ARUA – African Research Universities Alliance

ARUA’s vision is to make African researchers and institutions globally competitive while contributing to the generation of knowledge for socio-economic transformation in Africa.

Member Universities

• University of Lagos, Nigeria
• University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Obafemi Awolowo University lle-Ife, Nigeria
• University of Ghana, Ghana
• University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• University of Nairobi, Kenya
• University of Cape Town, South Africa
• University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• University of Rwanda
• University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
• Makerere University, Uganda
• University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Rhodes University, South Africa
• University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
• Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

ARUA is intended to develop local research excellence through collaboration to find solutions to the development problems of Africa. It is set to become a pan-African network for bringing research and academic excellence to the fore throughout the region by developing strong and viable research universities.

Natural Sciences

• Climate change
• Food security
• Non-communicable diseases
• Materials development and nanotechnology
• Energy
• Water conservation

Social Sciences / Humanities

• Mobility & migration
• Poverty & inequality
• Unemployment & skills development
• Notions of identity
• Good governance
• Post-conflict societies
• Urbanisation and habitable cities