Our Story

“We embody Nigeria’s resilience, fearless culture, her values, her entrepreneurial spirit. We are the African spirit of strength in numbers, teamwork, collaboration. We symbolize and express the irrepressible human spirit of design thinking. We strive for sustainability and a shared prosperous future for all.”

About
About
About
About
About

A University built on the vision of a shared future

The world needs the problem solvers, torch bearers and game changers that will form part of our community of learning. They will create sustainable solutions for our planet and people. They will have the most conducive environment to do this and attain their highest potentials.

Our driving force

To ignite Africa’s potential for prosperity, nurture thoughtful fearless leaders, and become the leading university in Africa.

Our Vision

To set a new standard of educational distinction for our continent, students and educators, and nurture the next generation of African leaders as guiding lights for positive impact in a rapidly changing world.

Our Mission

Our Core Values

At Wigwe University, we embrace a set of core values that define who we are and guide our actions as members of the university community:

  • Excellence: We strive for excellence in all aspects of our academic, personal, and professional endeavors, setting high standards and continuously seeking to surpass them.
  • Sustainability: We are committed to preserving our environment and promoting practices that ensure the long-term well-being of our world.
  • Entrepreneurship: We foster an entrepreneurial mindset, encouraging creativity, innovation, and a willingness to take calculated risks to drive positive change and create value.
  • Innovation: We cultivate a culture of innovation, embracing curiosity, collaboration, and the pursuit of new ideas and technologies to address challenges and fuel progress.
  • Social Responsibility: We recognize our duty to contribute to society in meaningful ways, promoting diversity, inclusion, and social justice while actively engaging in community service and advocacy.

These values form the foundation of Wigwe University, guiding us as we strive for academic excellence, personal growth, and positive impact in our communities and beyond.

Other Values:

  • Be Fearless: Embrace challenges and pursue opportunities with courage and conviction.
  • Strive for Greatness: Aim high and push boundaries to achieve excellence in all endeavors.
  • Think Differently: Challenge conventional wisdom and innovate creative solutions to complex problems.
  • Lead through Service: Serve others with humility, compassion, and a commitment to making a difference.
  • Be Engaged: Actively participate in your education, community, and the pursuit of knowledge, fostering a culture of collaboration and lifelong learning
Our Values

Our Founder

“I cannot change the world overnight. But if I can empower even one youth today, tomorrow, they could join me in empowering others. With time, we could change the world. ”

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Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe

My name is Herbert Wigwe, and I challenge you to be fearless

Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe is a visionary. A progressive business leader, philanthropist, and humanitarian, Herbert Wigwe has been an undisputed leader in the economic and social transformation of Nigeria and Africa. Acclaimed as one of Africa’s foremost corporate bankers, Herbert is the co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings PLC, and is credited for moulding Access Bank into the international powerhouse it is today. Herbert embodies the spirit of daring leadership as he continues to revolutionise businesses, lives, and now with Wigwe University, higher education.

Wigwe University is the culmination of his lifelong ambition to build an exceptional, world-class, innovative, yet uniquely African institution to grow the next generation of leaders who will change the face of the African continent. Thus Wigwe University is the African gateway to the world of entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and impact. Herbert’s mission, through the Wigwe university is to change the course of Nigeria’s future through committed and world-class faculty, globally relevant and locally impactful curricula taught through novel methods to rival, the globe’s most respected universities.

His limitless courage, passion, energy, and dedication to excellence are the foundation of our fearless ethos and spirit. Here at Wigwe University, the fearless, like our founder, will make history.

The truth is that the end to the good we can achieve is nowhere in sight. There’s so much more to conquer. There are more lives to impact and generations to uplift to achieve their full potential. History will favour the brave, those who knew their limitations only because they had to defy them. History will favour the fearless.

Our Space

Green, sustainable, modern, state-of-the-art learning and collaborative spaces where ideas can take root and flourish.

We are located in Isiokpo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Our purpose setting and sustainability goals have combined to guide us to build a campus that evokes the heritage of Port-Harcourt as the garden city. Wigwe University mixes the host state’s natural endowments with sustainable design principles to create an exciting harmony between our campus and its natural environment.

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Active conservation

With environmental protection as one of our eight sustainability pillars, we not only prioritise our impact, but have looked to the areas natural state to guide our campus design and planning.

Port Harcourt’s tropical rainforest and indigenous plant species, lost through previous agricultural practices, are actively being reintroduced, whilst stormwater attenuation, vegetation and fauna conservation direct our landscaping. Pedestrian, cyclist and electric people-mover campus routes, along with forest walking/jogging/cycling trails, connect students to our surrounding environment, encouraging a lifelong love of nature.

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Our Core Value

Sustainability

Sustainability directs and underpins our university’s outlook. We are aligned and measure ourselves against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Circles of Sustainability tenets for urban development which include:

Principle 1

Development and sustainability must be pursued as goals of equal importance.

Principle 2

All environmental impact must be satisfactorily mitigated and/or offset to every practicable extent.

Principle 3

Sustainability goals are more readily achieved alongside poverty reduction, “real” human development, social inclusion and multistakeholder partnerships.

Principle 4

Our staff and students are key partners in the implementation of our plan and must be educated, equipped, and confident to play their roles.

Principle 5

Monitoring, reporting, learning, and improving are critical to achieving our sustainability goals and targets.

Principle 6

Our commitment to sustainability will be reflected in our overall governance structure.

Sustainability Plan

Sustainability Plan

Our plan consists of eight pillars that address environmental, social and governance issues, including:

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Policy, Laws, Standards and Best Pratice

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Self Sustenance

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Pollution Control, Conservation, Resoruce Efficiency

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Social Protection and Inclusion

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Gender Equality

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Sustainable Development Education

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Partnerships

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Monitoring Reporting and Governance