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2015 Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) | Internationalisation of Higher

Education in Africa 1

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



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



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



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



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.



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



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.



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 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



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.


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.



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



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;


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



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.


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.



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.



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.



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.



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



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



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



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.



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.



Conference program

Monday June 1

14.00 – 19.00 Arrival and Registration of

Participants

Serena Hotel

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

of Higher Education in Africa:

The Experience of Rwanda

Presenter 1: Hon. Minister of

Higher Education 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



14.50 – 15.10 Topic 3: Higher Education for

Africa's Transformation

Presenter 3: Dr. Sajitha

Bashir, Education sector

Manager for Eastern and

Southern Africa, World Bank

15.10 – 15.30 Topic 4: Internationalization

of Higher Education in Africa:

Challenges and Opportunities

for Africa

Presenter 4: Mr. Etienne

Porgo, Manager for Higher

Education and Skills

Development Division,

African Development Bank

Group

Discussion

15.30 – 15.45 Tea Break

15.45 – 16.30 European Union and African

Union Commission Special

Session

Chair: Prof. D.D. Kuupole,

VC University of Cape Coast,

Ghana

15.45 – 16.05 Opportunities that

Erasmus+ programme and

Marie Curie actions offer to

African universities

Presenter: Ms. Deirdre

Lennan, Repr. of EUC

Directorate of Education

16.05 – 16.45 Topics:

(i) Overview of African Union

Programmes: Continental

Frameworks and Perspectives

(ii) Continental Quality

Assurance Initiatives of the

African Union

Presenters: (i) Dr. Beatrice

Njenga, Head of Education

Division, AU Commission

(ii) Dr. Yohannes

Woldetensae, Senior

Education Expert, AU

Commission

Discussion

16.45 – 17.00 Brief Report on the pre-

COREVIP Conversation blog

discussions

Presenter: Prof. Paul Omaji,

Former VC Salem University,

Nigeria

17.00 – 18.30 PLENARY SESSION IV -

Paper Presentations on


Chair: Dr. Eva Egron-Polak,

Secretary General,

International Association of

Universities (IAU)

17.00 – 17.15 Topic 1: On the March to

Regional Harmonization and

Internationalization of Higher

Education in Africa: Hurdles

and Possibilities

Presenter 1: Prof. Peter

Okebukola

President, GUNi-Africa

17.15 – 17.30 Topic 2: External Institutional

and Programmatic

Accreditation and Quality

Assurance in Higher

Education by NGOs: Current

and Previous Activities within

the European, East Asia, and

North Africa Higher Education

Areas

Presenter 2: Prof. Dr. Günther

Singer and Mr. William S.

Parrott



17.30 – 17.45 Topic 3: Emerging Research

Areas – A New Technique to

Accelerate

Innovation in Developing

Countries

Presenter 3: Mr. Philip

Purnell

Thought Leadership &

Customer Education

Manager, Thomson Reuters,

Media City, Dubai, United

Arab Emirates

17.45 – 18.00 Topic 4: Les Bibliothèques

Universitaires Africaines A

L’heure De La Réforme LMD

: L’exemple De L’UEMOA

Presenter 4: Prof. Diarra ,

Directeur de L’EBAD,

Burkina Faso

18.00 – 18.30 Discussion

19.30 Welcome Reception hosted

by MINEDUC & University

of Rwanda

Venue: Serena Hotel

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

in Rwanda

Presenter: Dr Innocent S.

