Member Profile

The African Virtual University (AVU) is a Pan African Intergovernmental Organization established by charter with the mandate of significantly increasing access to quality higher education and training through the innovative use of information communication technologies.
The AVU has trained more than 40,000 students since inception in 1997. The greatest asset of the AVU is its ability to work across borders and language barriers in Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa.

As the leading Pan African eLearning Network, the AVU has acquired the largest eLearning network in Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa with more than 53 Partner Institutions in 27 countries.

The AVU has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and a Regional office in Dakar Senegal. The AVU has Host Country Agreements with the governments of Kenya and Senegal and the AVU has diplomatic status in these countries.
Vision
"To be the Leading Pan-African Open, Distance and eLearning Network"
Mission
"To facilitate the use of effective Open, Distance and eLearning in African institutions of tertiary education"

Strategic Objectives
1. Increase access to tertiary and continuing education in Africa by reaching large numbers of students and professionals in multiple sites simultaneously
2. To increase access to higher quality Open, Distance and eLearning (ODeL) resources that are relevant to Africa
3. To enhance the capacity of African tertiary educational institutions
4. To enhance and sustain a network of Partner Institutions
5. To build and sustain partnerships with institutions that can support the African Virtual University Mission
6. To carry out research and evaluation activities on the African Continent
7. To build and sustain a committed and effective African Virtual University organization
8. To develop and implement a fund raising strategy in support of all of the above objectives with focus on African Governments, the Private Sector and International Organizations