The Vice-Chancellor of Bingham University Karu Nasarawa State, Prof William Qurix has urged African universities to embrace entrepreneurship education.

The V-C said this at the 2nd Global Annual Meeting of the Forum for Innovation in African Universities hosted by the Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CAEL) at the University of Wolverhampton at the weekend.

At the forum, Prof. Qurix highlighted some achievements made by Nigerian Universities and particularly the proposed review of curriculum by the National Universities Commission in which entrepreneurship education has been emphasised.

The Forum brought together leaders of African Universities, academics, business and government officials from different parts of the world to examine how African Universities can transition into entrepreneurial universities post COVID-19.

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According to a statement by Bingham University, the theme of the conference aligned with the emphasis on embedding Entrepreneurship Education in core curricula offered in the African higher education sector with a view to promoting economic development.

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Peter Okebukola, who examined the state of education in Africa pre and post-COVID-19, noted that African Universities were doing well but required more effort in adapting to post-COVID-19 challenges.

Okebukola, a former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), urged African universities to embrace technology and deploy it appropriately to education.

The Director of the Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Dr Paschal Anosike acknowledged the successes recorded by the Centre which include the inauguration of the Forum.

The Forum, which was declared open by a former Commissioner of Science Education, African Union, Prof. Sarah Agang, received the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Sandra Samuels, OBE who later hosted participants at the Mayoral luncheon.