Mugisha, Executive Director

Higher Education Council,

Rwanda

09.30 – 09.45 (ii) Optimizing Skills

Development in Africa

through Academic Mobility

Presenter: Mr Joakim Bakke,

UNESCO

09.45 – 10.00 (iii) Overview of the World

Bank ACE Project

Presenter: Dr. Hiroshi Saeki,

Senior Economist, World

Bank

10.00 – 10.15 (iv) Overview of the

ECOWAS Academic Mobility

Scheme

Presenter: Mrs. Rachel Ogbe,

ECOWAS Commission

10.15 – 10.30 (v) Supporting Nutrition

Studies in HEIs

Presenter: Prof. Paolo Suter,

Director of Nestle Foundation

Switzerland


10.45 – 11.00 Tea Break

11.00 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION VI -


Mobility and Transferability

of Credits

Chair: Prof. Orlando

Antonio Quilambo (AAU

Vice President)

11.00 – 11.15 Topic 1: Internationalizing

African Universities: The

Kenyatta University Initiative

Presenter 1: Prof. Olive

Mugenda, Prof. Agnes

Gathumbi, Dr. Jackline

Nyerere, and Prof. F. Q.



Gravenir, Kenyatta

University, Kenya

11.15 – 11.30 Topic 2: Internationalisation of

higher education: towards an

African credit and transfer

system in higher education

Presenter 2: Prof. Chrispen

Chiome

Great Zimbabwe University,

Zimbabwe

11.30 – 11.45 Topic 3: Intra-regional

students mobility: Examples

from East African Universities

Presenter 3: Prof. Simon Peter

Ngalomba,

University of Dar es Salaam,

Tanzania

11.45 – 12.00 Topic 4: Le monde comme il

va, les universités africaines

comme elles vont

Quelques pistes de réflexion et

d’action pour

l’internationalisation de

l’enseignement supérieur

Presenter 4: Prof.

Bonaventure Mve-Ondo

Recteur honoraire de

l’Université Omar BONGO

de Libreville, Gabon


12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 PLENARY SESSION VII -

Paper Presentations on New

Modes of Teaching and

Learning

Chair: Professor Njoroge

George, UR Principal College

of Education

14.00 – 14.15 Topic 1: Modernisation of

Higher Education: Fostering

an increased response to the

changing pedagogical

landscape in higher education

in Africa

Presenter 1: Prof. Primrose

Kurasha

Vice Chancellor; Zimbabwe

Open University, Zimbabwe

14.15 – 14.30 Topic 2: The Effects of

Virtual-Mediated Process

Writing On University

Students’ Academic

Achievement in Lagos State,

Nigeria.

Presenter 2: Dr. A.N.

Maduekwe

University of Lagos, Nigeria

14.30 – 14.45 Topic 3: A Need of Embracing

Ethos of Education 3.0 for

Effective Learning Outcomes

in Africa

Presenter 3: Prof. Faustin

Kamuzora

Mzumbe University, Tanzania

14.45 – 15.00 Topic 4: Learner-Centered

Teaching (LCT) as a

Perquisite for Open and

Distance Learning Success:

Evidence from an Action

Research

Presenter 4: Prof. Joseph

Dennis Ongeri

The Catholic University of

Eastern Africa, Nairobi,

Kenya


15.30 – 15.45 Tea Break



15.45 – 16.00 PLENARY SESSION VIII -


Curriculum Relevance and

Employability

Chair: Prof. Olugbemiro

Jegede, Former AAU

Secretary General

16.00 – 16.15 Topic 1: Curbing Graduate

Unemployment in Africa:

Students Perspective

Presenter 1: Mr. Fred Awaah,

Secretary General, All Africa

Stu dents Union

16.15 – 16.30 Topic 2: Graduates’

Employability in Nigeria: The

Case of South-West, Nigeria

Presenter 2: Dr. Gbenga

Adewale

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

16.30 – 16.45 Topic 3: Zimbabwe University

Graduates Youths’ Perception

of University Entrepreneurship

Curriculum as an

Empowerment Strategy for

Self-Employment

Presenter 3: Dr. Mrs.

