By Mahzouba Maya Faal
The Gambia will be hosting the Ministerial Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting and the 8th Regional Workshop of the ACE Impact project from the 14th – the 18th of November 2022.
The meeting will be officially open by His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia.
The Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence, Impact for Development (ACE Impact) is an ACE I successor Project which is meant to build the capacities of African Universities to take ownership of Africa’s socio-economic development.This project is supporting the
establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Science, Technology, and Engineering for
Entrepreneurship, at the University of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (USET).
This Ministerial Project Steering Committee Meeting and 8th Regional Workshop of the ACE Impact project will bring together ministers, PSC members, focal points, university Vice-Chancellors, professors and other personalities of the ACE Impact fraternity, as well as participants from the World Bank, the Association of African Universities, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and other development partners.