RUFORUM supports networking and coordination activities through its Secretariat based in Kampala, Uganda. The various networking activities include RUFORUM annual convenings, thematic workshops, trainings, webinars and national forums.

1. Links member universities with one another and helps them network to solve common problems related to higher and tertiary education, research, science, technology and innovation in agriculture and related disciplines.
2. Links member universities with communities and private sector to take up the technologies
3. Promotes networking outside the African continent