Annual General Meeting

The African academia is a repository of knowledge, a ‘think tank’ for governments, and a space from where the African society at large, derives its resources. African academic institutions are key in the process of increasing human capacity to promote comprehensive and sustainable economic development. Increased knowledge derived from African academic institutions empowers young people to engage in Agriculture, the most important economic development sector in Africa, which contributes to about 35% of the gross domestic product and occupies 60% of the population. Building capacity, therefore, that empowers young people in Africa to engage in the development of the agriculture sector is an imperative for African academic institutions.

For decades, African governments have initiated the implementation of several policies and models aimed at transforming the African academia, and thus rendering it more effective and efficient in developing Africa’s human capital to positively respond to Africa’s challenges, especially in the agriculture sector. In the face of all these efforts, however, a significant gap still exists between the African academia and the agricultural development of Africa.