Empirical evidence shows that a number of African universities are unable to admit all the prospective candidates who wish to enroll in them. The demand for high-quality training is so great in Kenya that when the Distance Learning Institute in Nairobi offered its first course on Internet fundamentals through the then newly created AVU in the fall of 1997, more than 400 requests for enrollment were received before the course was even formally announced. Since then, the AVU has registered over 23,000 students in its semester-long courses, and enrolled close to 2,500 professionals in executive business seminars. The AVU has also achieved an impressive 40% participation rate of women in its pre-university courses at the most active learning centers. This suggests that once AVU gets past its nascent stage, it has the potential to revolutionize the current system of tertiary education in Africa in terms of quality and access.
The countries in orange are host to current AVU partner institutions across Africa
