Pan African University helping realise continent’s development agenda

Pan African University graduands with JKUAT, PAU and African Union Commission officials shortly after the conferment of degrees in 2014.

Rising from the shackles of colonialism in the 1960s, African countries have had a strong desire to foster social, economic and political integration. To achieve this enviable dream, the Heads of State through the African Union (AU) resolved to prioritize higher education, scientific and technological research to revitalize the continent’s development and global competitiveness.

This led to inauguration of the Pan African University (PAU) in November 2011. The continental graduate training facility is being actualized through a network of excellent universities drawn from five regions of Africa.