BY DAVID KISANGA/IPP Media – 24th February 2015: The Aga Khan University (AKU) Chancellor and Founder, His Holiness the Aga Khan has said the fuel to speed up Africa’s development is education.
He made the remarks yesterday in Dar es Salaam when accepting a Certificate of Recognition for the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Tanzania handed by President Jakaya Kikwete at the State House in a ceremony attended by various ministers and other dignities.
Noting that the certificate will help AKU as a foreign university to full operate in the country, His Holiness the Aga Khan said, “Our main aim is to operate in Africa and increase more graduates in the fields of medicines and education.”
“We established AKU in Africa to enable the people get quality education and bring about development,” he said.
Seconding him, President Jakaya Kikwete acknowledged the long standing good relations enjoyed by Tanzania and the Aga Khan organisation.
“We trust the organisation, that is why we have decided to brand it with a Certificate of recognition to allow it operate fully in the country,” Kikwete stressed.
He said that AKU has met all the requirements needed for a university hence the government has much expectations from it.
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