About RUFORUM Biennial Conference

The 2018 Biennial conference is unique with a focus on university-agriculture community transformation. It will provide an opportunity for participants to show case their innovations as part of enhancing the university-farmer community partnership and engagement for meaningful innovation.  The proposed overall theme of the 2018 Conference is “Aligning African Universities to accelerate attainment of Africa’s Agenda 2063”.  The Conference will therefore provide opportunity for participants to show-case the frontiers of their innovation and entrepreneurship and offer universities to demonstrate their repositioning to responding to national and regional development needs including those of farmers and other allied sectors. It further brings the private sector to explore how it can contribute to social entrepreneurship and actively participate in accelerating university and farming communities’ transformation to sustaining the enterprise development in Africa. The Conference will engage development partners and governments to articulate innovative funding mechanisms that propel university transformation for impact. Further, the youth and young researchers will be exposed to senior professionals, researchers and mentors that will further accelerate innovative research careers, strengthen innovation for community impact, and strengthen research communication, publication and networking. Through the Young African Entrepreneurs Series, the youth and young researchers will have the opportunity to be exposed to the practical entrepreneurship skills capacity enhancement and mentorship.