History Of Adventist University of Africa – see details below:
The History
The rapidly growing membership of the Church in Africa challenged its leaders to find solutions to the questions of increasing demand for committed professional leaders with knowledge, skills, and an attitude of service at all levels of the Church. Leaders, pastors, and educators realised that the solution to the challenges was inextricably linked with postgraduate education within the territory of the growing church. They sent an appeal to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GC), requesting the opening of such an institution.
The 2001 Annual Council appointed an Africa Graduate Education Taskforce (AGET) with the assignment to “plan and facilitate the establishment of graduate programmes based in Africa and to prepare a detailed plan and timeline for the location, design, resource mobilization, and governance of the graduate programmes.” The Taskforce of 14 members met on September 10 and 11, 2003 in Arusha, Tanzania, with 11 additional invitees and consultants in the area of finance and education, including the Division Education Directors and representatives from the General Conference (GC), as well as from colleges and universities in Africa. During the meetings, they discussed the option of establishing an institution offering postgraduate programmes in Africa.
In 2003, the three African Divisions—the East-Central Africa Division (ECD), the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID), and the West-Central Africa Division (WAD)—requested a meeting with AGET and representatives from the GC, from colleges and universities in Africa. The meeting was intended to discuss the option of establishing an institution offering postgraduate programmes in Africa.
