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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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?

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

6. 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

8. REGIONAL ENROLLMENT PER ACE

12. 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

14. 2017 RESULTS AS % SHARE OF CUMULATIVE
DLIs (Disbursement Linked Indicators)  
ACTUAL RESULTS APRIL 2017
CUMULATIVE RESULTS
( )
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,
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%

15.  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,
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%

16. VERIFICATION OF RESULTS
1. January 2014 – October 2015

17. 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

18. ACE
Institutional Readiness
Enrollments & Internships
Accreditation
Research Publications
External Revenue
Teaching & Learning Environment
Fiduciary Management
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

19. DLR
TOTAL EARNED (SDR)
TOTAL MAX SDR
% OF MAX SDR EARNED
DLR 1: Institutional Readiness
8,720,000
100%
DLR : 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 : Fiduciary Management
999,375
4,290,000
23%
DLR 4: Procurement
390,000 9%
TOTAL
22,597,200
90,100,000
25%

20. VERIFICATION OF RESULTS
2. November 2015 – December 2016

22. 2.1 - 2.4 Enrollments & Internships
ACE
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

23. 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

24. 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

25. THANK YOU QUESTIONS, REMARKS & INPUT WELCOME