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The Pan African University (PAU) is the culmination of continental initiatives of the Commission of the African Union to revitalize higher education and research in Africa, under the Second Decade of Education for Africa and the consolidated Plan of Action of Science and Technology for Africa. It will exemplify excellence, enhance the attractiveness and global competitiveness of African higher education and research and establish the African University at the core of Africa's development.
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Ph.D Defense at PAUGHSS (April) 2019, Yaounde, Cameroon)
PhD students of the Pan African University Institute of Governance Human and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS) started defending their PhD theses in April 2019. Three out of twelve of the students passed through the jury emerging excellent.
PhD students of the Pan African University Institute of Governance Human and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS) started defending their PhD theses in April 2019. Three out of twelve of the students passed through the jury emerging excellent.
Nicholas Mwebaze Mwebesa from Uganda was one of those who first defended. His thesis focused on “Transborder Water Governance and Conflict Management in the Lake Victoria Basin”. In his research work, he aimed at looking at the way Africans can collectively manage the resources sustainably to ensure that people who depend on that lake don’t suffer.
Faustini Peter Panga from Tanzania, on his part, wrote a thesis on “Good governance and the Value for Money in Public Procurement Cycle”, specifically in the local government procurement. In his thesis, he discovered amongst others that Government institutions have been procuring ghost projects.
It should be recalled that this is the first batch of PhD students hosted by the Institute since its creation. According to Prof. Jean Vincent NTUDA EBODE, Director of PAUGHSS, since those who finished first were not from Cameroon, it was a supplementary reason to congratulate them.
With the challenges posed by governance in most economic and political blocks on the continent, those are PhD holders ready-made.
RECTORATE
The Rectorate is responsible for the daily management of the PAU and is headed by the Rector who is the Chief Executive Officer of the PAU.
At the Malabo Summit held in June 2015, African Heads of State and Government adopted Decision EX.CL/Dec.829 to host the Rectorate of the Panafrican University. Following this decision, a high level panel was set up by Decision EX.CL/Dec.829 (XXV) to designate the country that will host the PAU Rectorate. Considering the report by this panel, the Executive Council selected Cameroon as host country and recommended the designation of Cameroon by the Ordinary session of the African Union Assembly who endorsed the selection in January 2016.
The Pan African University is a flagship project of the African Union