Leonorah Nyaruwatah

Zimbabwe Open University,

Zimbabwe

16.45 – 17.00 Topic 4: Quality, curricular

relevance and knowledge

mobilization in African

universities: a framework for

increased internationalization

Presenter 4: Prof. Benedicta

Egbo

University of Windsor,

Canada


19.30 Dinner hosted by EU Venue: Serena Hotel

Thursday June 4, 2015

09.00 – 10.45 PLENARY SESSION IX –

Emerging Centres of

Excellence

Chair: Dr. Sajitha Bashir,

Education Sector Manager for

Eastern and Southern Africa

region, World Bank

09.00 – 09.15 Topic 1: Regional, Continental

and International

Collaboration: Foundations for

Emerging Centres of

Excellence in Africa.

Presenter 1: Prof. Goolam

Mohamedbhai

Former AAU Secretary

General

09.15 – 09.30 Topic 2: Triple Helix Plus for

Emerging Centres of

Excellence in Africa

Presenter 2: Prof. Joseph A.

Ajienka, Prof. Bene W.

Abbey, Prof. Ogbonna F. Joel,

Prof. Onyewuchi Akaranta,

University of Port Harcourt,

Nigeria

09.30 – 09.45 Topic 3: The West Africa

Centre for Crop Improvement

(WACCI), University of

Ghana: An Emerging Centre

of Excellence for Training

Plant Breeders in Africa

Presenter 3: Prof. E.Y.

Danquah, Prof. S.K. Offei,

Prof. V. Gracen, P. Tongoona,

Dr. D.K. Dzidzienyo, Dr. A.

Danquah, Dr. J. Eleblu & Dr.

B. Ifie, University of Ghana,

Ghana

09.45 – 10.00 Topic 4: Emerging Centers of

Excellence in Africa and the

Challenge of their Financial

Presenter 4: Dr. Johnson

Ishengoma



Sustainability and

Contribution to Excellence in

Higher Education

University of Dar Es Salaam,

Tanzania


10.30 – 10.45 Tea Break

10.45 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION X –

Presentations by Key Partners

Chair: Prof. Peter

Okebukola, President GUNi-

Africa

10.45 – 11.05 Topic 1: Peregrine Academics Presenter 1: tbc

11.05 – 11.20 Topic 2: Next Einstein Forum

(NEF)

Presenter 2: Prof. Nkem

Khumbah, Executive

Director, NEF

11.20 – 11.35 Topic 3:

AASU/INASP/SARUA

Presenter 3: tbc

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

Survey on

internationalization IAU

Presenter 6: International

Association of Universities

(IAU)


13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 16.30 WORKING GROUPS –

PARALLEL SESSIONS

14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session I:


Chair: Ms. Deirdre Lennan,

Repr. of EUC Directorate of

Education

Rapporteur: Dr. Noel Saliu

14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session II: Mobility

and Transferability of Credits

Chair: Prof. James Emejulu,

Universite Omar Bongo,

Libreville, Gabon

Rapporteur: Mrs. Adeline

Addy

14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session III: New

Modes of Teaching and

Learning

Chair: Prof. Paul Gines,

Former 2iE Director-General

Rapporteur: Mrs. Gabrielle

Hansen

14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session IV: Curriculum Relevance and

Employability

Chair: Prof. Mayunga

Nkunya, Executive Secretary,

IUCEA

Rapporteur: Ms. Felicia

Nkrumah

14.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session V: Emerging

Centres of Excellence

Chair: Prof. Tolly Mbwette,

Rector, Pan African

University

Rapporteur: Mr. Fred Awaah

16.30 – 17.00 Tea Break

19.30 Dinner hosted by AAU Venue: Serena Hotel



Friday June 5, 2015

Friday June 5

09.00 - 10.30

PLENARY SESSION X Chair: Prof. Karrar Ahmed

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

MINEDUC and University

of Rwanda

Venue: Serena Hotel



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;



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


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;



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.



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.



The COREVIP 2015 participants call on the African Governments to:

Prioritise safety on campuses of African higher education institutions to boost


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.



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?



