{"id":496,"date":"2018-06-20T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:57:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About AGM 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About the AGM<\/strong><\/h3>

The 21st RUFORUM AGM is a premier continental gathering focused on strengthening Africa\u2019s higher education and agricultural innovation systems. Co-hosted by the Government of Botswana and RUFORUM member universities, this year\u2019s AGM aligns with key continental strategies including the CAADP Kampala Declaration (2026\u20132035)<\/strong> and Africa Union Agenda 2063<\/strong>.<\/p>

The AGM will provide a platform for stakeholders across Africa and globally to co-create solutions, share best practices, and forge strategic partnerships for sustainable development. Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>

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Sub theme 1: Strategic partnerships for growth: Building bridges for the future\nMeetings under this sub-theme will explore and leverage collaborations to enhance university capacity for maximizing their contributions to Africa\u2019s and global development agenda.\n<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sub theme 2: Science for development: Generating contemporary and relevant solutions at scale\nMeetings under this sub-theme will explore opportunities for strengthening science and innovation capacities of African Universities.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sub-theme 3: Capacity sharing to train the next generation\nThis conference sub-theme will explore how cooperative capacity development approaches might transcend continental disparities in expertise, facilities, and innovation.\n<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  3. Strengthened research, teaching, and entrepreneurship capacity<\/li>
  4. RUFORUM\u2019s 2024\/2025 financial and strategic reports reviewed and adopted<\/li>
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    About the AGM The 21st RUFORUM AGM is a premier continental gathering focused on strengthening Africa\u2019s higher education and agricultural innovation systems. Co-hosted by the Government of Botswana and RUFORUM member universities, this year\u2019s AGM aligns with key continental strategies including the CAADP Kampala Declaration (2026\u20132035) and Africa Union Agenda 2063. The AGM will provide…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4154,"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496\/revisions\/4154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agm.ruforum.org\/AGM2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}