Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project

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The development objective of the Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project for Africa 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. The project has two components. The first component will strengthen 19 centers of excellence in selected higher education institutions to produce highly skilled graduates and applied research to help address specific regional development challenges. The second component, enhancing regional capacity, evaluation, and collaboration has following three sub-components: (i) enhancing regional capacity and evaluation which will be financed through a regional International Development Association (IDA) grant to the Association of African Universities (AAU); (ii) project facilitation in Nigeria will finance project implementation support and facilitation for the National Universities Commission in Nigeria; and (iii) enhancing demand-driven regional education services in the Gambia will finance provision of higher education services to the Gambia's students, faculty, and civil servants.