APHRC is a leading pan-African research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that conducts high quality policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization and related development issues across Africa. APHRC actively engages policymakers and other key stakeholders to achieve measurable policy impacts and ensure decision making...
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is one of Africa’s most eminent health research organisations. With a history of more than 50 years, IHI is an independent, non-profit organisation, registered in Tanzania and led by Tanzanians. IHI conducts a wide range of health-related research, including biomedical and...
The Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), located in rural northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, provides the foundation for the Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa...
The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is based within the KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medical Research – (Coast). Our core activities are funded by the Wellcome Trust. We conduct integrated epidemiological, social, laboratory and clinical research in parallel, with results feeding into local and...
The University of the Witwatersrand was granted full university status in 1922. Today, with five faculties (Commerce, Law and Management; Engineering and the Built Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; Science) and 33 schools, Wits offers approximately 3 400 courses to 40,259 students. Over a third of the student...
University of Ibadan was established in 1948, as the first University in Nigeria. The University, which took off with academic programmes in Arts, Science and Medicine, is now a comprehensive citadel of learning with academic programmes in sixteen Faculties. The Postgraduate School enrolment takes about...
Founded in 1962 as the University of Ife but rechristened as the Obafemi Awolowo University on May 12, 1987, in honour of one of its most distinguished founding fathers, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo. The University is committed to produce graduates of international standards, with appropriate...
Established in 1922, Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious Universities in Africa. The university has developed a focused research agenda that is multi-disciplinary and draws on the University’s vast expertise. Its mission is to provide innovative teaching, learning, research and services...
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) was established in 2019 through an act of parliament, resulting from the merger of two esteemed institutions: Kamuzu College of Nursing (established in 1965) and the College of Medicine (established in 1991). As a comprehensive health and allied sciences...
The University of Rwanda (UR) was established by the Government of Rwanda in 2013. The University supports the development of Rwanda by discovering and advancing knowledge, being committed to the highest standards of academic excellence, and by creating a place where students are prepared for...
The University of Nairobi marked 50 years in 2020, since it was transformed into the first national University in Kenya on July 1, 1970. Since 1970, the University has grown from a faculty based university serving a student population of 2,768 to a college focused university...
Moi University is one of Kenya’s leading Universities established in 1984 as the second public university in Kenya. The University is driven by the process of involvement – involvement in world affairs; in the needs of individuals and their communities, businesses, industries, and governments; in the...