African Universities Day 2023

Theme: "Artificial Intelligence in African Higher Education"

November 12, 2023Association of African Universities, Accra. Ghana

African Universities' Day Celebrations 2023

The Association of African Universities (AAU) is calling on all higher education institutions across the continent to join the commemoration of this year’s Africa Universities’ Day. A week-long schedule of activities, slated for Monday November 6, through to Friday November 10, 2023, have been lined up for the celebrations, which also marks 56 years of the AAU’s existence and service to Africa’s higher education sector.
This year’s theme, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)”, underscores the critical need for HEIs in Africa to adopt progressive strategies to guide the usage and integration of emerging technologies such as AI and use these opportunities to improve educational outcomes.

Expected Outcomes of the African Universities' Day Celebrations 2023

Increase African Collaboration in AI

Increase collaborations between and among African universities in the areas of AI research, AI innovation, and AI capacity building.

Understand AI Opportunities

Increase the understanding of AI opportunities in African Higher Education and the strategic roles of Vice Chancellors.

Identify Actions to Uptake AI

Identify and recommend appropriate actions required to facilitate the uptake of AI in higher education for achieving intended educational outcomes.

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Meet The Speakers

Prof. Olusola Bandele OYEWOLE

Secretary General

Ms. Nodumo DHLAMINI

Director ICT Services, Communications & Knowledge Management

Dr Victor ODUMUYIWA

Director NITDA Innovation Hub – University of Lagos, Nigeria

Dr. Rachid SERRAJ

Director of the Africa Initiative and Associate Dean of Strategy in the College of Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)

Angeline R. WAIREGI

Strathmore University, Kenya

Prof Mouhamadou Lamine Ba

Associate Professor at the École Supérieure Polytechnique of the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD).

John Ouma MUGABE

Professor of Science and Innovation Policy at the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) at the University of Pretoria and a Senior Consultant at the African Development Bank (AfDB)

Rachael CHIKOORE

Dean School of Information Science and Technology, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe

Emma RUTTKAMP

Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria

Deborah KANUBALA

Co-founder of WPSYG and ML Researcher at Saarland University in Germany

Jamiu IDOWU

Co-Founder and CEO of Sahel AI

Damian EKE

Transitional Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham

Bernd STAHL

Professor of Critical Research in Technology at the School of Computer Science of the University of Nottingham

Schedules

Day 01

6 November, 2023
Day 02

7 November, 2023
Day 03

8 November, 2023
Day 04

9 November, 2023
Day 05

10 November, 2023

10:00 AM

Prof. Olusola Bandele OYEWOLE

Secretary General

Welcome Remarks

10:15 - 11:30

MODERATOR: Dr Victor Odumuyiwa

Director NITDA Innovation Hub – University of Lagos, Nigeria

Students Led Discussion Forum: How are students from various African Higher Education Institutions adopting and adapting AI technologies in higher education

11:30 - 12:00

Dr Victor Odumuyiwa and Ms Nodumo Dhlamini

Director ICT Services, Communications & Knowledge Management

Questions and Answers

12:00

Closure

11:45

Opening

12:00

MODERATOR: Prof. Olusola Bandele Oyewole

ecretary General, AAU

Introductions

12:15 - 12:45

Prof. John Ouma-Mugabe

University of Pretoria, South Africa

High Level Forum for African Vice Chancellors-AI Policy and Governance: The role of government policies and institutional governance in shaping the use of AI in higher education, including regulations, standards, and best practices

12:45

Ms Nodumo Dhlamini

Director ICT Services, Communications & Knowledge Management

Questions and Answers

13:15 - 13:45

Dr. Angeline Wairegi

Centre for Intellectual Property &Information Technology, Kenya

AI Landscape in Africa

13:45

Moderator

Questions and Answers

14:00

Closure

9:45

MC: Mrs Felicia Kuagbedzi

Opening

10:00

Prof. Olusola Bandele Oyewole

Secretary General, AAU

Welcome remarks

10:15 - 11:30

MODERATOR: Ms Nodumo Dhlamini

Director ICT Services, Communications & Knowledge Management

High Level Panel- Case Studies of AI Implementation by African HEIs: Continental perspectives from 5 African HEIs on their Adoption of AI

Panelists from

University of Ghana
Université Chiek Anta Diop, Senegal
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Morocco
Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal

11:30

Moderator

Questions and Answers

12:00

Closure

8:45