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About IUGB

Mission, Vision &
Core Values

Our purpose and guiding principles — shaping the future of higher education in West Africa since 2005.

Our Story

The International University of Grand-Bassam

Located in the historic coastal city of Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, IUGB is the first private-public partnership university offering an American-style liberal arts education entirely in English in Francophone West Africa.

Founded in 2005, IUGB delivers degree programs across the School of Business & Social Sciences and the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, preparing students for global careers and leadership.

Our curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and cross-cultural competency — the hallmarks of a true liberal arts education adapted to the African context.

IUGB 2026
Since 2005
2005
Year Founded
1,500+
Students Enrolled
50+
Faculty Members
100%
English Instruction
Our Purpose

Guiding Principles

Our Mission

To deliver an accessible, high-quality English-language liberal arts and sciences education that prepares students to be creative, critical thinkers and ethical leaders in their communities and the world.

Our Vision

To become an internationally-accredited regional center of excellence in higher education — producing graduates who drive innovation, social progress, and sustainable development across Africa and beyond.

Our Core Values

  • ✦ Caring & Community
  • ✦ Ethics & Integrity
  • ✦ Equal Opportunity
  • ✦ Academic Excellence
  • ✦ Cultural Diversity
  • ✦ Innovation & Creativity
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IUGB gave me the tools to think critically, communicate effectively, and pursue my passion for technology. The liberal arts approach opened doors I never imagined.

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Fatou Ouattara
Software Engineer · BSc Computer Science 2021

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Fatima Doumbia Koné is a Mathematics lecturer at the international University of
Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
She is a former IUGB student and she was the president of the science club in 2015.
Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
her PhD studies focus on Random Sets Integration in Probability Theory. Professionally, she
is a very active lecturer at IUGB and she is currently the faculty advisor of the SHE CLUB,
which aims at promoting women empowerment by providing learning, leadership and
networking opportunities.

I am currently Associate Professor of computer and data science in the school of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB).
From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
I am involved in research on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Web and its applications in a wide range of fields. Besides, I designed the current Data Science program in effect
since September 2021 in STEM. In addition, I am also one the founders and current President of the
Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

Kwame Simpe Ofori is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the school of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a doctorate degree in Finance, a master’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Technology. He is also currently a PhD student at the School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has taught courses in the areas of finance, computer science, computer and electrical engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Before joining IUGB he lectured in several universities in Ghana. He also worked with Ghana Telecommunications Company as a support engineer. His research interests are in the areas of consumer behaviour, technology adoption and trust in online systems and in recent times financial econometrics. His papers have appeared in several CABS-ranked journals such as Information Technology and People, Journal of Cleaner Productions, Quality Management Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of African Business, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Society and Business Review.