Signing of Host Agreement between the AUC and the hosts of three Pan African University Institutes

Addis Ababa, 30th October 2013: The Commission of the African Union signed Hosting Agreements with the host universities of three Pan African University Institutes on Tuesday 30 October 2013, at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa. The host universities involved are Jomo Kenyatta University hosting the Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), represented by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Mable Imbuga; Ibadan University hosting the Pan African University Institute for Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI), represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Arinola Sanya and University of Yaoundé II hosting the Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS), represented by the Vice Rector Prof. Ondua Magloire.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, AU Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, stressed that the signing of the MOUs was a step towards ensuring that the PAU becomes fully operational with its own organs of governance by the scheduled time of 30th June 2014.

The Pan African University was conceived as a response to the need to revitalize higher education and research as major tools for ensuring high level human resource and intellectual capital for Africa’s development, while promoting world class yet locally relevant and responsive research, to provide an exemplar for excellence in African higher education and research. The PAU consists of a network of institutes and centres in five thematic areas distributed across the five regions, and administered from a central rectorate. The PAU serves all of Africa, and is supported by all member states of the African Union and a range of committed partners.