Archives: Centres

Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication (CApIC)

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Host University: Covenant University, Nigeria

Vice Chancellor: 

Centre Leader: Prof. Ezekiel F. Adebiyi

Deputy Centre Leader: Prof. Emeka E.J. Iweala

Centre’s Website: https://ace.covenantuniversity.edu.ng

University’s Website: 

Contact: ace@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

 

Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication Africa Centre of Excellence (CApIC-ACE) domiciled at Covenant University is one of the centres selected to be funded by the World Bank for 2018 – 2022 ACE-IMPACT which was announced on November 13, 2018 at an elaborate meeting held at the National Universities Commission.

CApIC-ACE was established based on the urgent need to build a critical mass of indigenous African scientists with the necessary bioinformatics, molecular biology, and information and communication engineering knowledge and skills to drive and sustain impactful researches in collaboration with academic, clinical and industrial institutions in Nigeria, West Africa, Africa, Germany, France, US and UK. Our collaborators have a track record of successful research, training and capacity building.

CApIC-ACE is built on the existing infrastructure and personnel as well as externally-funded research projects for malaria and FEDGEN (NIH H3ABioNet, NIH WASLITBRe and German Science Foundation (aka DFG) being run by CUBRe) and cancer (CaPTC) at Covenant University. It hopes to evolve a Federated Genomic (FEDGEN) cloud infrastructure (with in-memory computing and cloud AI capabilities) customized to process and analyze indigenous genomic data to address African health issues including health education, medication efficiency and early disease diagnosis.

 

African Centre Of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems (ACE FUELS)

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Host University: Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Vice Chancellor: 

Centre Leader: Prof Emeka E. Oguzie

Deputy Centre Leader: Prof. Mrs. Chinyere Ada Madu

Centre’s Website: https://acefuels-futo.org/

University’s Website: 

Contact: info@acefuels-futo.org

 

The primary goal of ACE-FUELS (African Center of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems) is to actively contribute towards the development and deployment of renewable and clean energy technologies in Nigeria and indeed Sub Saharan Africa, and in this way address the regional development challenge of poor availability and access to energy. ACE-FUELS is envisaged to:-

Develop a critical mass of well-trained researchers to meet requirement of R&D professionals for clean energy and related high technology applications.

Initiate and support high end research, to extend knowledge beyond the existing practice in the industry.

Promote local content in research and innovations by initiating necessary value-driven industry-academia collaborations.

Partner with local content industry initiatives within the region to help develop competencies by providing bespoke work-based learning events, activities and tools in line with global best practices.

To set up standard laboratories, with facilities for multi-disciplinary research projects based on electrochemical and energy related technologies.

 

African Centre Of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE SPED)

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Host University: University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Vice Chancellor: 

Centre Leader: –

Deputy Centre Leader: –

Centre’s Website: https://acespedunn.edu.ng/

University’s Website: 

Contact: acesped@unn.edu.ng

 

Africa Center of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED), is a World Bank assisted project domiciled in the faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka. The Center was conceptualized to proffer sustainable solutions to some developmental challenges peculiar to the Sub-Saharan Africa region. These challenges include lack of access to a reliable electric power supply, poor diffusion of renewable and alternative energy technologies, as well as a shortage of high-level skilled manpower to deploy and manage the power supply system.

The fundamental aim of ACE-SPED is to carry out impactful educational research development and training activities in five major thematic areas, such as (i)Electric power systems development, (ii)Renewable energy, waste-to-energy and energy conservation, (iii)Energy resources assessment and forecasting, (iv)Sustainable energy materials, (v)Energy policy, regulation and management.

Using a student-centered, interactive, and engaging educational curriculum cum robust research and development themes with strong practice orientation, ACE-SPED plans to equip it’s Masters and PhD, degree graduates to deliver a great impact on sustainable power and energy development in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The Center aim to train skilled manpower to boost electricity generation and distribution in the region (using conventional and renewable energy resources) to support national grids as well as the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP). The center will also run short courses for personnel of management cadre in energy and power sector.

 

Center of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR)

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Host University: University of Port Harcourt

Vice Chancellor: 

Centre Leader: Prof. O.F. Joel

Deputy Centre Leader: Prof. O. Akaranta

Centre’s Website: https://aceceforuniport.edu.ng

University’s Website: 

Contact: ogbonna.joel@ipsng.org

 

The Africa Center of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR) is one of 22 World Bank-funded Centers of Excellence established in 2013, to promote home grown and regional research networks that will help to develop the human capital in Africa.

ACE-CEFOR aims to develop the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry (in particular) and those of other African countries (in general) where oil and gas have been discovered.

The apparent lack of research Centres in the Gulf of Guinea, and indeed Africa, capable of producing competent researchers in Petroleum and related disciplines is also another motivating factor.

Specifically, we possess good learning infrastructure, focus on research programmes relevant to West and Central Africa as well as regional training, high capacity to mobilize financial resources from the private sector, and a more autonomous operational identity required for efficient project implementation.

ACE-CEFOR operates on the basis of triple helix model of government-academia-industry partnership and thus creates a research network of higher institutions for knowledge and technology transfer.

The postgraduate courses and research are designed, organised and taught on modular basis with teaching responsibility shared amongst experienced and active resource persons from the collaborating universities and Industry partners. The industry partners are involved in our curricula review and providing places for, at least, one month internship placement for our postgraduate students and faculties.

Therefore, our strong university-industry relationships with the resultant cross-fertilization of ideas have continued to be a veritable source of solutions to development challenges especially as they relate to the oil and gas sector.

 

OAU ICT –Driven Knowledge Park (OAK-Park)

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Host University: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Vice Chancellor: 

Centre Leader: Prof. Ayobami Salami

Deputy Centre Leader: Prof. Adesola Aderounmu

Centre’s Website: http://ace.oauife.edu.ng

University’s Website: 

Contact: ace@oauife.edu.ng

 

The Centre aims to create a regionally-recognized and acknowledged model that is driven by high quality postgraduate education for uptake and commercialization of research and technology to advance the growth of ICT industry. The Centre will provide the launch pad for start-up companies borne out of university research activities, and collaboration with partnering ICT companies, who will have the competitive advantage of proximity and direct access to the intellectual infrastructure and output of the university.

The Centre will also ensure systematic incubation of research ideas and products from OAU and other partner HEIs such that the creative/innovative energy of the teeming youths is harnessed into ICT entrepreneurial endeavors using appropriate skill-enhancing training and mentoring. The primary goal will be to provide excellent training for national and regional students for Master and PhD degree programs in ICT and related disciplines.

 

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