Let’s collaborate to fix challenges confronting our countries – Dr. Apaak to ACE

The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, has called on the Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) to collaborate with sister countries to fix the many challenges confronting them.

Dr. Clement Apaak disclosed this while speaking on behalf of the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) dinner at Labadi Beach in Accra.

The event was under the theme: “ACE@10: Celebrating a Decade of Impact and Innovation of Africa Centers of Excellence Program”.

ACE was launched by the World Bank in 2014 (closed in 2020) and supported 22 centers in 9 countries in Western and Central Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Senegal.

Addressing the gather during the dinner, Dr. Apaak reiterated the call by President John Mahama during the opening ceremony for a collaboration between the countries and commended ACE for its work hard over the years.

“As our President said in his opening remarks and indicated, we look forward to more collaborations and to exploring how we can work together, like partner nations in academia, with the World Bank to address the numerous challenges facing our various countries and the continent.

“I took time to listen to a number presentation, and I think we all agree that while we have made progress, there is a lot more work to be done. If we commit ourselves, I believe we will see changes that are a lot more impactful than we are currently experiencing”, Dr. Apaak stated.