22nd RUFORUM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING POSITIONING HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS TO CATALYSE AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT By the University of Zambia  INTRODUCTION The University of Zambia (UNZA) was established by Act of Parliament No. 66 of 1965. The University was officially opened in 1966 when its first intake of undergraduate students were enrolled. It is the oldest and leading university ...

Abuja, July 27th – 30th, 2026 – At the 9th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW9) and 10th Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) General Assembly, which were held in Abuja, Nigeria, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and its member universities in Nigeria demonstrated their advancement to this year’s theme, “Innovation and Partnership for Resilient ...

Experts warn that farmers demand for agroecology is outpacing the research, finance and training systems meant to sustain it, as ministers are urged to back the continent’s boldest agroecology commitment yet ABUJA, Nigeria – Agroecology is delivering measurable gains for African farmers, but the systems needed to take it to national scale are dangerously underfunded and understaffed, Prof. Anthony Egeru ...

The Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) has achieved a major milestone in its mission to strengthen skills development and agricultural education following the signing of the first phase of a grant from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The funding will support the implementation of the University’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ...

By Evaline Acan The 2026 University Rankings (uniRank) have recently been released, featuring an independent, web-based assessment of officially recognized higher education institutions. The publication highlighted Africa’s leading universities from a global pool of 37,555 institutions, naming 134 African universities as “Top by Country,” 99 as “Top by Region,” and 3 as “Elite Universities.” Unlike research-intensive frameworks such as the ...