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



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



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



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



V. Overall conference organization

VI. Quality of pre-conference communications with AAU Secretariat

VII. Efficiency of registration process

VIII. Quality of conference materials



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



XIII. Quality of hotel accommodation

XIV. Networking opportunities

XV. Quality of conference facilities and venue

XVI. Is your institution/Organization an AAU member?



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



List of Participants

No Title SURNAME OTHER NAMES INSTITUTION POSITION COUNTRY

1 Prof ABBEY Bene University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Director Nigeria

2 Prof ABDEL-AZIZ Fatouh Mansura University Director, University Dev.t Centre Egypt

3 Mr ABDULAHI Abdulaziz Mohammed Makerere University PhD Student Uganda

4 Dr. ABDULWAHID Umma Sule Lamido University Representative of Vice Chancellor Nigeria

5 Dr. ABEBE SEGNI Birhanemeskel Rift Valley University Vice President Ethiopia

6 Mrs. ADDY Adeline AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana

7 Prof. ADEDZWA Daniel Kparevfa Benue State University 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

12 Dr. AINA Omotade Akin Partnership for African Social and Governance Research Executive Director Kenya

13 Prof. AKANJI Musbau Adewumi Federal University of Technology, Minna Vice Chancellor Nigeria

14 Prof AKARANTA Onyewuchi University of Port Harcourt Paper Presenter/ Professor Nigeria

15 Prof AKO Edward Oben Université de Maroua Recteur and AAU Board Member Cameroon

16 Mr AKPAN Udeme One Media Studios Nigeria

17 Dr. ALABI Goski University of Professional Studies Dean Ghana




18 Prof. ALABI Joshua University of Professional Studies, Accra Vice Chancellor Ghana

19 Dr. ALEMNEH Teshome American Council on Education Program Officer U.S.A

20 Prof ALI AHMED Hassabo West Kordufan University Sudan, El-Nahud Sudan

21 Prof AMADOU Boureima Université AbdouMoumouni De Niamey

Vice-Recteur chargé des 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

25 Prof AMVAM-ZOLLO Paul Henri Université De Ngaoundéré Recteur & AAU Board Member Cameroun

26 Ms. APEDOE Agnes AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana

27 Mr AQIB Muhammad Tayyab International Company Management Director Pakistan

28 Prof ARAYELA Olatunde Federal University of Technology, Akure

Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics Nigeria

29 Mrs ASARE-PEASAH Yaa Oforiwah Ghana News Agency Journalist/ News Editor Ghana

30 Mr ASUNLOYE Isaac Olusola Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko Dep. Director Nigeria

31 Mr AWAAH Fred All Africa Students Union Paper Presenter/ Secretary General Ghana

32 Prof. Mrs. AWUAH Esi

University of Energy and 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




36 Dr. AYOUB ADAM Akan Bassey Covenant University, Nigeria Director, Academic Planning Nigeria

37 Dr AYUK-ETANG Elisabeth University of Buea Researcher/Lecturer Cameroon

38 Dr. BAGUMA Abdallah University of Rwanda Conference LOC, Dep. Chairperson Rwanda

39 Prof. Dr. BAHAR MOHAMMED Ali Hussein University of Zalingei Vice Chancellor Sudan

40 Mr. BAKKE Joakim UNESCO, Section for Higher Education

Senior Programme Specialist France

41 Prof. BALA Abdullahi Federal University Of Technology, Minna Deputy Vice Chancellor Nigeria

42 Dr. BARAYANDEMA Jonas University of Rwanda, CBE Deputy Dean, School of Business Rwanda

43 Ms. BARRE Delphine Team Work COREVIP Organiser Belgium

44 Dr. BASHIR Sajitha World Bank Practice Manager U.S.A

45 Dr. BASSEY Akan Bassey Ayoub Director of Higher Education Research Austria

