African Higher Education Leadership in Advancing Inclusive Innovation for Development (AHEAD)

A consortium of 15 Higher Education Institutions from Europe and East Africa. The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It involved 8 university staff who were trained in innovative entrepreneurial skills to manage the CUEA Innovation Hub.

The Hub is dedicated for Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Community Mentors to come together and collaborate on various Research and Innovations guided by Catholic values. The idea is to put at the middle of what's called innovation "ecosystems": a network of people and groups institutions that conduct and support innovative activity through research, product development, and more.

The Hub aims to eliminate the disconnect between educational insight, research, and the innovation process. The Hub offers innovation in the Knowledge Triangle Approach that connects the Faculties/Students/Alumni, Researchers, Pastoral agents, and Industry in approaching the human challenges in response to the needs of the time.

This approach helps CUEA to tackle some of the world's issues that affect God's people, including big data, inequalities, health, climate change, and other related pastoral issues. These and other initiatives help to ensure that CUEA's Education, Research, and Community Service contributions remain innovative and relevant. Thus, CUEA aims to become the 'Pastoral Innovation Hub' for AMECEA, Africa, and the world in line with the Mission of the Founding Fathers.