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Upcoming Events Unlocking New Opportunities with EiA Empowering Universities Researchers in Ghana SEADE Soft Landing Program Conference Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area for Higher Education Integration Featured Articles Member University in Focus Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University South Africa AAU Governing Board Gathers for 83rd Meeting at Badr University Egypt HAQAA POLICY BRIEF n. 5 Empowering Universities as African Development Integration Agents Featured Documents The Voice of Higher Education in Africa Supporting the core functions of Higher Education Institutions HEIs Facilitating a favourable HE policy environment Providing a platform for discussions on emerging issues AAU Member Universities AAU Partners Benefits of an AAU Member AAU TV ACE for Development Impact Project The Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact ACE Impact is a World Bank funded initiative committed to strengthening higher education training and applied research programs with a focus on development impact through activities targeting overall institutional advancement support on research commercialization and entrepreneurship. The project supports 10 countries in West Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cote dIvoire Guinea Ghana Niger Nigeria Senegal Togo and The Gambia including Djibouti to promote regional specialization among participating universities in thematic areas that address common regional challenges and strengthen the capacities of these universities to deliver quality training and applied research. There are 53 centers focused on postgraduate education applied research and addressing development challenges within the region.