46 Mr. BEKOE Ransford AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana

47 Mr BENEITONE Pablo Javier Universidad de Deusto Tuning Academy, Director Spain

48 Prof. BIAKA Zasseli Ignace

Programme d’Appui Stratégique à la Recherche Scientifique (PASRES) Cote d’Ivoire

49 Prof BISANDA ElifasTozo Open University of Tanzania Vice Chancellor Tanzania

50 Dr. BOTTOMLEY Ruth INASP Senior Prog Manager United Kingdom

51 Dr. BROWN Byron Botswana Accountancy College

Director of Academic Affairs Botswana

52 Prof CHABU Ildephonse Mumba Universite De Lubumbashi Recteur DR Congo




53 Prof CHIOME Chrispen

Great Zimbabwe University ( Dept. of Educational Foundations)

Paper Presenter/ Visiting Professor Zimbabwe

54 Dr. CHIRWA Frywell Shaba Cavendish University Deputy Vice Chancellor and Executive Director Uganda

55 Prof. CODJIA Jean T. Claude Université d'Agriculture de Kétou (UAK) Rector Benin

56 Ms COLUCCI Elizabeth

European University Association/University of 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

65 Dr. DOH Pascal HECADEV Consulting-UTA Finland Coordinator Finland

66 Dr. DONKOR Samuel All Nations University College President Ghana

67 Prof. DRANZOA Christine Muni University Vice Chancellor Uganda

68 Prof. DUH Abdalla Ali Puntland State University Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs Somalia

69 Prof. EDEOGA Hilary Odo Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia Vice Chancellor Nigeria

70 Prof EGBO Benedicta University of Windsor Paper Presenter Canada




71 Mrs EGRON-POLAK Eva International Assoc Of 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

74 Prof. EKPO Comfort Memfin University of Uyo Vice Chancellor & AAU Board Member Nigeria

75 Prof. EL GOHARY Ahmed Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology President Egypt

76 Prof. EL SHIBLY Mekki Medani Omdurman Ahlia University Sudan

77 Prof. ELABBADI Karrar Ahmed Bashir Omdurman Ahlia University Former VC and AAU Vice President Sudan

78 Prof. EL-BADAWI Abdelraouf Red Sea University President Sudan

79 Dr. ELBASHIR Mustapha Idris Association of Arab Universities Assistant Secretary General Jordan

80 Dr ELMAHI Fathel Rahman Ahmed Nile Valley University Deputy Vice Chancellor Sudan

81 Prof EMEJULU James Duplessis Université Omar Bongo

Chef de Service Coopération Non Francophone Gabon

82 Prof. FAJONYOMI Ayodele University of Ilorin Director, Centre for Open Distance Learning Nigeria

83 Prof. GAKURU SEMACUMU Jean-Baptiste Université Adventiste De Goma (Uago) Recteur Rwanda

84 Dr. GINIES Paul French Council of Investors in Africa (CIAN).

President of Education and Training Commission France

85 Prof. GUDU Samuel Rongo University College Principal Kenya

86 Mr. GUTURA James J Bindura University of Science Education

Director, Public Relations & Protocol Zimbabwe

87 Mr. HAKIZIMANA Olivier University of Rwanda Student Representative Rwanda




88 Mrs. HANSEN Gabrielle AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana

89 Mrs HASTINGS Arlen Science Initiative Group Executive Director U.S.A

90 Prof. IBRAHIM Mohammed Olanrewaju University of Ilorin Director, Centre for International Education Nigeria

91 Prof. IBUKUN William Olusola Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Director Nigeria

92 Prof. IDIKE Francis Igboji Ebonyi State University Vice Chancellor Nigeria

93 Prof IDRISSA Mshoro Ardhi University Vice chancellor Tanzania

94 Prof. IJAIYA Nike YetundeSidiqat University of Ilorin Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Nigeria

95 Prof. IJUMBA Nelson University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda

96 H.E (Dr.) IKOUNGA Martial De-Paul African Union Commission

Commissioner for Human Resources, Sciences and 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

