Cameroon: ICT University Bags Innovative Higher Institution of Learning Award

By Boris Esono Nwenfor [caption id="attachment_108031" align="alignnone" width="684"] The ICT University is the leading institution in imparting technology-transformative knowledge and skills in Cameroon[/caption] BUEA, August 16, 2023 – A leading technological institution in Cameroon, the ICT University has been recognized as the best Innovative Higher Institution of Learning during an award ceremony by organizers of the Victoria International Media Merit Award. The ICT University is the leading institution in imparting technology-transformative knowledge and skills in Cameroon. It aims to train youngsters with skills that prepare them and the country for the ever-changing world. "We are thrilled to have this award. This award goes a long way to boost the university. ICT University has been one of those institutions that are out to make sure it brings about innovation; it gets to train scholars, leaders, academicians and job-creators and not job seekers,” said Favour Amarachi, Director of Communication at the ICT University. “We are very pleased to have a Visionaire like Victor Mbarika, Founder and President of, the Board of Trustees, of The Information and Communication Technology University (ICT University). He has been doing a lot for the university and he is interested in innovation. Being someone that has stayed almost all his life out of the country, he can understand the dynamics, and also the place of ICT University in Cameroon and Africa at large.” The ICT University Cameroon, it should be said, operates a purely US-based curriculum to provide quality ICT and Managerial Human Capacity Development specially targeted for Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. The ICT University is a vibrant institution which aims at imposing itself as the premier destination for research, innovation and training of scholars relevant to the context of developing economies. [caption id="attachment_108032" align="alignnone" width="684"] Favour Amarachi, Director of Communication at the ICT University.[/caption] With a plethora of programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels, including diploma and certification programs, the ICT University offers a dynamic and flexible learning environment that inspires innovation and creativity and lays emphasis on student access. Favour Amarachi added: "We have an upcoming program, ICT in Journalism and Mass Communication, and this award goes a long way to boost that program. It begins in October 2023. This award is going to speak volumes to that program because that program is coming to bring about modern tools to journalism and to boost the journalism sector not just in Cameroon but in Africa at large.” About the ICT University The ICT University Cameroon is a private institution based in Yaounde, which provides learning in the fields of ICT, renewable energies, telecommunications management, educational sciences and the development of managerial capacities specially targeted for Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. It also has a French-speaking section in Cameroon. ICT University started in 2010 and it currently serves more than 15, 000 students on-site and online. The University develops productive and relevant Diploma, Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level scholars to utilize their research and training in solving the substantial problems in their countries. The ICT University Foundation is registered and chartered in the USA. It is the funding organ of all ICT University campuses. It also funds donations of ICT equipment, E-Learning laboratories and E-Libraries for many universities in Africa. The headquarter of African campuses is in Cameroon and the ICT University campus was accredited by Cameroon's Ministry of Higher Education in 2012.