The USAID and Higher Education for Development selected the Catholic University of Sudan to partner with twenty two universities in Africa.
The United state awarded more than one million to the 22 African Universities for activities to address issues including food security and agriculture, solar energy, health care, education, and water in Africa.
USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa Franklin Moore said the citizens, academics, and civic and educational institutions of developing countries must be integrated into the way the U S partner to address development challenges.
Mr. Moore explained that Universities are among the most important parts of civil society, and their engagement in policy and program design and implementation is critically important.
These 11 partnerships have detailed five-year strategic plans with a 10-year vision to address national and regional development priorities in sub-Saharan Africa through higher education human and institutional capacity development.
The Catholic University of Sudan is a three year old University in Sudan with its main branches in Juba and Wau.