In November 2018, the President of the Global Economic Institute for Africa, Dr. Fred Olayele, led other senior officials of the Institute to the MOU signing ceremony with the Board and Management of Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria. Present at the ceremony were Baze University’s Founder & Pro-Chancellor (Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed), Vice-Chancellor (Professor Tahir Mamman), Chancellor & Chairman, Board of Trustees (Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo), and other local and international dignitaries. Among other things, the MOU sets the framework for advancing academic research and programming in policy innovation, regional economic development, and sustainable development.

Innovation and Internationalization
In August 2019, Vice-Chancellor, Mount Kenya University (Prof Stanley Waudo),