New directions for Association of African Universities

ByFrancis Kokutse. Forty-six years after it was founded, the Association of African Universities (AAU) has more than 300 members and has put in place numerous initiatives to improve the quality of administration and education in universities across the continent, Secretary General Professor Etienne Ehouan Ehile told University World News. Ehile, who was appointed to lead the association in September last year, said the AAU had “achieved a lot” since coming into being in 1967. It had launched programmes that helped “address key issues of higher education in Africa” and had changed the face of the sector. Read more...