Aga Khan to Construct University for East Africa

The Aga Khan Development Network has announced plans to embark on constructing a university with branches across East Africa. Mr Firoz Rasul, the president of the Aga Khan University of East Africa, said the institution will train local human resources and open centers of excellence in each member state so that they stop sending their students abroad. Mr Joseph Mwizerwa, the principal, of Aga Khan University, said the institution will be built and administered within East Africa; the mother university is in Pakistan. “The new understanding is to ensure that programs are headquartered in East Africa, run by East Africans for the region,” Mr Mwizerwa said.