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Latest news, events, and announcements from the Africa Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development.
On 25 March 2026, a delegation from Georgia Tech University visited the Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD) at the University of Rwanda to (…)
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The Africa Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD) joined other Centres of Excellence under the Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education (…)
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The University of Rwanda (UR) held its grand 11th graduation ceremony on 17th October 2025, celebrating the academic success of 9,526 students who officially joined the (…)
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From 16–19 June 2025, the second consortium meeting of the groundbreaking SUNNY Project, a €5.3 million initiative funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe (…)
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As part of UR Innovation Week, on November 21, UR GIIH, in partnership with Chalmers University and Energy Private Developers (EPD), hosted an Energy and Climate Policy (…)
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From 18-19 November, University of Rwanda’s African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD) and The Grid Innovation and Innovation Hub (GIIH) (…)
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The University of Rwanda held its 10th Graduation ceremony, a momentous occasion, on Friday, October 25, 2024, at Huye Campus Stadium. The event celebrated a total of 8,068 (…)
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The University of Rwanda’s College of Science and Technology hosted a mini-grid training workshop, with 49 lecturers from 17 universities across Africa, Asia, and the (…)
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Minister of Education Gaspard Twagirayezu urged graduates to stay curious and adaptable to be able to cope with the ever-growing technology. The call was made on 17 November (…)
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 Gaspard Twagirayezu, the Minister of Education on Friday November 10, inaugurated a University Innovation Pod (UNIPOD), a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded ini
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After a year-long business incubation program at UR’s Grid Innovation and Incubation Hub, five innovators whose innovations were found promising were on 19th May, funded to (…)
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On 19th January 2023, a delegation from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in a visit to University of Rwanda, paid a visit to the African Centre of Excellence in (…)
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