USA Africa Dialogue Series - Africa Diaspora: Don't Perish Because of Lack of Knowledge! Africa's Top 14 and 30... the Conversation begins at the Global Africa Diaspora Convention with AU ECOSOCC: Nov. 19-22, 2015

Representatives  coming from Asia, Europe, Middle East, South America, Europe, Australia, please also copy your responses to africanservices@aol.com. Leaders of organizations in Washington/Baltimore,  if your group is interested in being a hospitality host , explore this experience of cooperation at its finest! as they say...One Good Turn Deserves Another.  Viva Africa Diaspora!! Win One for Motherland.

Agenda 2063:  An integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa driven by her peoples. The Global Africa Diaspora Convention November 19-22, 2015 General Assembly, Plenary, and Roundtable Session at Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland on  November 20-21 Coppin is a member of the Historical Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. Maria Thompson (above) is the President. The Convention opens in Washington, DC on November 19 with public officials and representatives of organizations. The Global Africa Diaspora Summit 2015.   Identifying and Building Capacity   From Concept to Implementation of the AU Declaration of the Global Africa Summit 2012. Popularizing the Shared Values of the African Union and Agenda 2063 Academic and Research Exchange Between    And African Institutions With   Dr. Meldon Hollis   former Associate Director and Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities  White House (retired in June 2015) and the first Executive Director of the Initiative.   Currently, Dr. Hollis is a  Visiting Scholar with the Political Science Department at Savannah State University AND Professor Barbara A. Simmons of William Tubman University, Liberia. Please see the information on the 14 African Universities among the world's 800 and the 30 among 2600 institutions. Dear Stakeholders and Friends of Africa: The African Union Economic, Social, Cultural and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) in the Global Diaspora. Three years after the AU Declaration of the Global Africa Diaspora Summit in South Africa 2012, the  Global Africa Diaspora Convention  will take place from November Nov. 19-22, 2015 in Washington DC/Baltimore, Maryland, USA. For the Structure,  Substantive Programs, and Events in the Margins, please visit the website and download the latest document: ENTER Through the Table of Contents, stakeholders can identify their session(s) of interests. There are possibilities for Special Roundtable Sessions with coordinators committed to the specific capacity building and how possible partnerships can materialize.  After the description of each program, please note the AU ECOSOCC Cluster Chairs, corresponding AU Commissions, Five Regions in Africa, and available institutional resources as applicable.  Events in the Margins   All Roads to Abuja for NEPAD Africa Trade Fair: May 2016 Promoting Indigenous African Products and Services. Come for the Sneak Preview and Africa Diaspora Participation: From Asia, South America; the Middle East, North America, South America, the Caribbean, Australia....going. ENTER  Events in the Margins    AU Year of Women Empowerment and Development Towards Agenda: The Africa Ball and Banquet:  The Brilliance and Resilience of the African Woman. Paying Tribute to the life of the first African Women Nobel Prize Winner, the late Professor Wangari Maathai, and the first person to hold the position of Presiding Officer of AU ECOSOCC. "Wangari Maathai's compelling life story is inextricably linked with the social and political changes that so much of Africa has been through since the idea of throwing off European colonialism began to gain traction shortly after World War II."  BBC   The program honors African Women who have pioneered standards and exemplified the competence of African Women in shaping society and history through mainstream developments. The program also honors Mayors of African descent in the Diaspora In the Civil Society: Stay tuned for the Honorees  and   Profiles of African Female Ambassadors in the Diaspora. The Visible and Viable Africa Diaspora  From  Transformative Education; Social Pacesetting; Health and Human Services;  Cultural Renaissance; Civic Ingenuity;  Economic Innovations, to Capitalizing on  Pan Africanism,  the people-centered programs are capacity builders for Agenda 2063.  The discussions are centered on Solutions, System Building through Collaboration, and enabling public policies.  Make this milestone Global Africa Diaspora Convention 2015.  For more information and reservations: ENTER í   The Crown of Conscience A four day journey with Virtue Read Miss African Union Diaspora and  Volunteerism in Africa. í 14 African institutions make top 800 World University Rankings THE TIMES Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-16 have been released and this year 14 African universities made it.  This year, the rankings were more comprehensive than ever. They covered 800 institutions from 70 different countries, compared with 41 countries that made last year's top 400.  In total six universities from South Africa featured in the top 800, three of them making it into the top 400. Coming in tops for Africa as a whole was the University of Cape Town (120) followed by the University of the Witwatersrand (201 - 250), Stellenbosch University (301 - 350), University of KwaZulu Natal (401 - 500), University of Pretoria (501 - 600) and the University of South Africa. Other institutions include;  The University of Ghana (601 - 800), University of Nairobi (601 - 800), University of Ibadan in Nigeria (601 - 800) and Uganda's Makerere University (401 - 500) There were three Egyptian institutions; Alexandria University (601 - 800), Cairo University (601 - 800) and the Suez Canal University (601 - 800). From Morocco there was the University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad (601 - 800).  The ranking's methodology uses performance indicators that are grouped into five areas; teaching (the learning environment) research (volume, income and reputation), citations (research influence), international outlook (staff, students and research) and industry income (knowledge transfer). Top 30 of Africa's approximately 2,600 higher education institutions.  THE Africa University Ranking 1. University of Cape Town (South Africa) 2. University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) 3. Makerere University (Uganda) 4. University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) 5. University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) 6. University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)  7. University of the Western Cape (South Africa) 8. University of Nairobi (Kenya)  9. University of Johannesburg (South Africa)  10. Universite Cadi Ayyad (Morocco)  11. University of Pretoria (South Africa)  12. University of Ghana (Ghana)  13. University of South Africa (South Africa) 14. Suez Canal University (Egypt)  15. Universite Hassan II (Morocco)  16. Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)  17. Rhodes University (South Africa) 18. University of The Free State (South Africa)  19. North West University (South Africa)  20. University of Tunis (Tunisia)  21. Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Sfax (Tunisia) 22. Universite Mohammed V - Agdal (Morocco)  23. American University in Cairo (Egypt)  24. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa)  25. South Valley University (Egypt)  26. Alexandria University (Egypt)  27. Assiut University (Egypt) 28. University of Sfax (Tunisia)  29. University of Yaounde (Cameroon)  30. Minia University(Egypt) Source: Times Higher Education These results are essentially based on the amount of citations there are for the university's work.  They are derived from the methodology for the current world university ranking, using the 13 factors (below), combining THE's own enormous database of statistics along with the Elsevier's Scopus database - a system that highlights some of the continent's top performers in terms of how often research papers are referred to and cited by other academics globally.  This methodology is designed for the research-led globally facing university. Times Higher Education emphasised that not everyone in Africa will find the metrics appropriate to their mission or their strategic priorities making this ranking a starting point of a longer, inclusive conversation involving African institutions.  Join the Conversation on November 20, 2015 at the Global Africa Diaspora Convention.

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