African Union finally launches Pan-African university
The African Union Thursday launched a Pan-African University as part of its strategy to speed up regional integration.
At a ceremony in Addis Ababa, the organisation announced five regional universities that will host the different fields of studies of the continental institution.
In the arrangement, South Africa will host the space science component of the university with oil rich Algeria hosting the college of water and energy sciences.
Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is expected to take in the study of basic sciences, technology and innovation.
Nigeria's University of Ibadan will host the college for life and earth sciences.
Representing the Central Africa region is the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon, that has been offered the school for governance, humanities and social sciences.
To ensure coordination and smooth operation of the different components will be the AU Commission for Human Resources, Science and Technology.
Mooted in 2005, the Pan-African University is designed to boost education standards, science and technological innovations across African to facilitate faster regional integration and development.
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