochemistry Egypt 155 Prof MOHAMED Eisa Ibrahim El Gaali Sudan Academy of Science President Sudan 156 Prof. MOHAMED HASSAN Hassan Kaafi Plasma University President Somalia Former Secretary General, 157 Prof. MOHAMEDBHAI Goolam Assoc of African Universities) Paper Presenter Mauritius 158 Prof. MOHAMMED Ismaila Zango Bayero University, Kano Dean, Students’ Affairs Nigeria 159 Mrs. MOLEFHI Daisy Mmabatho Abm University College Executive Director Botswana 160 Prof. MONTEIRO Ana Piedade Armindo Universidade Zambeze Vice-Chancellor Mozambique

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY 161 Prof. MUCHIRI Mucai Karatina University Vice Chancellor Kenya 162 Prof. MUGENDA Olive Mwihaki Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Kenya 163 Dr. MUHAMMAD Kiggundu Interpretor English/Arabic Uganda University of Rwanda, 164 Dr. MUHIRWA André College of Education Director Rwanda 165 Dr. MULEEFU Alphonse University of Rwanda Ag. Director, RPGS Rwanda South Eastern Kenya 166 Prof. MULUVI Geoffery University Vice Chancellor Kenya 167 Mr. MUNYAZIKWIYE Thierry University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda 168 Dr. MUSAFIRI Papias Malimba University of Rwanda Rwanda Université Omar BONGO de Paper Presenter/ Recteur 169 Prof MVE-ONDO Bonaventure Libreville Honoraire Gabon Director of Satellite & 170 Prof. MWAI Wangari Kenyatta University Offshore Kenya Bindura University of Science 171 Prof MWENJE Eddie Education Vice Chancellor Zimbabwe National University of Science And Technology, Vice Chancellor and AAU 172 Prof NDLOVU Lindela Bulawayo Board Member Zimbabwe Director Human Resource 173 Prof NDOMBA Preksedis Marco University of Dar Es Salham and Administration Tanzania 174 Mr NGALOMBA Simon Peter University of Dar es Salaam Paper Presenter/ Professor Tanzania 175 Prof. NG'AMBI Hellency, Chakosamoto Mulungushi University Vice Chancellor Zambia 176 Prof NGOMA Naison Copperbelt University Vice Chancellor Zambia Assoc. Southern Africa Nazarene 177 Prof. NHLENGETHWA Winnie N. T. University Vice Chancellor Swaziland 178 Prof. NIYOMUGABO Cyprien University Of Rwanda Dean, School of Education Rwanda

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Head, Education And Youth 179 Dr. NJENGA Beatrice Khamati African Union Commission Divisions Ethiopia 180 Mr NJOGU Joseph Maina Research Africa Regional representative Kenya Uganda Management 181 Dr. NKATA James Institute, Uganda Director General Uganda Executive Director, Next 182 Prof NKEM Khumbah University Of Michigan Einstein Forum U.S.A. 183 Dr. NOR Mohamed Simad University Deputy Rector, Academics Somalia 184 Ms NOUMBOUWO Elisabeth Ayuk-Etang University of Buea Senior Lecturer Cameroon 185 Ms. NYAMUKACHI Pfungwa Michelle Research Africa Regional Executive South Africa 186 Dr. Mrs NYARUWATA Leonorah Zimbabwe Open University Paper Presenter Zimbabwe 187 Dr. NYERERE Jackline Kenyatta University Paper Presenter Kenya 188 Mrs NYIRANETH Juliette MINEDUC Public relation officer Rwanda 189 Prof. OFFEI Samuel Kwame University of Ghana Legon Pro Vice-Chancellor Ghana Principal Programme 190 Mrs OGBE Rachel Jummai ECOWAS Commission Officer Nigeria 191 Prof. OGONI Humphrey Andrew Delta University Vice Chancellor Nigeria Quality Assurance & Research Development 192 Dr. OKAFOR Theresa Agency (QAARDAN) Director Nigeria Paper Presenter/ 193 Prof. OKEBUKOLA Peter A. Crawford University President, (GUNI)-Africa Nigeria Director, Research & 194 Prof. OLADIJI Adenike Temidayo University of Ilorin Training Nigeria Committee of Vice- 195 Dr. OLAYIWOLA Adigun Chancellors, Nigeria Deputy Secretary-General Nigeria 196 Prof. OLORUNTOBILOBA Olatunji Nigeria

