22nd International Conference
Private Higher Education in Africa

May 23-24 2024, St.mary's University, Addis Ababa |Ethiopia

About The Event

About The Event

St. Mary’s University, in collaboration with the Association of African Universities, African Union Commission,International Network for Higher Education in Africa, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Ethiopia and Program for Research on Private Higher Education..

Where

Inter Luxury Hotel, Addis Ababa

When

Thursday and Friday
23-24 May

Conference Program

Event Speakers

Speaker 1

Dr. Wondwosen Tamrat

Founder and President of St. Mary’s University (SMU)

Speaker 2

Prof. DamtewTeferra

Founding Director, International Network for Higher Education in Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Speaker 3

Professor Olusola Oyewole

Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU) and a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture in Nigeria

Speaker 4

Professor Saeed Bakri Osman

President, Association of African Universities

Speaker 5

Prof. NV Varghese

Vice Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration

Speaker 6

Dr. Teshome Yizengaw

Indiana Univeristy

Speaker 6

Dr. Rita Bissoonauth

UNESCO Director to the Liaison Office to the African Union & UNECA as well as the Representative to Ethiopia.

Speaker 6

Professor Solomon Negash

Founding director of the FinTech program at KSU

Speaker 6

Dr. Firew Tegegne

President of Bahir Dar University (BDU).

Event Schedule

Here is our event schedule

Program

Events/Acrivities

Arrival and Registration

Opening Ceremony

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome Remarks

Brenden Legros

Dr. Wondwosen Tamrat

Founder and President of St. Mary’s University (SMU).

Cole Emmerich

Professor Olusola Oyewole

Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU) and a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture in Nigeria

Hubert Hirthe

Prof. DamtewTeferra

Founding Director, International Network for Higher Education in Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hubert Hirthe

H.E. Mohammed Belhocine (Prof.)

Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation African Union Commission, ETHIOPIA

Hubert Hirthe

H.E. Sheikh Manssour Bin Mussallam

Secretary-General of the Organization of Southern Cooperation, ETHIOPIA


Opening Remarks

Hubert Hirthe

H.E. Birhanu Nega (Prof.)

Minister, the Federal Ministry of Education, ETHIOPIA

Jack Christiansen

Professor Saeed Bakri Osman

President, Association of African Universities

Alejandrin Littel

Prof. NV Varghese

Vice Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration

Willow Trantow

Dr. Teshome Yizengaw

Indiana Univeristy

Hubert Hirthe

Prof. DamtewTeferra

Founding Director, International Network for Higher Education in Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Brenden Legros

Dr. Wondwosen Tamrat

Founder and President of St. Mary’s University (SMU).

Cole Emmerich

Professor Olusola Oyewole

Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU) and a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture in Nigeria

Jack Christiansen

Professor Saeed Bakri Osman

President, Association of African Universities

Alejandrin Littel

Prof. NV Varghese

Vice Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration

Willow Trantow

Dr. Teshome Yizengaw

Indiana Univeristy

Hubert Hirthe

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Cole Emmerich

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Brenden Legros

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Jack Christiansen

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Alejandrin Littel

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Event Venue

Event venue location info

Inter Luxury Hotel,
Addis Ababa

Partners

Contact Us

Research and Knowledge Management Office(RAKMO).

Address

To the right of Oillibya, from Federal Police Building 200 Meters Down to Africa Union Road (Sarbet Road) Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Phone Number

+251 11 558 0616

Email

smucconference@smuc.edu.et