101 Mr. JATTA Madi

Ministry of Higher Education, Research , Science and Technology

Deputy Permanent Secretary The Gambia

102 Dr. JEAN FRANCOIS M University of Rwanda, College Of Education Acting Deputy Dean Rwanda

103 Prof. JEGEDE Olugbemiro Office of the Secretary to the Government of Kogi State

Secretary to the Government of Kogi State Nigeria

104 Prof JOEL Ogbonna University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Director Nigeria




105 Mr JONGSMA Gerhard Henk University World News Senior Correspondent Denmark

106 Prof. JOSÉ Uthui Rogério Pedagogic University Rector Mozambique

107 Prof. KAAYA Ephata E. Muhimbili University Of Health & Allied Sciences Vice Chancellor Tanzania

108 Prof. KABERIA Festus Multimedia, University of Kenya Vice Chancellor Kenya

109 Prof KALULA Evance Rabban University of Cape Town Director, International Academic Programmes Zambia

110 Prof KAMUZORA Faustin Mzumbe University Paper Presenter/ Professor Tanzania

111 Ms. KANEZA Florence University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda

112 Eng. KANHUKAMWE Quinton Harare Institute of 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

118 Prof KONDO Kassim Kalifa Muslim University of Morogoro

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academics Tanzania

119 Mr. KOUAME Kouassi 2iE Secrétaire Général Burkina Faso

120 Prof. KROGH Bruce Carnegie Mellon University Director Rwanda

121 Prof KUCHA Emmanuel Iornumbe University of Agriculture, Makurdi Vice-Chancellor Nigeria

122 Prof. KURANGA Sulyman Alege University of Ilorin Director, Academic Planning Nigeria

123 Prof KURASHA Primrose Zimbabwe Open University Paper Presenter/ Vice Chancellor Zimbabwe




124 Prof KUUPOLE Domwini Dabire University of Cape Coast Vice Chancellor & AAU Board Member Ghana

125 Prof KWABE Gillian Copperbelt University Director Zambia

126 Mrs LATCHIAH Nicola University of Cape Town Manager, Short Term 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

