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Trust this mail finds you in good health. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>We have the pleasure to invite you to make time to participate in the 9</span><b><sup><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79'>th</span></sup></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79'> AAU/ADEA-WGHE Webinar</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>. The 8th webinar will focus on the important topic <b>“</b></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#006FC9'>Promoting High Quality Open Access Journals in African Higher Education</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>This webinar will be presented by <b>Dr. </b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Lars Bjørnshauge</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#171717'>Founder and Managing Director of DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F3864'>. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F3864'>Please find attached, the concept note and promotional flyer. Kindly extend this invitation to your colleagues. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F3864'>Counting on your cooperation.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F3864'>Best Regards,</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Mr. Kwesi Acquah Sam (M.Phil Education)<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Working Group on Higher Education (WGHE)</span></strong><br>Association of African Universities<br>African Universities House<br>11 Aviation Road Extension<br>Airport Residential Area<br>P. O. Box AN 5744, Accra-North, Ghana<br>Tel: +233-302-774495 / 761588<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:kasam@aau.org">kasam@aau.org</a> Tel: +233-234298464<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>AAU/ADEA-WGHE 2017 WEBINARS LOADING........</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#4BA524'>Please consider the environment before printing this email</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=784 height=295 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:f0b66596-e5b8-42d0-8263-be02acde9daa" alt="1484151822604_AAU"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>