Adwa Pan-African University

Adwa Pan-African University (Tigrinya: ዓድዋ ፓን ኣፍሪካ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a higher education institution under construction in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia. The University is named after the historically significant 1896 Battle of Adwa.^[1]

Adwa Pan-African University

ዓድዋ ፓን ኣፍሪካ ዩኒቨርሲቲ
Established	April 2017
Location	Adwa , Ethiopia
Campus	1
Language	English
Website	www.apau.org

Emperor Hailesilasi was the first to propose the establishment of a Pan-African university. Where he said future African leaders would be groomed. He actually offered facilities to host a Pan-African university and proposed the African Standby Force in the form of common defense against colonial type interventions.^[2][3]