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First Edition 2017 News & Announcements

AAU, World Bank Commend PAMI’s Research Efforts

The Pan African Materials Institute (PAMI) of the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) has received a pat on the back for the successes ...
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ACEGID Develops Prototype for Lassa Fever Test

The Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede, has successfully developed a prototype for Next Generation Multiplex Pan-Lassa ...
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ACEPRD Partners UI on DrosAfrica

The Africa Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD), in collaboration with the University of Ibadan (UI), has purchased a new technology called ...
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ACEPRD’s Story So Far

The Africa Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD) focuses on pointing Africa and the whole of humanity to the natural things that ...
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ACEs: Moving Universities from Teaching to Research

The 10 Africa Centres of Excellence (ACEs) in Nigeria are gradually becoming centres of research and changing the notion that the functional mandate of Nigerian ...
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CDA Builds Capacity of National, Regional Stakeholders

The Centre for Dryland Agriculture at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), has come a long way since it successfully organised its first International Conference on ...
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CDA Partners ICRISAT to Transform Drylands Agriculture

The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), vigorously pursues excellence through collaboration with national and international partners that are engaged ...
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CEADESE Set for Environmentally-Smart Agric Innovations

By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to sustainable agricultural development, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)’s Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment ...
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CEFOR to Locally Process Oilfield Chemicals

The Centre of Excellence for Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), promotes research network on home-grown and regional oilfield chemicals required for ...
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CEFTER Commits to Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

The mandate of the Centre of Excellence for Food Technology and Research (CEFTER) at the Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, is to develop a critical ...
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STEM ACEs

OAU ICT Driven Knowledge Park
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Centre for Oilfield Chemicals Research
University of Port Harcourt
Pan African Materials Institute
African University of Science and Technology, Abuja

Agric ACEs

Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Centre for Food Technology and Research
Benue State University, Makurdi
Centre in Dryland Agriculture
Bayero University, Kano

Health ACEs

ACE for Genomics of Infectious Diseases
Redeemer´s University, Ede
Centre in Reproductive Health Innovation
University of Benin, Benin City
ACE in Phytomedicine Research and Development
University of Jos, Jos
ACE on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

News & Announcements

Advertisement for Admission Into Specialised Postgraduate Programmes for the 2018/2019 Academic Session

Environmental and Social Management Framework

Revised Information On The Call For Proposals For The ACE Impact Project

West and Central Africa Post-Harvest Congress And Exhibition (WCAPHCE) 2018

Updated Information On The Call For Proposals For The ACE Impact Project

Maiden ACE Higher Education Fair Video

CEADESE International Workshop

Pre-Announcement of the Call for Proposals for the Africa Centres Of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) Project

Renowned Scientist, Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok, Laid to Rest

ACENTDFB Signs MoU with Ghanaian Research Institutes






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Collaborating Organisations

Federal Republic of Nigeria
World Bank
National Universities Commission
Association of African Universities
ECOWAS

Centres

  • Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE)
  • Centre for Food Technology and Research (CEFTER)
  • Centre in Dryland Agriculture (CDA)
  • Centre in Reproductive Health Innovation (CEHRI)
  • ACE in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD)
  • ACE on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology (ACENTDFB)
  • ACE for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID)
  • OAU ICT Driven Knowledge Park (OAK PARK)
  • Centre for Oilfield Chemical Research (CEFOR)
  • Pan African Materials Institute (PAMI)

ACE Profile

ACE is a regional higher education project designed to promote regional specialisation 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

  • Association of African Universities
  • National Universities Commission
  • The World Bank
  • Regional Centres

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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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