Meet our Partners

African Union
Provides support to AAU as its key higher education implementing agency.

European Union
Funding the Harmonization of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA) Initiative over a four-year period beginning in 2015. EC also supports AAU statutory events of General Conference and Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African universities every two years.

ACBF
Providing funding for the implementation of the AAU Capacity Development Project for the Revitalization of African Higher Education Phase II for the period 2013-2017.

Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS)
Providing funding for the ECOWAS Nnamdi Azikiwe Academic Mobility Scheme for the training of Masters and PhD students across 15 countries of ECOWAS over four years beginning in 2016.

World Bank Group
Funding the Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence (ACE) Project over five years beginning in 2014.

Carnegie Corporation of New York
Provides funding for AAU statutory events of General Conference and Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African universities every two years.

ADEA
Provides support to AAU via the Working Group on Higher Education (WGHE) over a four year period beginning in 2015.

SIDA
Funding the Research Cooperation Between Sida and the AAU for the period 2013-2017.