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A pan-African forum on AI for engineering education

The African Engineering Education Forum is a platform for engineering educators, professional organisations and industry leaders from Africa and the world to discuss and propose solutions to common problems in engineering education.

Monday 8 – Thursday 11 June 2026Faculty of Science, University of Douala6th edition · first time in Cameroon

Presentation

Producing global engineers with limited resources

An organiser interviewed by the press in front of the AEEF 2026 roll-up banner

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising sectors across the world, including education. In developing countries, institutions face significant challenges: limited access to quality teaching resources, inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of skilled educators. The major challenge confronting academics in Africa is to produce, with limited resources, global engineers who espouse innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability.

For its sixth edition, the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA) organised the forum around artificial intelligence. Participants critically examined approaches to teaching, learning and curriculum structures that advance engineering education in resource-constrained environments, and fostered exchange, links and collaboration between member nations and the rest of the world.

The 2026 edition was held at the Complex of Professionalization of the Faculty of Science, University of Douala (Ndogbong campus), under the patronage of the Rector, Prof. Magloire Ondoa.

Theme

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Education: Innovation and Solutions for Resource-Constrained Environments

Thème

Intelligence Artificielle pour les Sciences de l’Ingénieur : Innovation et Solutions pour les Environnements sous Contraintes

Objectives

What the forum set out to do

01

Integrate AI

Explore how artificial intelligence can be integrated into engineering curricula, pedagogy and assessment.

02

Share innovations

Showcase case studies and practical solutions designed for resource-constrained contexts.

03

Build partnerships

Strengthen collaboration between academia, industry and international networks.

04

Include everyone

Promote sustainable and inclusive engineering education across Africa and beyond.

Scope

Three sub-themes

The scope of the forum covered all aspects of engineering education, with contributions organised around three sub-themes.

Sub-theme 1General issues in engineering education

  • Integrating AI into engineering education curricula
  • Innovative pedagogy in the digital era, including AI-powered pedagogy
  • Training programmes for teachers on the use of AI
  • Developing AI skills for engineering students
  • Infrastructure and technologies for engineering education
  • Engineering education for sustainable development and employment
  • Policy, accreditation, regulation and mobility
  • Diversity, inclusivity and funding
  • Techno-entrepreneurship in engineering education

Sub-theme 2Academia–industry collaboration

  • Industry requirements of engineering education
  • Role of industry in curriculum design
  • Academia–industry interaction programmes
  • Internship facilities and opportunities
  • Industry involvement in laboratories for new technologies
  • Social and philosophical aspects of engineering education

Sub-theme 3International collaboration

  • Sharing resources and knowledge across borders
  • Technological linkage between developed and developing countries
  • Recognition of foreign qualifications
  • Accreditation systems for engineering programmes
  • Regional collaboration in engineering manpower development
  • International mobility of academic staff and students

Editions

A forum that travels across Africa

5

Marrakech, Morocco

5th edition · 2025

6

Douala, Cameroon

6th edition · 8 – 11 June 2026 — the first time Cameroon hosted the forum

7

South Africa

Next edition · dates and venue to be announced

The AEEF 2026 organising team in front of the Faculty of Science, University of Douala

Host institution

Faculty of Science, University of Douala

Founded in 1993 and headed by Dean Prof. Marie-Joseph Nida-Ntamack, the Faculty of Science comprises seven teaching departments and eight academic programmes.

It also offers professional master’s and bachelor’s programmes and hosts two specialised centres: the Center for Atomic, Molecular and Quantum Physics (CEPAMOQ) and the Petroleum and Mining Training and Research Center (PETROMINES). The forum was co-organised with its Intelligent & Sustainable Decision Making (ISDM) research team.

  • Biochemistry
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  • Plant Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Earth & Environmental Sciences

Meet the people behind AEEF 2026

Honorary, scientific, program, advisory and local organizing committees.

See the committees