Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Pro-Vice-Chancellors gathered at the University of Rwanda on Thursday, 15 October 2026, for the Alliance’s biannual meeting of DVCs, held on the eve of the 2026 ARUA Distinguished Public Lecture.
Celebrating the completion of the five-year tenure of Professor Kayode Adebowale, the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Secretary-General Professor John Gyapong delivered a valedictory lecture on Tuesday October 6, 2026, examining how academic leadership shapes institutional legacy.
An estimated 13% of food produced globally is lost after harvest and before reaching retail, while another 19% (about 1.05 billion) of food available to consumers is wasted at retail, food service and household levels. At the same time, millions continue to experience hunger and billions cannot afford a healthy diet. In addition, food loss and waste contributes around 10% of global greenhouse-gas emissions.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) congratulates Addis Ababa University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the University of Rwanda on their selection as laureates of the maiden Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize from the Mastercard Foundation. Of the five prizes on offer at the inaugural edition, three went to ARUA member universities.
MinoHealth AI Labs, in collaboration with the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), is convening this interactive workshop to explore how generative and agentic AI can support African researchers across the research lifecycle. This workshop introduces Moremi Co-Researcher as an AI-powered research co-researcher designed to support researchers across different stages of the research lifecycle, developed by MinoHealth AI Labs. The workshop will explore both the broader use of AI in research and the specialised capabilities of Moremi for scientific and biomedical investigation.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) strengthened its international engagement at the 2026 European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conference and Exhibition, held in Glasgow from 8th to 11th September.
The Board Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University, Professor Sizwe Mabizela, has concluded a productive two-day working visit to the University of Ghana and the ARUA Secretariat.
Topic: “Innovations and capacity building in bio-manufacturing to address health system gaps in Africa”
Africa’s health security remains vulnerable due to its dependence on imported vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics, a structural weakness highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This talk focuses on bio-manufacturing innovation and capacity development as strategic mechanisms for strengthening health-system resilience, using Rwanda as a case study.
At the ARUA-The Guild Summit, held at the University of Glasgow 14-17 June 2026, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of 46 leading universities in Africa and Europe resolved to redouble their efforts to address humanity’s common challenges in health, digital transformation, environmental degradation, technological shifts, cultural tensions and geopolitical strife together.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) joined higher education leaders, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders in Diani, Kenya, on 27–28 August 2026 for an important conversation on the future of doctoral training in African universities.