… to be honoured in Ghana in September
Five African institutions have secured a combined $15 million in funding to accelerate higher education transformation initiatives, supporting innovative approaches to teaching, learning, research and skills development across the continent.
The AHEFT 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).
The Mastercard Foundation 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 recognises higher education institutions in Africa that are driving sustained, systemic institution-wide transformation and expanding opportunities for young people.
Each recipient will receive $3 million to scale transformative work, through initiatives agreed with each institution to advance education opportunities for young people
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