Business School of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has launched the Higher Education Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa (HEP SSA) ’22/24 programme established and funded by Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom.
The £100,000 grant award is an international collaboration project targeted at building on research and innovation capacity of engineering students of higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and stimulating ties with industry to increase the scale of impact.
The program titled: ‘Catalysing the Employability and Entrepreneurial Impact of Nigerian Graduate Engineers in the Electricity Industry as a Strategic Way to Improve Access to Electricity in Nigeria’ is also aimed at improving engineering capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing the knowledge, skills, capacity and employability of African engineering graduates.