Again, ABUAD makes history, set to host maiden Africa-Asia Intercontinental Universities Conference
The Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, has been selected to host the maiden Africa-Asia Intercontinental Universities Conference.
This was made known in Ado-Ekiti on Friday in a statement, issued by the Registrar of the institution, Lady Christie Oluborode.
According to her, the university is found worthy to host the maiden edition of the conference, due to it’s position as a leading, top-rated class of a university, effecting radical changes, both in mode of teaching and learning in Nigeria and beyond.
” Recall that the university is rated by Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, as Number 1 university in Nigeria for two consecutive years (2022 & 2023), and Number 221 in the world”, she said.
The registrar said the conference would hold between Monday, April 29, and Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at the university campus.
” The Conference will promote education, scientific cooperation partnership between Academia and Industry and advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
“Speakers at the Conference include; Gov. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of Ekiti, the Director of the Centre for China-Africa Discourse Studies, Queen Modestus, the Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China, Yan Yuging, and the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Shanghai, Amb. Ogu Chimezie Okeoma.
“Others are; the Minister of Education, Prof.Tahir Mamman, the Director, Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang North University, Prof. Liu Hongwu Wu, and ABUAD Founder, Afe Babalola, SAN”, the registrar added.