The All-Africa Students Union (AASU), under the ACQF-II Pilot Project on Greening Skills and Qualifications in Africa – Users’ Engagement, is organising the Greening Skills and Qualification Dialogues. Following the success of session 1 which focused on an expert panel on greening skills and qualifications, Session 2 takes place on 20th April 2026 from 11:00 to 12:30 GMT.
The African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF) Phase II supports African countries and regional economic communities in strengthening qualifications systems as a foundation for skills transparency, mobility, and lifelong learning.
La phase II du Cadre continental africain des certifications (ACQF, African Continental Qualifications Framework) aide les pays africains et les Communautés économiques régionales à renforcer les systèmes de certification en tant que fondement de la transparence des compétences, de la mobilité et de l’apprentissage tout au long de la vie.
The ACQF Network is warmly invited to join an upcoming webinar on ACQF Referencing on 14 April from 11:00 to 13:30 CEST — a practical session dedicated to understanding how national qualifications frameworks can be referenced to the African Continental Qualifications Framework.
The Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA) co-organises with the project "African Continental Qualifications Framework" (ACQF-II), the stakeholder consultative workshop to brainstorm on the Zambia micro-credentials policy framework. The workshop will discuss policy scenarios for the development and recognition of micro-credentials in Zambia.
From 9 February to 25 March 2026, a series of capacity‑building workshops was delivered in Botswana with the support of ACQF‑II experts, at the invitation of the Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA).
In Rwanda, the ETF has already worked closely with national institutions and government agencies, particularly in the field of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector, aimed at aligning skills development with labour market needs and promoting work-based learning & private sector engagement.
The webinar featured Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan, a leading global scholar in tertiary education quality assurance, who presented findings from the II Global Trends study - an extensive international research initiative conducted every five years to map evolving patterns in quality assurance worldwide.
