About the ACE Project
- rhodinet
- Dec 17, 2018
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Background The ACE project was launched in 2013 by the governments of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria,Senegal and Togo, with support from the World Bank. The objective of the ACE Project is to promote regional specialization among participating universities within areas that address particular regional development challenges and strengthen the capacities of these universities to deliver high quality training and applied research. In 2015, Cote d’Ivoire joined the ACE project, bringing the number of participating countries to nine. There are a total of twenty-two ACEs in the region.
Project Description
The project consists of two components:
Component 1
Component (1) aims to strengthen the capacity of nineteen (19) competitively selected institutions to strengthen or establish ACEs. These ACEs will deliver regional in-demand quality training and applied research in partnerships with regional academic institutions,international academic institutions, relevant employers and industry. Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo are under Component (1).
This component will strengthen nineteen (19) Centers of Excellence in selected higher education institutions to produce highly skilled graduates and applied research to help address specific regional development challenges. Centers of Excellence draw on specialized departments and faculty in higher education institutions(universities) in West and Central African countries in disciplines related to STEM, Agriculture and Health. The number of ACEs per country and sector supported and strengthened under this component is shown in Table 1 below.
The selected Africa Centres of Excellence in Nigeria
Pan African Materials Institute African University of Science and Technology,Abuja
Centre for Oilfield Chemicals Research University of Port Harcourt
OAU ICT Driven Knowledge Park Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
ACE for Genomics of Infectious Diseases Redeemer´s University, Ede A
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
ACE in Phytomedicine Research and Development University of Jos, Jos
Centre in Reproductive Health Innovation University of Benin, Benin City
Centrein Dryland Agriculture Bayero University, Kano
Centre for Food Technology and Research Benue State University, Makurdi
Centre for Agricultural Development and SustainableEnvironment Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
ACE Profile
ACE is a regional higher education project designed to promote regional specialization among participating Universities within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM), Agriculture and Health areas, that addresses particular common regional development challenge as well as strengthen the capacities of these Universities to deliver high quality training and applied research.
ACE Collaborators
Connect with
Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Secretariat
National Universities Commission No. 26 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, FCT E: ace@nuc.edu.ng
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