The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI)was founded in 1970 through the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute got its name from the Norwegian physician, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae).

The Eritrea Institute of Technology (EIT) or Mai-Nefhi College is a technological institute located near the town Himbrti, Mai Nefhi, Eritrea. It is situated about 12 km southwest of Asmara, near the Mai Nefhi dam.

The EIT was opened after the University of Asmara was reorganized.According to the Ministry of Education,

The Institute of Endemic Diseases endeavors to be one of the leading research and training institutes on endemic diseases worldwide. It was established in 1993 as a research and training center for endemic diseases. It acts as a platform for biomedical and clinical research in the University of Khartoum. Community service is an ever growing objective, especially for impoverished and remote communities.

The University of Buea was born in 1993 following wide-ranging university reforms in Cameroon. The mission of the University of Buea is to provide opportunities for quality education through teaching and research in an environment that is conducive to such pursuits and in ways that respond to market forces.

The University is dedicated to the continuous quest for excellence, the promotion of moral and human values