Higher education: AES wants to adapt training to the realities of the Sahel
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Higher education: AES and Togo discuss training adapted to local needs (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Burkinabè Prime Minister received higher education ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Togo in Ouagadougou, ahead of the second AES conference of higher education and research institutions. Discussions focused on university cooperation and adapting training to local needs.
Higher education: AES wants to adapt training to the realities of the Sahel (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The second conference of heads of higher education and research institutions of the AES opened in Ouagadougou on 13 October 2026. Discussions focus on harmonising training, mobility and the mutual recognition of diplomas among Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
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