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Haramaya University is a pre-eminent institution of higher learning in Ethiopia. It pioneered the field of agricultural sciences and the provisioning of the tripartite functions of education, research, and extension in the country. The early establishment of the university has a notable historical perspective. An agreement was signed between the Governments of Ethiopia and the United States of America (USA) on 16 May 1952, commissioning Oklahoma State University to initiate and operate an agricultural college in the country that was based on the US Land Grant University model to dispense the functions of agricultural education, research, and extension nationally. To fulfill this mandate, the new college would also conduct research and extend its resultant technologies through a nationwide system of agricultural research and experimental stations that it would help to establish in the country. With these lofty goals and mission, the Alemaya College of Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts was established in 1954 near the town of Haramaya at the small village of Baate. The institution operated as a College of Agriculture under Addis Ababa University up until 1986. Graduate study programs were launched in several fields of agriculture in the 1979/80 academic year with 29 students. In 1987, the college was promoted to the level of the university by the Ethiopian government and given the name Alemaya University of Agri-culture. In 1996, the Alemaya University of Agriculture was re-named Alemaya University with the opening of new faculties hosting new disciplines beyond agriculture, including health, education, and social sciences, at its Haramaya and Ha-rar campuses. In 2006, the name Alemaya University was changed to Haramaya University, with the name ‘Haramaya’ denoting the original local vernacular name of the nearby town where the institution was founded. ACE for Climate SABC is a five-year project that aims at producing skilled human capital through research-based quality post-graduate programs and short-term, skill-based training courses.

A l’origine, un engagement politique collectif. Celui de quatorze Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest et Centrale déterminés à doter leurs nouvelles structures gouvernementales, issues des indépendances, de cadres formés sur leur propre continent. En 37 ans, de 1968 à 2006, les deux écoles fondatrices, EIER – École d’Ingénieurs de l’Equipement Rural et ETSHER- École des Techniciens de l’Hydraulique et de l’Equipement Rural, forment plus de 3000 ingénieurs et techniciens supérieurs dans les domaines du génie hydraulique et du génie rural. Devenu en 2001 le groupe EIER-ETSHER, l’établissement incarne l’émergence d’une nouvelle Afrique, « une Afrique qui refuse le misérabilisme et qui croit en ses atouts sur tous les plans, une Afrique consciente de ses défis, et qui est déterminée à les relever ». Ces défis, ce sont ceux de la démographie dont les chiffres explosent, de l’urbanisation galopante, d’une croissance économique sans précédent. Pour y répondre, l’EIER-ETSHER se réforme et devient l’Institut International d’ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, 2iE. La pose de la première pierre a lieu en 2006 en présence du Président du Burkina Faso, M. Blaise Compaoré, et M. Paul Ginies, Directeur général de 2iE à l’époque. L’engagement fondateur de 2iE est celui de l’insertion professionnelle des jeunes diplômés, pour répondre aux nouveaux besoins des économies africaines.

Established in 1922 as a humble technical school, Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious English Universities in Africa. In January of that year, the school, which was later renamed Uganda Technical College, opened its doors to 14 day students who began studying Carpentry, Building and Mechanics. The College soon began offering various other courses in Medical Care, Agriculture , Veterinary Sciences and Teacher Training. It expanded over the years to become a Center for Higher Education in East Africa in 1935. In 1937, the College started developing into an institution of higher education, offering post-school certificate courses. In 1949, it became a University College affiliated to the University College of London, offering courses leading to the general degrees of its then mother institution. With the establishment of the University of East Africa in June 29, 1963, the special relationship with the University of London came to a close and degrees of the University of East Africa were instituted. On July 1, 1970, Makerere became an independent national university of the Republic of Uganda, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses leading to its own awards. Makerere University offers not only day but also evening and external study programmes to a student body of about 35,000 undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates (both Ugandan and foreign). It is also a very active centre for research.

The University of Abomey-Calavi is the principal public university in the west African country of Benin. The university is located in the city of Abomey-Calavi in the south of the country. The school is composed of 19 institutions and six campuses.