Support for National and Regional Centers of Excellence

The Bank is helping to create or reinforce networks of higher education, science and technology institutions by harmonizing and linking training programs in different countries so that national institutions can benefit from the staff and curriculum of excellent tertiary education institutions and vocational training centers.

The curricular focus of science and technology institutes includes: agriculture and livestock; engineering, infrastructure and water; health services and infrastructure; ICTs and financial management services, among other areas. To ensure adequate faculty participation, experts from the African diaspora are invited to work in these centers of excellence, either on a face-to-face or distance basis.

To help ensure that students are well prepared for tertiary training, the Bank is simultaneously supporting improved science and mathematics teaching in primary and secondary education by helping to provide qualified teachers.