130 Prof. LESOLLE Michalel Botswana Accountancy College Executive Director Botswana

131 H.E. Prof. LWAKABAMBA Silas Ministry of Education Minister Rwanda

132 Ms. MADIBA Rachel Ntemela Matete University of Pretoria Director, Student Affairs South Africa

133 Dr. MADUEKE A.N. University of Lagos (Faculty of Educ.) Paper Presenter Nigeria

134 Prof MAFIANA Chiedu National Universities Commission

Deputy Exec. Secretary & President, African Quality Assurance Network Nigeria

135 Prof MAGOHA Albert George University of Nairobi (AAU Board Member)

Former Vice Chancellor & AAU Board Member Kenya

136 Prof. MAGWA Wiseman Reformed Church University Vice Chancellor Nigeria

137 Prof. MAHAO Nqosa Leuta National University of Lesotho Vice Chancellor Lesotho

138 Prof. MAKHAZA Jack Share World Open University Group Foundation Chairman Malawi

139 Prof. MALULEKE Samuel University of Pretoria (Faculty of Theology)

Professor, African Spirituality and Culture South Africa

140 Mr. MALUNGA Benedicto W. University of Malawi Registrar Malawi




141 Mr. MANÉ Daouda Le Soleil de Dakar Journalist Redacteur en

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

146 Prof. MBA Jonathan Chuks Association of African Universities (AAU)

Director of Research & Academic Planning Ghana

147 Ms. MBABAZI Susan University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda

148 Prof MBALE Jameson Copperbelt University DIRECTOR - RESEARCH Zambia

149 Prof MBATI Peter University of Venda Vice Chancellor & AAU 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

152 Dr. MEDENDORP John William

Michigan State University, Center For Global Connections

International Project 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

157 Prof. MOHAMEDBHAI Goolam Former Secretary General, 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




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

164 Dr. MUHIRWA André University of Rwanda, College of Education Director Rwanda

165 Dr. MULEEFU Alphonse University of Rwanda Ag. Director, RPGS Rwanda

166 Prof. MULUVI Geoffery South Eastern Kenya University Vice Chancellor Kenya

167 Mr. MUNYAZIKWIYE Thierry University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda

168 Dr. MUSAFIRI Papias Malimba University of Rwanda Rwanda

169 Prof MVE-ONDO Bonaventure Université Omar BONGO de Libreville

Paper Presenter/ Recteur Honoraire Gabon

170 Prof. MWAI Wangari Kenyatta University Director of Satellite & Offshore Kenya

171 Prof MWENJE Eddie Bindura University of Science Education Vice Chancellor Zimbabwe

172 Prof NDLOVU Lindela

National University of Science And Technology, Bulawayo

Vice Chancellor and AAU Board Member Zimbabwe

173 Prof NDOMBA Preksedis Marco University of Dar Es Salham Director Human Resource 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

177 Assoc. Prof. NHLENGETHWA Winnie N. T.

Southern Africa Nazarene University Vice Chancellor Swaziland

178 Prof. NIYOMUGABO Cyprien University Of Rwanda Dean, School of Education Rwanda




179 Dr. NJENGA Beatrice Khamati African Union Commission Head, Education And Youth Divisions Ethiopia

180 Mr NJOGU Joseph Maina Research Africa Regional representative Kenya

181 Dr. NKATA James Uganda Management Institute, Uganda Director General Uganda

182 Prof NKEM Khumbah University Of Michigan Executive Director, Next 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

190 Mrs OGBE Rachel Jummai ECOWAS Commission Principal Programme Officer Nigeria

191 Prof. OGONI Humphrey Andrew Delta University Vice Chancellor Nigeria

192 Dr. OKAFOR Theresa

Quality Assurance & Research Development Agency (QAARDAN) Director Nigeria

193 Prof. OKEBUKOLA Peter A. Crawford University Paper Presenter/ President, (GUNI)-Africa Nigeria

194 Prof. OLADIJI Adenike Temidayo University of Ilorin Director, Research & Training Nigeria

195 Dr. OLAYIWOLA Adigun Committee of Vice-Chancellors, Nigeria Deputy Secretary-General Nigeria

196 Prof. OLORUNTOBILOBA Olatunji Nigeria




197 Prof. OLOYEDE Is-Haq Olanrewaju University of Ilorin Former Vice Chancellor Nigeria

198 Prof. OMAJI Paul Omojo Salem University /Omaji Leadership Solutions

Vice Chancellor Emeritus / CEO Nigeria

199 Prof. ONGERI Joseph Dennis The Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Paper Presenter/ Assoc. Prof of Econs Kenya

200 Mrs. ONYEOGUZORO Shirley University of Lagos Research Assistant Nigeria

201 Prof. OSMAN Jeilani University of Hormuud Rector Somalia

202 Prof. OSUNDE Akim Osarhiemen Federal University of Technology, Minna University Professor Nigeria

203 Prof. OTIENO Fredrick Ochieng Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Kenya

204 Ms OWANGO Joy Thomson Reuters Customer Education Specialist Kenya

205 Prof OYEBADE Francis Olugbemiga Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko Dep. Vice Chancellor Nigeria

206 Mr. OYEKANMI Rotimi Lawrence The Intellectual Magazine Editor Nigeria

207 Prof. OYEWOLE Olusola Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Vice Chancellor and AAU President Nigeria

208 Prof. OZUMBA Benjamin Chukwuma University of Nigeria, Nsukka Vice Chancellor Nigeria

209 Mr. PARROTT William Peregrine Academic Services Director of Strategic Alliances UK

210 Mr. PORGO Etienne J. African Development Bank

Chef de Division p. l’Education, Science et Technologie Cote d’Ivoire

211 Dr. PURNELL Philip J. Thomson Reuters, Paper Presenter United Arab Emirates

212 Mrs. QUASHI Yvette AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana




213 Prof. QUILAMBO Orlando António Eduardo Mondlane University

Rector and AAU Vice President Zimbabwe

214 Prof. RADDA Sadiq Isah Bayero University, Kano Deputy Vice-Chancellor (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

