The Association of African Universities, (AAU) has just eletected it’s new Governing Board Members during its 15th General Conference on July 5-8, 2021, held virtually.
The outgoing President of the AAU Governing Board, Professor Antonio Orlando Quilambo (also the Rector of Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique) welcomed the following distinguished African higher education leaders as the new 2021/2025 AAU Governing Board Members effective 9th August 2021:

1. Professor Saeed Bakri Osman, (AAU Governing Board President), President of Sudan International University, Sudan
2. Professor Mohamed Hussien El-Mahrasawy, (Vice-President, North Africa Region) President of Al-Azhar University, Egypt
3. Professor Theresia Nkuo-Akenji, (Vice-President, Central Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of Bamenda University, Cameroon
4. Professor Lilian Imuetinyan Salami, (Vice-President, West Africa Region) Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
5. Professor El Meteini Mahmoud (Board Member, North Africa Region), President of Ain Shams University, Egypt
6. Professor Hisham Abdelsalam, (Alternate Board Member, North Africa Region) President of Egyptian E-learning University
7. Professor Niragira Sanctus, (Board Member, East Africa Region) Rector University of Burundi
8. Professor Kadouf Hunud Abia, (Board Member, East Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of International University of Africa, Sudan
9. Professor Rungano Jonas Zvobgo, (Board Member, Southern Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe
10. Professor Tawana Kupe, (Board Member, Southern Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, South Africa
11. Professor Tsafack Nanfosso, (Board Member, Central Africa Region) Rector of the University of Dschang, Cameroon
12. Professor George E. NKENG, (Alternate Board Member, Central Africa Region) Rector, Ecole Nationale Superieure es Travaux Publics de Yaoundé, Cameroon
13. Professor Elisabetta S. Olarinde, (Board Member, West Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Nigeria
14. Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, (Board Member, West Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
15. Professor Abiodun Adebayo, (Alternate Board Member, West Africa Region) Vice Chancellor of Covenant University, Nigeria
16. Professor Antonio Orlando Quilambo, (Past President, AAU Governing Board) Rector of Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
17. Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, Incoming AAU Secretary General, Nigeria