Festivities attended by local and foreign dignitaries ran under the theme “Living our Vision in Faith, Embracing Diversity and Developing Leaders for Africa.”
The Chancellor Bishop David Yemba conferred honorary degrees on the founding Vice Chancellor John Kurewa and Roger Ireson, who was charged with the implementation of the university project at its inception.
Kurewa served as Vice Chancellor from 1989 until 1997 and is currently the E. Stanley Jones Evangelist Chair. American Ireson also played a pivotal role in the establishment of the university. Through his exceptional leadership, a premier institute of higher learning was founded on the African continent. The vice Chancellor Fanuel Tagwira paid tribute to the two and other founding staff members.
Tagwira said the university had partnered with the African Capacity Building Foundation to offer a Masters degree in Public Sector Management, as well as hosting the Masters degree in Intellectual Property, the only UN funded IP programme in Africa.
“The aim of this programme, which attracts students from all over Africa, is to increase the capacity of African nations to tap into the power of the continent’s intellectual property assets so as to ensure sustainable development and to appropriately protect those asserts,” said Tagwira.
AU will soon launch undergraduate programmes in Medical Laboratory Technology, Hospitality and Hotel Management and Public Management among others.
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