AAUN Members and Friends are invited to mark calendars for Monday 30 March for the Forum. This will be part of a week of related activities at the University of Pretoria.        1. Mon 30 March 2020, AAUN Africa Forum           Theme: “Global Partnerships and African Networks to build capacity on the continent”.    

                 Strengthening Australia-Africa University Relationships FRAMEWORK – strengthening knowledge partnerships for education, research and economic development: The international policy framework is shaped around the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the UN Paris Climate Accords (COP), the AU Africa Agenda 2063 and national policies. These include the

One megatrend influencing Africa’s development agenda is that the continent is getting younger, said Professor Tawana Kupe, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Pretoria and Co-Chair of AAUN (Africa), in an AAUN Forum session on strengthening university relationships on September 2. The top ten countries with the youngest populations were in Africa and approximately 65 per cent of