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY 197 Prof. OLOYEDE Is-Haq Olanrewaju University of Ilorin Former Vice Chancellor Nigeria Salem University /Omaji Vice Chancellor Emeritus / 198 Prof. OMAJI Paul Omojo Leadership Solutions CEO Nigeria The Catholic University of Paper Presenter/ Assoc. 199 Prof. ONGERI Joseph Dennis Eastern Africa Prof of Econs Kenya 200 Mrs. ONYEOGUZORO Shirley University of Lagos Research Assistant Nigeria 201 Prof. OSMAN Jeilani University of Hormuud Rector Somalia Federal University of 202 Prof. OSUNDE Akim Osarhiemen Technology, Minna University Professor Nigeria Masinde Muliro University of 203 Prof. OTIENO Fredrick Ochieng Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Kenya Customer Education 204 Ms OWANGO Joy Thomson Reuters Specialist Kenya Adekunle Ajasin University, 205 Prof OYEBADE Francis Olugbemiga Akungba-Akoko Dep. Vice Chancellor Nigeria 206 Mr. OYEKANMI Rotimi Lawrence The Intellectual Magazine Editor Nigeria Federal University of Vice Chancellor and AAU 207 Prof. OYEWOLE Olusola Agriculture, Abeokuta President Nigeria 208 Prof. OZUMBA Benjamin Chukwuma University of Nigeria, Nsukka Vice Chancellor Nigeria Director of Strategic 209 Mr. PARROTT William Peregrine Academic Services Alliances UK Chef de Division p. l’Education, Science et 210 Mr. PORGO Etienne J. African Development Bank Technologie Cote d’Ivoire United Arab 211 Dr. PURNELL Philip J. Thomson Reuters, Paper Presenter Emirates 212 Mrs. QUASHI Yvette AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Eduardo Mondlane Rector and AAU Vice 213 Prof. QUILAMBO Orlando António University President Zimbabwe Deputy Vice-Chancellor 214 Prof. RADDA Sadiq Isah Bayero University, Kano (Admin) Nigeria 215 Ms RICH Sarah Science Initiative Group Program Associate U.S.A 216 Mr. RUBINGISA Pudence University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda 217 Prof. RURANGIRWA Straton University of Rwanda Director Quality Rwanda 218 Mr. SAANI Tajudeen Jobkey University, Somalia International Liaison Uganda 219 Prof. SAKA John Danwell Kalenga University of Malawi Vice Chancellor Malawi 220 Prof. SALEM Mohamed Alkilani Sebha University President Libya National Universities Director of Quality 221 Prof. SALIU Noel Biodun Commission of Nigeria Assurance Nigeria Programme d’Appui Stratégique à la Recherche 222 Dr. SANGARE Yaya Scientifique (PASRES) Le Secrétaire Exécutif Côte d’Ivoire The 223 Mr. SAYED Ali Hussein Elsevier Marketing Manager Netherlands 224 Prof. SAYED Elamin Ahmed National University Sudan 225 Mr. SEBAHUTU Emmanuel University of Rwanda College Registrar Rwanda University of Professional 226 Dr. SEIDU Mohammed Mustapha Studies, Accra Registrar Ghana Nigerian turkish Nile 227 SERT Huseyin University Vice Chancellor Nigeria 228 Prof. SHIBLY Mekki El Omdurman Ahlia University Vice Chancellor Sudan American International 229 Dr. SHUKLA Dinesh University West Africa President The Gambia 230 Mr. SIBOMANA Benoit University of Rwanda Student Rwanda

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY 231 Dr SIDAHMED Elamin Osman National University of Sudan Vice President Sudan Peregrine Academic Services Paper Presenter/ Director 232 Prof. SINGER Günther - European Office of Higher Education UK 233 Prof. Dr SINSIN Augustin Brice University of Abomey, Calavi Rector Benin 234 Mr. SOEDZEDE Paul AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana Deputy Dean, School of 235 Dr. STROH Jonas University of Rwanda , CBE Business Rwanda Vice-Principal, Institutional 236 Prof STRÖH Anton University of Pretoria Planning South Africa Nestlé Foundation, Lausanne 237 Prof SUTER Paolo M. (Switzerland) Director /MD Switzerland 238 Prof TAMIRAT Wondwosen St. Mary’s University Vice Chancellor Ethiopia Université NANGUI 239 Prof TANO Yao ABROGOUA Président Cote d’Ivoire Recteur and AAU Board 240 Prof TCHAKPELE Komi P. Universite De Kara Member Togo 241 Mr. TEFERRA Damtew INHEA-Head, UKZN Leader South Africa 242 Mr. THIERRY Uwanyirigira University of Rwanda Student Rwanda Ag Vice Chancellor and 243 Prof. THOMPSON Ekundayo, Jonathan University of Sierra Leone Principal Sierra Leone 244 Prof. THUO Aggrey Maasai Mara University Dean Kenya TOENGAHO 245 Prof. LOKUNDO Faustin Universite De Kisangani Recteur DR Congo Eduardo Mondlane 246 Prof TOSTÃO Emílio University Director Mozambique Rt. Rev. Vice President, Student 247 Dr TWUM-BAAH Emmanuel G.L All Nations University College Affairs Ghana 248 Ms. UWIMANA Philomene University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda

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No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY Université Peleforo Gon 249 Prof VANGA Adja Ferdinand Coulibaly de Korhogo Vice-Président Côte D’Ivoire 250 Mr VOHRA Tushar mElimu Company Ltd Chief Operating Officer Kenya Nestlé Foundation, Lausanne 251 Prof WAHLI Walter (Switzerland) Council Member Switzerland 252 Prof WALINGO Mary Khakoni Nadolo Maasai Mara University Vice-Chancellor Kenya 253 Dr. WOLDETENSAE Yohannes African Union Commission Senior Expert Ethiopia Federal University of 254 Prof. YAHAYA Yusuph Technology, Minna Deputy Director Nigeria 255 Prof. ZVOBGO Rungano Jonas Great Zimbabwe University Vice Chancellor Zimbabwe

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