221 Prof. SALIU Noel Biodun National Universities Commission of Nigeria

Director of Quality Assurance Nigeria

222 Dr. SANGARE Yaya

Programme d’Appui Stratégique à la Recherche Scientifique (PASRES) Le Secrétaire Exécutif Côte d’Ivoire

223 Mr. SAYED Ali Hussein Elsevier Marketing Manager The Netherlands

224 Prof. SAYED Elamin Ahmed National University Sudan

225 Mr. SEBAHUTU Emmanuel University of Rwanda College Registrar Rwanda

226 Dr. SEIDU Mohammed Mustapha University of Professional Studies, Accra Registrar Ghana

227 SERT Huseyin Nigerian turkish Nile University Vice Chancellor Nigeria

228 Prof. SHIBLY Mekki El Omdurman Ahlia University Vice Chancellor Sudan

229 Dr. SHUKLA Dinesh American International University West Africa President The Gambia

230 Mr. SIBOMANA Benoit University of Rwanda Student Rwanda




231 Dr SIDAHMED Elamin Osman National University of Sudan Vice President Sudan

232 Prof. SINGER Günther Peregrine Academic Services - European Office

Paper Presenter/ Director of Higher Education UK

233 Prof. Dr SINSIN Augustin Brice University of Abomey, Calavi Rector Benin

234 Mr. SOEDZEDE Paul AAU COREVIP Organiser Ghana

235 Dr. STROH Jonas University of Rwanda , CBE Deputy Dean, School of Business Rwanda

236 Prof STRÖH Anton University of Pretoria Vice-Principal, Institutional Planning South Africa

237 Prof SUTER Paolo M. Nestlé Foundation, Lausanne (Switzerland) Director /MD Switzerland

238 Prof TAMIRAT Wondwosen St. Mary’s University Vice Chancellor Ethiopia

239 Prof TANO Yao Université NANGUI ABROGOUA Président Cote d’Ivoire

240 Prof TCHAKPELE Komi P. Universite De Kara Recteur and AAU Board Member Togo

241 Mr. TEFERRA Damtew INHEA-Head, UKZN Leader South Africa

242 Mr. THIERRY Uwanyirigira University of Rwanda Student Rwanda

243 Prof. THOMPSON Ekundayo, Jonathan University of Sierra Leone Ag Vice Chancellor and Principal Sierra Leone

244 Prof. THUO Aggrey Maasai Mara University Dean Kenya

245 Prof. TOENGAHO LOKUNDO Faustin Universite De Kisangani Recteur DR Congo

246 Prof TOSTÃO Emílio Eduardo Mondlane University Director Mozambique

247 Rt. Rev. Dr TWUM-BAAH Emmanuel G.L All Nations University College

Vice President, Student Affairs Ghana

248 Ms. UWIMANA Philomene University of Rwanda Conference LOC Rwanda




249 Prof VANGA Adja Ferdinand Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly de Korhogo Vice-Président Côte D’Ivoire

250 Mr VOHRA Tushar mElimu Company Ltd Chief Operating Officer Kenya

251 Prof WAHLI Walter Nestlé Foundation, Lausanne (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

254 Prof. YAHAYA Yusuph Federal University of Technology, Minna Deputy Director Nigeria

255 Prof. ZVOBGO Rungano Jonas Great Zimbabwe University Vice Chancellor Zimbabwe

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CONFERENCE OF RECTORS, VICE- CHANCELLORS AND … · African Universities was held in Kigali, Rwanda on 2 – 5 June 2015 and attracted over 250 participants from 30 African countries