By Christiana Afua Nyarko
Accra, April 4, GNA – Ghana will host a high-level forum on Africa’s Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE) programme from 7th to 9th April,2025 in Accra.
A media advisory issued by Government in conjunction with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, the Association of African Universities (AAU), among others, with support of the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) copied to the Ghana News Agency stated that, the forum will take stock of the transformational journey of the ACEs over the last 10 years.
The upcoming forum will showcase key successes, research breakthroughs, innovations, and impact.
The programme, the statement indicated, would also address critical challenges in African higher education by enhancing collaboration and training in science, Information Communication Technology (ICT) and digital, engineering and mathematics, agriculture, health, transport and other key areas.
The above goal was to produce a highly skilled workforce to support Africa’s economic growth.
The ACE at 10 event is projected to attract 500 participants from across the continent, including higher education and finance ministers, members of academia and research institutes, development partners such as the French Development Agency, African Union, International Experts and representatives from the private sector.
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