Dr Beatrice Njenga is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the International Leadership University in Kenya. Before becoming Vice-Chancellor, Dr Njenga was the Head of the Education Division for 14 years at the African Union Commission until December 2019. Dr Njenga is an educationist and environmental scientist with many years working in education, environment and development, as a teacher, researcher, lobbyist and policy development agent. She has worked with a wide range of local and international agencies and taught for many years at Kenyatta University- Appropriate Technology Centre.Dr Njenga has also done significant work in Youth and Women empowerment and mainstreaming through appropriate technology development, education and skills development, and mentoring. As the Head of the Education Division at the African Union Commission, Dr Njenga was instrumental in the crafting of continental education policy frameworks and development and implementation of such key initiatives as the Pan African University, the Mwalimu Nyerere Scholarship and Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, the continental TVET Strategy, Strategy for Harmonization of Higher Education in Africa, the African Quality Rating Mechanism among others. She was responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA), which aims at promoting quality inclusive education towards producing the skills, knowledge, values and competencies required for attaining the Africa We Want, as defined in the A.U. Agenda 2063.

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