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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am pleased to share the Communiqué (attached) from the Sixth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference 2018 . </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">20 Ministers of Higher Education, over 30 senior government officials and experts, 105 Vice Chancellors met at the Sixth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference from 22-26 October, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Conference was organized under the overall theme of “Aligning African Universities to accelerate attainment of Africa’s Agenda 2063”. The Government of Kenya through its Ministry of Education and nine RUFORUM member universities in Kenya were the lead
organizers of the Conference. </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I thank the Government of Kenya and RUFORUM for inviting me to deliver keynote at this important conference on the topic of
</span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">“Harnessing the digital potential to drive higher education transformation in Africa”</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> . Geospatial science plays an important role in agricultural systems, specifically, in
realizing United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal to ‘End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture’.[1],[2].</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">[1] <a href="https://www.godan.info/news/godan-african-higher-education-week-2018-and-ruforum-biennial-conference" id="LPlnk288421" class="x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
<span style="color:rgb(228,175,10)">https://www.godan.info/news/godan-african-higher-education-week-2018-and-ruforum-biennial-conference</span></a></span><br>
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[2] <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/harnessing-the-digital-potential-to-drive-higher-education-transformation-in-africa/" id="LPlnk67233" class="x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
<span style="color:rgb(228,175,10)">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/harnessing-the-digital-potential-to-drive-higher-education-transformation-in-africa/</span></a><br>
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