Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella is a Tanzanian politician who was the first president of the Pan-African Parliament and was president of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.
Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi. It acquired the status of university in 1985,being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014,it was one of 23 public universities in the country.
Mark James Mwandosya is a Tanzanian CCM retired politician and a former Member of Parliament for Rungwe East constituency,who is currently serving as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Ewura Tanzania and the chairperson of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa Annual General Assembly.
Bethwell Allan Ogot is a Kenyan historian and eminent African scholar who specialises in African history,research methods and theory. One of his works starts by saying that "to tell the story of a past so as to portray an inevitable destiny is,for humankind,a need as universal as tool-making. To that extent,we may say that a human being is,by nature,historicus.
Malegapuru William Makgoba is a leading South African immunologist,physician,public health advocate,academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2013 he was recognised as "a pioneer in higher education transformation",by being awarded the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver,but has also generated extensive controversy during that process. He is also responsible for the unjust and unfair dismissal of several high profile academics from UDW and was accused of sexual harassment from his direct staff.
Zanzibar University is a private university in Zanzibar,Tanzania. It opened in 1998 as the first university in Zanzibar,is a private university sponsored by the Darul Iman Charitable Association,an Islamic religious organization in Ontario,Canada. It is situated at Tunguu area,in the Central District,some 12 miles (19 km) from Zanzibar Town. The university campus,with a total area of 170 acres (0.69 km2) of land,is located among quiet countryside surroundings overlooking the Indian Ocean. There is public transport to the university.
Moonis Raza was an Indian academic administrator,regional planner and geographer of international repute. He was born in Ghazipur,Uttar Pradesh,India and educated at Aligarh Muslim University,India. He was the older brother of Prof Mehdi Raza,head and professor of geography and Rahi Masoom Raza,a poet,novelist,Indian Film Industry lyricist and screenplay and dialogue writer. He was married to Dr. Prof Shehla M Raza and had 5 children.
The International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) is a private university located in Kawe ward of Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam Region,Tanzania
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology or MMUST,formerly Western University College of Science and Technology,is a non-profit public university in Kenya. The university is named after Masinde Muliro,a Kenyan politician who helped found the institution. It has approximately 25,000 students across its branches:Main Campus and its two satellite campuses,Webuye Campus and Bungoma Campus
Arun Nigavekar was an Indian physicist and educator. He was the vice-chancellor of the University of Pune from 1998 to 2000 and the vice-chairperson and then chairperson of the University Grants Commission (UGC) from 2000 to 2005.
Eriabu Lugujjo is an electrical engineer,academic and academic administrator. He is the current vice chancellor of Ndejje University,a private Christian university,which was licensed by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education,in 1992. He was appointed to that position in July 2012.
Olive Mwihaki Mugenda is a Kenyan academic,researcher and academic administrator. She is currently the chairperson board of directors at the Kenyatta University Teaching,Referral and Research Hospital,a leading national referral hospital. She was appointed vice chancellor of Kenyatta University one of the 31 public universities in Kenya,in 2006,the first woman to lead a public university in the African Great Lakes area,and served in that position until 20 March 2016.
Olufemi Adebisi Bamiro is a Nigerian professor of mechanical engineering and former vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan.
Joshua Alabi is a Ghanaian academic and politician,who served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies,Accra (UPSA) from 2012 to 2016. He previously served as the Rector of the same institution from 2009 to 2012 and Pro-Rector from 2005 to 2008. In Ghanaian politics,Alabi was the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Krowor Constituency in the Greater Accra from 1997 to 2001 and Minister of State for the Greater Accra and the Northern Regions respectively from 1997 to 2001.
George Kwabena Effah Benneh was a Ghanaian geographer,academic and university administrator who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana,Legon from 1992 to 1996. He was a professor and later an emeritus professor of Geography and Resource Development at the same university. Benneh was Minister of Lands,Natural Resources,Fuel and Power from 1979 to May 1981 and Minister of Finance from May 1981 to December 1981 under Hilla Limann during the Third Republic. Before this,Benneh has served as Commissioner for Lands,Natural Resources,Fuel and Power under the SMC II and AFRC regimes.
Daniel Adzei Bekoe was a Ghanaian chemist and academic. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana and also a former president of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Tolly Salvatory Augustine Mbwette was a Tanzanian academic,engineer and educator. He held various positions in national and international institutions of higher learning over his lifetime,including that of vice chancellor of the Open University of Tanzania. He was a team leader for various multi-disciplinary research teams responsible for both drinking and wastewater treatment systems that rely on bio-systems.
Bashiru Aremu is a Nigerian academic and professor of computer science,Information and Communication Technology. He is the vice chancellor of Crown University International Chartered.
Irene Aurelia Tarimo is a Tanzanian environmental scientist and educator. She currently serves as Head of Department of environmental studies at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT),where she is also a lecturer and a researcher. She previously served as OUT Director in the Lindi Region since 2007 to 2015.
Hashil Twaibu Abdallah is a Tanzanian academic Lecturer of Law and currently Permanent Secretary of Trade and Industry in Tanzania. He was a deputy Permanent Secretary of Trade and Industry appointed by President Samia Suluhu Hassan on April 6,2021. He was the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law and Head of Department of Criminal Law at the Open University of Tanzania for more than ten years.
