1. ACE 031 – OAU ICT-Driven Knowledge Park (OAK-PARK)
Regional Africa Center of Excellence (STEM)

2. Administrative Capacity and Proper Planning.
Progress Report
Administrative Capacity and Proper Planning.
2 designated accounts opened.
ACE Project account.
Grants and Endowment account.
Establishment of ACE Project Implementation Committee.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

3. Learning Excellence Progress Report Contd.
Reviewed /Developed Short-term/Master/Ph.D Courses with Stakeholders
Developed and maintaining multilingual website (
S/N
Short Course 1.
Cyber Security 2.
Cloud Computing 3.
Database Management 4.
Data Warehouse 5.
Web Technology 6
Design and Fabrication of Machine Components 7
Research Uptake and Management
S/N
Short Course 8.
Robotics 9.
Bio Mechatronic
10.
Machine Vision
11.
Automobile Maintenance
12.
Software Application in Drug Prescription and Inventory Management
13.
Machine Design Techniques 14
Remote Sensing and GIS
S/N
Master/Ph.D Course 1.
Computer Science 2.
Software Engineering 3.
Information System 4.
Computer Engineering 5.
Intelligence Systems Engineering 6.
Mechatronic
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

4. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

5. Learning Excellence Progress Report Contd.
* Because of Ebola Crisis
Year 2 Admission in Progress
Year
Students
Program enrolled for
Gender
Regional*
National
Male
Female 1 - 3
Ph.D. 2 17
Masters 10 7
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

6. Learning Excellence Progress Report Contd.
List of Enrolled students (Year 1)
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

7. Learning Excellence Progress Report Contd. ** ongoing
Enrol and Train Faculty and Students in Short-term courses
** ongoing
*** under Planning
S/N
Training
Date
No of Participants 1.
Cloud Computing with Open Nebula
August 25-29, 2014
111 2.
Research Management Sensitization Workshop
April 14, 2015 48 3.
Certificate Training in Geographic Information System (GIS)
May 11 – 25, 2015 ** 4.
Cyber Security
May 25 – 29, 2015
***
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

8. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

9. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

10. Progress Report Contd.
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11. Progress Report Contd.
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12. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

13. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

14. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

15. Learning Excellence Progress Report Contd. Laboratory for ACE Courses
Architectural Design Completed
Structural Drawing and BoQ in progress
Equipment for the Laboratories
Initial list is being updated
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16. Progress Report Contd.
ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015

17. Research Excellence Progress Report Contd. S/N Partners GRANTS 1.
Collaborations with Industries and Partners
S/N
Partners
GRANTS 1.
Courtville Business Solution, Nigeria
26,875 USD 2.
Sambus Co. Ltd, Ghana
ARCGIS Software Suite worth 500,000 USD
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18. Progress Report Contd. Attracting Regional Faculty and Students
Awareness Campaign in Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia
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19. Attracting Regional and National Academia/Sector Partners
Progress Report Contd.
Attracting Regional and National Academia/Sector Partners
ICT Application (scheduled for September, 2015)
ICT and Entrepreneurship (scheduled for October, 2015)
Train ICT Enterpreneur
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20. Collaboration ACE FUND GENERATION MODEL THROUGH COLLABORATION IPTTO
Researchers
Collaboration
IPTTO
ACE
Research Studio
Government/
Private Sector/partners
Problem solving unit/Research
Software product
Articles for Publication
Capacity building in Software development
Employment generation
Problem Identification
Marketing of Product
Generated Fund

21. sustainability Model
Sign MOU
Share profit

22. REVENUE GENERATION MODEL Contd.
Grants from Industries, Donor Agencies, and Partners
Postgraduate Tuition and Bench Fee
Conference Registration
Workshops and Seminars
Short Term Training

23. ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia 12-14 May 2015