The Association of African Private Universities (AAPU) is an international forum for African Private Universities with its headquarters in Kano, Nigeria. The association intents to have a strong forum for partnership collaboration mechanism among the member institutions. AAPU was founded in November 15, 2018. The association aimed at promoting among member institutions such as Academic Collaboration for Research, Staff and Student Exchange, and dealing with bottlenecks that is hampering the developmental growth of African Private Institutions.