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    Sep

    Advancing the Professional Integration of Persons with Disabilities in Agricultural Higher Education: The Disability Inclusion ...

    North Africa, TAGDev project, Thought Pieces
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    By the TAGDev 2.0 Team Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco In partnership with RUFORUM and the Mastercard Foundation Contact: ...
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  • 21
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    Transforming Agricultural Education into Enterprise and Employment: Documenting Youth and Enterprise Transitions at Mohammed VI ...

    North Africa, TAGDEV 2.0 Think Tank, TAGDev project, Thought Pieces
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    By the TAGDev 2.0 Team Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco In partnership with RUFORUM and the Mastercard Foundation Contact: ...
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  • 10
    Aug

    Agricultural Education: Universities do not have a money problem. They have a courage problem

    Africa, Thought Pieces
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    By Dr. Stephen Onakuse Underfunding is often presented as the principal obstacle facing African agricultural education universities. While financial constraints ...
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  • 3
    Aug

    ‘Leaving no student behind’: Is it just a buzzword?

    Southern Africa, TAGDEV 2.0 Think Tank, TAGDev project, Thought Pieces
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    Opinion article by Martie Miranda, Deputy Director: Centre for Universal Access and Disability Support, University of the Free State, South Africa ...
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  • 21
    Jul

    Why Development Partners Must Bet on TVET to Unlock 72 Million Jobs

    Africa, Annual General Meeting, Thought Pieces
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    GABORONE, BOTSWANA – Twenty-nine (29) technical and vocational training leaders from ten (10) African countries have put a number on ...
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  • 20
    Jul

    Assets, Not Liabilities: The Investment Case for Financing Higher Education for Africa’s Refugees

    Africa, Annual General Meeting, Thought Pieces
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    GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Africa is home to 45 million displaced people, 15 million of them young. For most development conversations, ...
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  • 8
    Jul

    Beyond The Classroom: Why The Development Studies Programme at UDS Remains One of Ghana’s Greatest ...

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    By: Abdul Hayi Moomen – Director of Public Affairs, University of Development Studies, Ghana  “The measure of a university is ...
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  • 29
    Jun

    Advancing Inclusive Higher Education and Agricultural Innovation: The Role of the University of Dar es ...

    Eastern Africa, TAGDEV 2.0 Think Tank, Thought Pieces
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    By Dr. Innocensia John Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Email: ...
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  • 22
    Mar

    From Security to Sovereignty: Why Africa Needs More Than a Full Plate

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    By Samantha Ainembabazi At the 21st RUFORUM Annual General Meeting in Botswana, the formal conversations focused on familiar terrain: yields, ...
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  • 8
    Mar

    Prof. Miriam Kinyua: Giving Confidence to Gain an Equitable Future

    Africa, Thought Pieces
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    Professor Miriam Kinyua is an esteemed Kenyan agricultural scientist and academician, presently serving as a Professor of Plant Breeding and ...
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News

  • RUFORUM Backs Mountains of the Moon University to Drive Agricultural Innovation and Skills Development

    15 October, 2026
  • “Be the Muni of the world, not the Oxford of Africa”: RUFORUM keynote urges young ...

    14 October, 2026
  • TRUCE Project Showcases Its Contribution to Competence-Based Higher Education at the EU–Uganda Research and Study ...

    12 October, 2026
  • Ugandan School Leaders Call for Skills-Based Education to Drive Youth Innovation, Employment and Bioeconomy Transformation

    10 October, 2026
  • At 64, Uganda’s next independence is in its classrooms

    9 October, 2026

Sponsorship Opportunities

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    Call for Internship Applications under the StEPPFoS Project

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    28 May, 2026

    Call for Applications: 5 “Female only” PhD Graduate Teaching Assistantship Haramaya University

  • Africa, News, Sponsorship Opportunities, TAGDev project, Upcoming Events
    27 April, 2026

    CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 26 PhD Graduate Teaching Assistantship Positions at the University of Eldoret, Kenya

  • Africa, News, Sponsorship Opportunities, Upcoming Events
    31 March, 2026

    Ignite your LEARNING with our new Online courses

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    31 March, 2026

    CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: StEPPFoS Summer School 2026

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The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) was created in 2004 by ten Vice Chancellors of universities in Africa. To date the network has grown to 175 universities across 40 countries in the five regions of eastern, southern, central, west, and north Africa.

The RUFORUM network collaborates globally with other university networks, development partners, policymakers, and leaders to leverage synergies and work towards shared objectives in delivering science solutions for development, human capital development, and institutional reform in the African Higher Agricultural Education (HAE) system. We recognize that youth are the driving force behind change and are leading the charge for a better Africa. The network is African-owned, aligned with country goals, and thrives in multi-stakeholder engagement that promotes equity and implements gender responsive interventions.

RUFORUM is nested within continental and global frameworks, including the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), Africa’s Agenda 2063, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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  • Large food innovation grant sets stage for AU-EU talks

    26 October, 2026
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    19 October, 2026
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    15 October, 2026
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    15 October, 2026
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    25 September, 2026

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