Network of African Architecture Schools Launched in Accra

The ArchiAfrika Educational Network has been launched by ArchiAfrika at a conference held in Accra, Ghana, in cooperation with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Fourteen schools of architecture, representing all the regions of the African continent, attended the conference and now establish the network aimed at "developing excellence among the next generation professionals in the African built environment." While the continent has received attention from architects in Europe, North America, and elsewhere, the schools believe that "strategies to address the challenges in the African built environment should be developed from within the continent."  jh