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On Monday, October 23, 2023, as part of fulfilling its obligations, for DLI 5.3 (Entrepreneurship), ACE-CEFOR in partnership with the Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), the Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO) and the Entrepreneurial Centre, all in the University of Port Harcourt, kicked off a week-long University

From Monday, October 16 to Friday, October 20, 2023, the Centre, again, organized a workshop for 48 laboratory scientists and technicians of the university. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. A. E. Abah, Dr. J. Amusan, Mr. Ifeanyi Uchechi, Dr. Easter Nwokah and Dr. Mrs. O. P.  Elenwo. The 5-day workshop covered such areas as,

ACE-CEFOR, as part of the West African Centres of Excellence in Energy Network (WACEENET), took part in the 8th Edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) 2023, which held in Praia, Cape Verde on Thursday, October 12 and Friday October 13, 2023. The Centre was represented by the Deputy Centre Leader, Dr. Victor Aimikhe

In the month of October 2023, the Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR), University of Port Harcourt, organized a workshop on Management Information Systems (MIS), for 33 Database Officers of the University recently appointed, as part of the Centre’s DLIs 5.3 and 7.4 framework, aimed at repositioning the University. The workshop which

On September 30, 2023, the Centre received the good news from the AAU, that the five-year Regional Strategy of the University of Port Harcourt, driven by ACE-CEFOR, has been recommended for approval by the World Bank. The strategy will run from October 2023 to September 2028.

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, ACE-CEFOR received staff of the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the National Universities Commission (NUC), who were on a joint-verification mission of the University’s DLI 7.6 (Innovation in Teaching and Research) Infrastructure. The team led by AAU DLI 5.3 Lead, Ms. Irene Dufie Addai, was made up of Mr.

As part of fulfilling the targets set out in the Centre’s DLI 5.3 (Entrepreneurship) Framework, ACE-CEFOR organized a workshop titled, “Entrepreneurial Universities”, for staff of the University. The workshop, which held from Monday, September 25 to Friday, September 29, 2023, had five modules, which were delivered by five instructors.

On Friday September 22, 2023, the President of Africa Global Development for Positive Change Initiative (ADIafrica), Dr. Prince Dan Mbachi, visited ACE-CEFOR to formally invite the Centre Leader, Prof. Ikechukwu Agbagwa,  to the 2nd ADIafrica International Summit on Global Secure Food Systems & Environmental Sustainability. Dr. Prince Dan Mbachi, who is the Chairman of the

The PhD Batch 7 students of the Centre continued with their academic activities on Monday, July 24, 2023, with a lecture titled, “Research Methods and Commercialization II” which ran until Friday July 28, 2023.

PhD Batch 7 lectures from August 28 to September 1, 2023. The PhD Batch 7 students of the Centre continued with their academic activities on Monday, July 24, 2023, with a lecture titled, “Research Methods and Commercialization II” which ran until Friday July 28, 2023.