{Presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya) are among African Heads of State who will attend the African Higher Education Summit in Dakar, Senegal from March 10-12, 2015.}<\/p>\n
The summit expects to attract about 500 participants including its host, President Macky Sall (Senegal). Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf would also attend.<\/p>\n
Also in attendance would be former Presidents Mr. Thabo Mbeki (South Africa), Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) and Mr. Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania).<\/p>\n
Former UN Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan and Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chair, AU Commission will also attend the Summit. <\/p>\n
The three-day continental summit will be officially opened by the Senegalese President, Macky Sall, on March 10, 2015. <\/p>\n
The summit, whose theme is \u201cRevitalizing Higher Education for Africa\u2019s Future,\u201d is being organized by TrustAfrica, a pan-African development organization based in Dakar with 11 organizing partners.<\/p>\n
The primary goal of the summit is to develop a common vision and contribute towards the development of an action plan to transform the African higher education sector in the next 50 years. <\/p>\n
The summit is the culmination of a three-year initiative undertaken by TrustAfrica in partnership with the Carnegie Corporation and others to broaden the dialogue about the role of the higher education sector in Africa. <\/p>\n
Such broad-based, inclusive dialogue took part in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis fits in with the AU\u2019s development Agenda 2063,\u201d said a statement made available to East African Business Week last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past few years, as we consulted with many of the continent\u2019s leading educators about the challenges facing higher education, it became clear that there is a need for such a summit\u2014a need to engage and in some instances re-evaluate.\u201d said Dr. Tendai Murisa, Executive Director, TrustAfrica. <\/p>\n
TrustAfrica often serves as a convener and interlocutor, helping those with a stake in a critical issue such as this to harness the best ideas and chart a path to the future.<\/p>\n
Topics to be addressed include graduate employability, gender, science, technology and innovation; nation building and democratic citizenship; equity and access; differentiation and harmonization; role of business in revitalizing African higher education sector; and quality, excellence and relevance. <\/p>\n
Declining revenues of institutions of higher learning; meeting the increasing demands for higher education, poor infrastructure; inadequate staffing and research, outdated curricula and poor regulatory regimes in the sector are considered the major challenges in the education sector.<\/p>\n
A key outcome of the summit will be the formulation and adoption of an African Higher Education Charter, as a framework and an implementable action plan for the transformation of the sector in the next 50 years. <\/p>\n
The summit will present a world-class panel of speakers who will offer solutions to revitalize the African higher education sector. <\/p>\n
They will represent governments, academic institutions, foundations and bi-lateral organizations, researchers, business leaders and private sector players.<\/p>\n
The sector plays an integral role in the AU development agenda, whose theme is the \u201cAfrica We Want in 2063\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHigher education builds human capabilities,\u201d said Dr. Omano Edigheji: Summit Director, TrustAfrica. <\/p>\n
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