President Mutharika champions African agriculture His Excellency Peter Arthur Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, has pledged to champion the cause of agriculture and higher education across the continent. The President made this commitment at State House, Lilongwe, while meeting the Executive Secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM). The Forum is mobilizing high-level policy support to rebuild and strengthen African universities to better serve Africa’s development agenda. In accepting the invite to champion higher education generally, and promote science, technology and innovation for the modernization of agriculture specifically, President Mutharika acknowledged the important work undertaken by RUFORUM and the need for it to be recognized by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) as a lead agency for strengthening regional post-graduate education. “I also call upon African governments to support post- graduate training development through the formation of regional centres of excellence and academic mobility for students and staff,” he said. Professor Adipala Ekwamu, the Executive Secretary of RUFORUM said that, “I am delighted to welcome His Excellency as a champion of our cause and share his sentiments. Without a critical pool of highly trained scientists and professionals, made possible by African universities that are developing the necessary skills and capacities, Africa will not develop or achieve its African Vision 2063.” The meeting took place on 16 September 2014 in Malawi.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:06:11 +0000
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