University of Ibadan Partners With University of Witwatersrand

The challenges of insecurity, economic uncertainties and absence of good governance in Africa can be addressed effectively if the ivory towers in the continent come together to set agenda for strategic partnerships with the rest of the world.
This was the consensus at the end of a meeting between the authorities of the University of Ibadan and their South African counterpart from the University of Witwatersrand on strategic partnership between the two universities and the future of higher education in the continent.
Scholars at the meeting agreed that Africa must urgently develop the capacity to deal with its problems through its institutions and find a common language to address mistrust and break barriers between all member countries.


The meeting agreed that challenges of energy and economy as being currently addressed are crucial but those of peace and conflict resolution are even more germane and must be given more attention.