On the afternoon of July 23, 2025, the President and Founder of Aube Nouvelle University, Mr Isidore Gnatan KINI, received a delegation from the Rnetwork International Des Etablishments Privated withEnstruction Supérieur de l'espace CAMS (RIDEPES-CAMES) led by RIDEPES President Dr Mamadou Habib DIALLO from Bamako. Also part of the RIDEPES delegation were Dr Laurent Wati ZOMA (from Burkina Faso) Vice-President of RIDEPES West Africa, Dr Adamou MODY (from Niger) Commissioner in charge of entrepreneurship and professional integration (West Africa zone) of the network; Mr Abdoulaye SANDA MAIGA (from Niger) President of the Organisation Patronale des Grandes Ecoles du Niger; Dr Issa Compaoré former Secretary General of RIDEPES and Dr Evariste Dakouré Commissioner in charge of research within RIDEPES and also Vice-Rector at Aube Nouvelle University.

Present in Ouagadougou for the 16^e congress of Burkina Faso's Union Nationale des Etablissements Privés d'Enseignement Laïc (UNEPEL) (scheduled for July 24-26, 2025), the President of RIDEPES, accompanied by other members of the network, paid a courtesy call on Mr. KINI, former President of RIDEPES and initiator of this network of private higher education establishments in West and Central Africa. Mr. KINI is currently Honorary President of RIDEPES.

For Dr. Diallo, it's customary that once in Ouaga, they (all RIDEPES members from abroad) visit the Honorary President to once again express their gratitude for what he does for private higher education in the CAMES area, and to always seek his advice for the smooth running of RIDEPES. Dr. Diallo also presented a number of projects that are currently being launched within the framework of the network, to further enhance the influence of private higher education.

Mr. KINI, the host of the day, received his guests in the company of the General Manager of Aube Nouvelle University, Mr. Lancina KI, and the Rector of the University, Pr Oumarou SIE. He thanked the delegation for the honor of their visit, and assured them of his readiness to support RIDEPES in its projects.

This meeting with RIDEPES was coupled with an exchange with another delegation, led this time by Mr Darius AWOHOUDI, President of the Patronat des établissements scolaires privés du Benin. This delegation also attended the 16th^e UNEPEL congress. A presentation of Aube Nouvelle University was given to the Beninese delegation.