The Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences including Climate Change (PAUWES) (http://PAUWES.univ-tlemcen.dz) celebrated the second graduating class of its both tracks of its two Master programmes earlier today. 47 students from across the African continent have received their diplomas during a ceremony at the University of Tlemcen. The graduating students and their guests were welcomed and addressed by official representatives of the Algerian government and dignitaries from across Africa and Europe, including Her Excellency Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor, the new African Union Commissioner for Human Resources , Science and Technology, Benyaiche Ali, the Governor of the Tlemcen Wilaya, and His Excellency Michael Zenner, the German Ambassador to Algeria. This years graduating students will join the next generation of African engineers and policymakers committed to addressing the issues critical to Africas sustainable development. They have not only successfully completed their coursework requirements, but have conducted practice-oriented research for their master theses based on a multitude of case studies that address the water, energy, and climate-related challenges Africa faces. In order to gain a transcontinental perspective of those same challenges, our students have also completed international internships in the private and public sectors at renowned research institutions cross Africa and beyond. Besides focusing on their studies, the students of the Class of 2017with the support of PAUWESlaunched the first student-lead clubs, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club and the Community of Practice (CoP), which have contributed to the overall sense of community and leadership that our institute strives to promote.What is more, this cohort of graduating students represents and fulfills one of the key objectives of the Pan African University (PAU) and PAUWESwhich is to foster an African learning environment of the most qualified and motivated scholars while revitalizing and nurturing the quality of African higher education. Not only are an array African Union member states and eleven female students represented in the Class of 2017, but this diverse cohort of students have had the opportunity to study alongside an international faculty of over 100 professors and researchers from across Africa and the world.Supported by PAUWES, the University of Tlemcen and our key thematic partnerGermany, we are confident that students of the Class of 2017 are well positioned to become leaders in public administration, policy-making, research, technology, private enterprise, and civil society. The PAUWES 2017 Class Booklet (http://apo.af/c2fCtF) showcases this years graduates and we are very pleased to invite future employers to meet them.We will proudly welcome our most diverse cohort ever this coming fall as 70 students from 31 African countries will join the PAUWES family as the incoming Class of 2019.List of GraduatesYunus ALOKOREUgandaSamuel Olatunde BABALOLANigeriaGemma ITUZE RwandaIrene NANTONGO UgandaGnamien Constant KOUAKOUCote d'IvoireMahmoud Sayed HEFNEY DIAB EgyptRolex MUCEKA UgandaMohamed Lamine BACHIR MaliErasmus MUH CameroonSolomon Gebremariam Fissaha EthiopiaColette ABIMANA RwandaHillary KIPRONO KenyaTonny KUKEERA UgandaWilson Ofori SARKODIE GhanaOgechi Vivian NWADIARU NigeriaSalif SOW SenegalAmal Nasser Fahiem ABD ELAZIZ EgyptAmon Kevin Kirathe GACHURI KenyaAndrew MUGUMYA UgandaJean d'Amour MWONGEREZA RwandaCleus BAMUTURA UgandaMichel RWEMA RwandaEric Otieno AKUMU KenyaRehema Maria KHIMULU KenyaMartin LYAMBAI ZambiaBrian Omondi ODUOR KenyaAnthere BIZIMANA RwandaEndalkachew Yeshewas Muche EthiopiaGeorge KIMBOWA UgandaJohnstone Isiah MAINYA KenyaGninwokan Eden Josias KONE Cte d'IvoireJean Marie Pascal KWISANGA RwandaMthokozisi MOYO ZimbabweJohn Ng'ang'a GATHAGU KenyaNaima HAMDAOUI AlgeriaOusmanou NJOYA CameroonJemal MOHAMMED HASSEN EthiopiaMulugeta Ferede MELESE EthiopiaWorkinesh Takele TESSEMA EthiopiaJosiane ABONIYO RwandaKouadio Pierre Stephane BOFFOUE Cte d'IvoireCuthbert TAGUTA ZimbabweDiana UMULISA RwandaEva Muthoni Kimonye KenyaHerman KWOBA KenyaMukaya MUHAMMUDU UgandaYassien Kassie Mohammed EthiopiaDistributed by APO on behalf of Pan African University, the Institute for Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES).More informationProf. Abdellatif Zerga, DirectorPAUWES c/o University of TlemcenEmail: abdellatif.zerga@gmail.comPhone: +213 (0) 434 41 04 35AboutPan African UniversityPAU (https://PAU-au.net) addresses five thematic areas: Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation; Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture), Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences; Water and Energy Sciences including Climate Change (PAUWES); and Space Sciences. The thematic areas are assigned to five flagship institutes hosted by existing universities of excellence across Africas five geographic regions. For more information: https://PAU-au.netPAUWESAs an integral part of the Pan African University, the Institute for Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change) (PAUWES) (http://PAUWES.univ-tlemcen.dz) in Tlemcen, Algeria, contributes to advancing higher education and applied research in the fields of water, energy and climate changea key contribution to sustainable development in Africa. PAUWES, which is supported by the German government, currently offers four master programmes in the fields of water and energy, covering both engineering and policy. For more information: http://PAUWES.univ-tlemcen.dzFollow ushttps://www.facebook.com/PAUWES1/'fref=tshttps://www.facebook.com/pauafrica/'fref=ts @pau_africaunion@PAUWESWebcast of the Ceremonyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGltPdX1sZ5tAGeql80C9gPAUWES Student Booklet 2017http://pauwes.univ-tlemcen.dz/class-2017-student-booklet/Media filesDownload logoMultimedia contentImage: The newly graduated PAUWES Class of 2017 celebrates outside the University of Tlemcen AuditoriumImage: Graduate Diana Umulisa (Rwanda) was one of four student speakers to address the ceremonyImage: Graduate Josiane Aboniyo (Rwanda) and her fellow classmatesImage: The new African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, Her Excellency Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor delivers an uplifting address to the graduates Image: Benyaiche Ali, the Governor of Tlemcen Wilaya, delivers his commencement addressImage: The German Ambassador to Algeria, His Excellency Michael Zenner, approaching the stage to deliver his address
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