A new Australian-African consortium has been formed to focus on innovative agricultural research and enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This consortium was formed during a multilateral workshop held in Nairobi on 23-24 February 2015. The workshop, funded by the Australia Africa Universities Network, was led by Associate Professor Inakwu Odeh from the University of Sydney and Professor Nancy Karanja from

The Commonwealth of Learning invited in October 2015 Dr Santally Mohammad Issack to conduct a three-day training with staff of the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (SITE) on multimedia materials development for MOOCs using the Rapid e-Learning Methodology. The workshop was conducted with around 20 participants that included academics and teacher educators as well as supporting staff of the SITE.

Journals Consortium released the 2015 Ranking for African Universities and Higher Institutions earlier this year. The rankings, based on research publications and citations from the last five years, placed all AAUN African member institutions in the top 100. University of Cape Town was ranked number one in Africa with the University of Pretoria ranked 3rd and the University of Nairobi