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ACE I Project Objectives

Project Development Objectives

The ACE Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support the recipients to promote regional specialization among participating universities in areas that address regional challenges and strengthen the capacities of these universities to deliver quality training and applied research.

Higher Order Objectives

The higher order objective of the ACE project is to meet the labor market demands for skills within specific areas where there are skill shortages affecting development, economic growth and poverty reduction.

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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