The Association of African Universities (AAU) is the apex organisation and forum for consultation, exchange of information and co-operation among institutions of Higher Education in Africa. Created in 1967 by the Heads African Universities themselves, AAU is the voice of higher education in Africa. The Association aims to improve the quality of higher education, and to strengthen its contribution to Africa's development by supporting the core functions of higher education institutions and facilitating critical reflection and consensus building on issues affecting higher education. The AAU is based in Accra and has a current membership of over 400 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)..
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The African Universities’ Week (AU Week) is celebrated annually on the 12th November by Universities in Africa. This day coincides with the birth of the Association of African Universities in Rabat, Morocco, on November 12, 1967. The decision to create the AAU had been taken at an earlier meeting of Heads of African Institutions of Higher Education organized for this purpose at the University of Khartoum, Sudan in September 1963. The AU Week’s celebration brings together higher education stakeholders across Africa to discuss thematic issues pertinent to the improvement of quality higher education and the relevance of higher education to the development of the African continent in general. The African Universities’ Week Celebrations have become a premier event on the calendar of AAU and has been celebrated by HEIs since 2000.
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