Republic of the Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Friday commissioned the country’s second university. Located at Kintélé, a northern suburb of Brazzaville, the university will be built on an area of 240 hectares with a capacity to host 30,000 students, and will be named after him.*
Congo Brazzaville to build second ever public university
Work on the 241 billion CFA francs project will be completed in 36 months. This will include the Alma Mater, the School of Engineering, a polytechnic, School of Public Works, Mining, law faculties, health sciences, humanities and others.
The initiative is part of the country’s 2012-2016 national development plan.
Denis Sassou Nguesso is expected to improve accessibility and standards of higher education in Congo Brazzaville, as the 40-year-old Marien Ngouabi University is unable to cope with the ever increasing student population.