Uganda's Muni University wins inaugural Mastercard higher education award
The Mastercard Foundation has launched the Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize, awarding $3 million each to five African universities. The initiative aims to support systemic transformation in higher education across the continent.
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This significant financial commitment highlights a focus on human capital development and institutional excellence in African education.
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Five institutions honoured for advancing higher education transformation in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Mastercard Foundation has announced the launch of the Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize, a first-of-its-kind annual award, supported by a $500 million commitment over its first decade. The AHEFT Prize recognizes higher education institutions in Africa that are driving sustained, systemic institution-wide transformation and expanding opportunities for young people.
The Prize’s inaugural winning institutions are Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia); the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (Burkina Faso); Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (Ghana); Muni University (Uganda); and the University of Rwanda (Rwanda). Each recipient will receive $3 million to scale transformative work through initiatives agreed upon with each institution to advance education opportunities for young people in Africa.
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