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African Future University (Université Africaine du Futur) is an independent, fully online institution founded in 2009. Complete an undergraduate award, MBA, masters, or doctorate from Lagos, Dakar, Nairobi, Accra, Addis, or any of 55 African Union member states — in English or French — with no campus and no student visa for online study. Published governing law: the Republic of Mauritius.
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Fully online
US$0
Online tuition
Free
Examinations — no exam fee
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AU states (audience)
African Future University · founded 2009 · governing law of the Republic of Mauritius. Ofqual recognition, ASIC accreditation, and DEAC accreditation have been granted to this university. Lagos, Dakar, Nairobi, Accra, Addis — no campus.
30 LMD awards
Licences, master's degrees, a French-medium MBA, doctorates and certificates. These are not translated English awards: teaching and assessment are in French. Online tuition is US$0.
Schools & Faculties
Executive MBA, AfCFTA cross-border commerce, venture scaling, and pan-African corporate governance.
Applied African NLP AI, sovereign cloud computing, cybersecurity, and resilient low-bandwidth architectures.
Continental Innovation
How African Future University replaces physical administrative overhead with digital pedagogical excellence.
Direct curricular alignment with African Union priorities in industrialization, free trade, and technological sovereignty.
Resilient lightweight platform and downloadable modules engineered to thrive on mobile networks and intermittent power.
Find a path
Three questions, then a dedicated country page to configure your matriculation.
African Union regions
Study from any AU member state. Assessment windows follow local time zones. Guidance is available in English and French.
Study from the African continent
Educational Model
Engineered to combine the resilience of African mobile infrastructure with the academic rigor of top research universities.
Downloadable course packs and bandwidth-optimized video lectures accessible offline anytime.
Weekly live seminar cohorts scheduled strictly around WAT, CAT, and EAT working schedules.
Thesis and capstone projects solving tangible industrial and policy challenges in African markets.
Cryptographically verifiable diplomas issued under the legal framework of the Republic of Mauritius.
Student & Alumni Impact
Hear from professionals across the continent advancing industries through African Future University.
“AFU enabled me to lead regional telecom deployments in Lagos and Accra while completing my MSc in Distributed Systems.”
Amara Diallo
Head of Infrastructure · Lagos, Nigeria
MSc Technology & Data Science
“Studying alongside founders in Nairobi, Cairo, and Kigali opened direct trade corridors for our agribusiness.”
Kofi Mensah
Agri-Enterprise Founder · Nairobi, Kenya
Executive MBA
“The AfCFTA trade and public policy modules gave our team the analytical tools needed for regional tariff harmonization.”
Zawadi Mwangi
Trade Policy Advisor · Kigali, Rwanda
Master of Public Policy (MPP)
How to apply
Choose a programme, complete the dossier, submit it, then track the decision. Tuition and examinations are free.
Browse the catalogue and confirm teaching language on the programme page.
Education history, statement, referees, and supporting documents.
Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee.
Follow your application with the reference code on the track page.
The academic record
A world-class university publishes regulations, a calendar, quality, and named faculty — not only a slogan.
University news
With asynchronous modular design and rigorous continuous assessment, MSc Cybersecurity delivers academic rigor without career interruption.
Leading international scholars and senior practitioners join the academic faculty delivering MSc Mobile Money Engineering & Telecoms FinTech this academic year.
Eligible prospective students can now access institutional merit funding and flexible installment plans for the upcoming intake of Doctor of Business Administration (African Enterprise).
Faculty
Choose a programme, complete the dossier, pay US$20 (refunded if not accepted), and track the decision — study from Lagos, Dakar, Nairobi, Accra, or Addis with US$0 tuition.
Alongside our pan-African digital degrees, African Future University collaborates with prestigious continental and global institutions to deliver articulated pathways conferring two independent degrees.
Dual-award graduates receive two distinct, legal degree parchments conferred directly by both partner institutions.
QS Africa #1 · Global Top 175
Africa's top-ranked academic institution, providing world-class moderation for dual postgraduate degrees in public health and sustainable governance.
Top 3 Africa · Triple Crown Business
Leading continental business and innovation hub, partnering on dual executive management diplomas empowering African trade leaders.
Featured programmes
CertificateNotes, comptes rendus, mails hiérarchiques — en français.
DBADoctorat de praticien. Thèse en français. Pas un honoraire.
DBAApplied doctoral research for business founders and conglomerates navigating intra-African M&A, multi-currency treasury risk, and bilingual legal jurisdictions.
DBADoctoral research for practising executives
BABuild commercial acumen from day one online
BAMicro, macro, and econometrics for policy and finance
