Conference objectives
The ACDE 2027 Conference aims to:
- Rethink financial models and funding of higher education in Africa.
- Promote equity, inclusion, and ethical governance of higher education in global geopolitics and exponential age.
- Advance African sovereignty, responsible innovation, and sustainable digital transformation.
- Strengthen partnerships among countries, academia, industry, government, communities and civil society in Africa.
- Foster youth mobility and innovation in Africa.
- Promote entrepreneurship among youthful population in Africa.
- Promote science diplomacy in Africa.
- Encourage multi-, trans-, cross-, inter- and intra-disciplinarity.
- Foster intelligent, resilient, and future-ready universities across Africa.
