UNIVERSITY OF JOS
(OFFICE OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR)
INFORMATION, PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS & PROTOCOL DIVISION

PRESS RELEASE
Promotion of Academic Excellence in Africa: Ouagadougou to Host the First Higher Education Fair
22 Centers of Excellence from West and Central Africa to present their research and development programs and innovations
The University of Jos Africa Center Of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD) is participating in a Student Fair would be held on Monday 7 May 2018 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on the campus of the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) as part of the African Centers of Excellence (ACE) project financed by the World Bank.
The Fair will provide a unique platform for the promotion of current programs undertaken by 22 Centers of Excellence hosted by universities in 9 West and Central African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo. The programs offered by the ACEs include post-graduate trainings (Master and Doctorate) in the fields of water, agriculture, health, technology, engineering and mathematics.
According to Professor Etienne Ehilé, Secretary General of the Association of African Universities (AAU), the institution responsible for monitoring the implementation of the ACE project, “We are organizing this fair for the very first time to show the progress in higher education in Africa, and prove that young Africans can access advanced training in African universities and be internationally competitive.
In addition to academics and students interested in pursuing their studies in the sectors covered, the opportunity will also be offered to actors from the private sector, industry, civil society, and others to discover the fields and results of research conducted by students from the ACEs, and to identify the extent to which they could forge useful and effective links and partnerships.
Currently, the researches conducted by the ACEs focus on the following sectors: (i) genomics and infectious diseases; (ii) water, energy and environment; (iii) agricultural development and environmental sustainability; (iv) cell biology of infectious pathogens; (v) neglected tropical diseases and forensic biotechnology; (vi) crop improvement; (vii) phytomedicine and development; (viii) reproductive health and innovation; (ix) mathematical sciences and applications; (x) oilfield chemicals; (xi) water and sanitation; (xii) poultry sciences; (xiii) information and communications technology; (xiv) maternal and child health; (xv) dryland agriculture; (xvi) food technology; (xvii) statistics; (xviii) climate change; (xix) mining; and (xx) materials science and engineering.
The African Centers of Excellence project is an innovative regional response to making higher education more relevant to Africa’s development. It aims to strengthen the capacity of participating universities to offer training and undertake high-quality applied research to address the continent’s development challenges.

Abdullahi Abdullahi
Principal Assistant Registrar,
Information and Publications

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University of Jos ,Africa Center Of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD) to participate in a Student Fair in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso