AFRICA CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT Monitoring & Evaluation Report Adeline Addy, M&E Officer, AAU 10th Project Steering Committee Meeting May 15, 2017, Lagos, Nigeria

Presentation Outline Performance Review (Nov. 2016 – Apr. 2017) Highlights Performance per DLI Aggregate Per ACE Results Verification January 2014 – October 2015 November 2015 – December 2016

ENROLLMENT – 3,718 73% of 2017 target 33% Regional Students 25% Female Students 46% from CEA-MITIC, PAMI & OAU-OAK PARK Increase regional and female enrollment INTERNSHIPS – 810 39% of 2017 target 93% Student internships 63% from CEA-CETIC & CERSA Review feasibility of faculty internships and its importance to the project REGIONALITY – 1,214 71% of 2017 target 6% PhD Students 26% Masters’ Students 68% Short Course Students/ Fellows Increase regional PhD enrollment

PARTNERSHIPS - 42 145% of 2017 target 71% from PAMI, OAU- OAK PARK & 2iE Mostly academic partnerships Assess effectiveness of partnerships EXT. REVENUE – $4,454,463 12% of 2017 target 64% from WACCI, WACCBIP, OAU-OAK PARK & 2iE Mostly tuition fees and co- funding Increase revenue generation to assure sustainability of project RESEARCH PUBS. – 556 140% of 2017 target 44% from CEA-MITIC, PAMI & CEFOR What measures to ensure research impacts policy?

Performance Review Nov. 2016 – Apr. 2017 Aggregate & Per ACE Data from May 8, 2017 Source: ACEs M&E Reports (November 2016 – April 2017)

Regional Female Enrollment up - > 50% of 2016 annual results National Female Enrollment almost matching 2016 annual results Total enrollment for 6-month period almost matchinh 2016 annual results

REGIONAL ENROLLMENT PER ACE

REVENUE PER ACE ACE TARGET REVENUE ACTUAL REVENUE PROGRESS ACEGID $100,000 $530,229 530% CEA-CCBAD $88,500 $404,500 457% WACCBIP $300,000 $737,088 246% WACCI $501,383 $818,826 163% CERSA $45,000 $65,221 145% CEFOR $163,800 $223,280 136% OAU-OAK PARK $500,000 $675,277 135% INP-HB $40,000 $37,015 93% DRYLAND AGRIC $250,000 $152,520 61% CETIC $350,000 29% 2iE $4,000,000 $619,610 15% CERHI $200,000 $19,944 10% CEADESE $17,459 9% ACEPRD $210,000 $14,674 7% ENSEA $750,000 $21,042 3% CEFTER $1,680,126 $17,777 1% CEA-MITIC $317,500 $0 0% KNUST PAMI CEA-SMA ACENTFDB   CEA-SAMEF

2017 RESULTS AS % SHARE OF CUMULATIVE DLIs (Disbursement Linked Indicators)   ACTUAL RESULTS APRIL 2017 CUMULATIVE RESULTS (2013 - 2017) 2017 RESULTS AS % SHARE OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL # OF STUDENTS 3,718 11,720 32% REGIONAL STUDENTS 1,214 3,186 38% NATIONAL STUDENTS 2,809 8,839 FEMALE STUDENTS 918 3,061 30% REG. PHD 68 292 23% REG. MASTERS 316 1,336 24% REG. SHORT COURSE 830 2,374 35% EXTERNAL REVENUE US$4,454.463 US$22,850,518 19% FAC TRAINED 715 1,951 37% NEW/RVSD CURRICULAR 12 137 9% RESEARCH 556 1,499 PARTNERSHIPS 42 299 14%

 DLIs 2016 Cumulative Results 2017 Cumulative Results YR 4 Cumulative Targets Progress Project End Targets TOTAL STUDENTS 8,002 11,720 20,115 58% REG. STUDENTS 2,788 4,002 6,158 65% ACCREDITATION 62 97 210 46% INTERNSHIPS 1,705 2,515 8,393 30% EXTERNAL REVENUE 19,104.987 23,559,450 146,107,236 16% TOTAL FAC. TRND 1,236 1,951 1,435 136% NEW/RVSD CURRICULA 125 137 219 63% REASEARCH 943 1,499 1,550 97% LONGER-TERM STUDENTS 3,626 5,387 7,016 77% NEW PARTNERSHIPS 257 299 272 110% PROJECT MEETINGS 433 537 270 199% ANNUAL AUDIT 26 36 72 50%

VERIFICATION OF RESULTS 1. January 2014 – October 2015

DLRs AGENCY STRATEGY/ METHODOLOGY DLRs 2.1 – 2.5 (Enrollment, Accreditation & Internships) TECHNOPOLIS Data cleaned by Technopolis Online verification survey Telephone calls where survey unsuccessful DLR 2.6 (Research Publications) ELSEVIER Research publications culled from Scopus database per ACE list of researchers Relevance to ACE objectives determined by subject matter experts DLR 2.7 (External Revenue) Financial Audit Firm Details provided by ACEs on Indicator 4 data sheet Verified as part of general audit and report duly signed DLR 2.8 (Teaching & learning environment) Technical Experts (engineers, architects, etc.) Contracts verified by ACE Project Team Relevant technical person (engineer, architect, etc. physically inspects DLRs 3 & 4 (Fiduciary & Procurement) WB Financial Mgt. Team Verification of submitted and online documentation Review of post-procurement audit reports

ACE 1 Institutional Readiness 2.1 - 2.4 Enrollments & Internships 2.5 Accreditation 2.6 Research Publications 2.7 External Revenue 2.8 Teaching & Learning Environment 3.1 - 3.4 Fiduciary Management 4 Procurement TOTAL AMT EARNED (SDR) 1 2iE 530,000 299,520 520,000 510,000 65,000 32,500 1,957,020 2 ACEGID 160,175 252,500 56,875 1,542,050 3 ACENTFDB 260,000 159,830 225,000 48,750 726,080 4 ACEPRD 79,925 285,000 976,175 5 CEADESE 93,600 1,222,975 6 CEA-MITIC 257,500 1,356,250 7 CEFTER 110,625 195,000 899,375 8 CERHI 109,075 435,000 1,163,450 9 CERSA 101,560 60,000 756,560 10 CETIC 1,098,750 11 DRYLAND 227,755 135,000 956,505 12 KNUST 166,605 165,000 1,208,480 13 OAU-OAK 107,535 75,000 40,625 515,660 14 PAMI 191,625 1,321,000 15 WACCBIP 134,890 515,000 2,268,640 16 WACCI 278,525 130,000 330,000 1,317,275 17 CEA-SAMEF 199,360 1,229,360 18 CEA-SMA 179,560 1,072,060 19 CEFOR 360,160 300,000 1,009,535 TOTAL 8,720,000 2,960,325 1,170,000 6,570,000 1,787,500 999,375 390,000 22,597,200

DLR TOTAL EARNED (SDR) TOTAL MAX SDR % OF MAX SDR EARNED DLR 1: Institutional Readiness 8,720,000 100% DLR 2.1 - 2.4: Enrollments & Internships 2,960,325 21,890,000 14% DLR 2.5: Accreditation 1,170,000 9,300,000 13% DLR 2.6: Research Publications 6,570,000 71% DLR 2.7: External Revenue 13,920,000 0% DLR 2.8: Learning & Teaching Environment 1,787,500 18,390,000 10% DLR 3.1 - 3.4: Fiduciary Management 999,375 4,290,000 23% DLR 4: Procurement 390,000 9% TOTAL 22,597,200 90,100,000 25%

VERIFICATION OF RESULTS 2. November 2015 – December 2016

2.1 - 2.4 Enrollments & Internships ACE 2.1 - 2.4 Enrollments & Internships 1 2iE 202,080 2 ACEGID 66,460 3 ACENTFDB 97,445 4 ACEPRD 111,680 5 CEADESE 167,573 6 CEA-MITIC 282,965 7 CEFTER 268,105 8 CERHI 136,498 9 CERSA 154,958 10 CETIC 32,045 11 DRYLAND 142,025 12 KNUST 157,100 13 OAU-OAK 154,815 14 PAMI 229,865 15 WACCBIP 230,345 16 WACCI 302,835 17 CEA-SAMEF 37,775 18 CEA-SMA 104,050 19 CEFOR 231,985 TOTAL 3,110,603 Draft verification reports shared with individual centres Results show number of students verified and not results achieved Verified results for other DLRs to be incorporated in verification report once finalized

Verification Challenges Quality of data submitted by ACEs Inconsistencies in data Missing data Modification of reporting template Technical challenges Internet access/ connectivity issues Online survey links not working

VERIFICATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS DLRs AGENCY IMPROVEMENTS DLRs 2.1 – 2.5 (Enrollment, Accreditation & Internships) TECHNOPOLIS Process fast tracked to complete in 3 months Phone calls done in parallel and not in sequence Reporting simplified and modified indicator definitions incorporated Short term – serious problem in the verification-figure out way to do it just after the courses DLR 2.6 (Research Publications) ELSEVIER Verification based on lists from ACEs New template introduced to facilitate analysis ACEs to indicate authors affiliated to them DLR 2.7 (External Revenue) Financial Audit Firm ACEs to provide in addition to endorsed Indicator 4 data sheet, contact details of Audit Firm DLR 2.8 (Teaching & Learning Environment) Consultant Milestones developed and agreed Reporting of milestones and compilation regularized DLRs 3 & 4 (Fiduciary Mgt. & Procurement) WB Finance & Project Teams

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