Pic (from left to right): Kassim Ahmed, IOU Mombasa Rep; Dr. Fatuma Hirsi, IOU Trustee Board Member; IOU Founder-Chancellor Prof Dr Bilal Philips; Dr. Ahmed Yusuf, IOU Trustee Board Member; Dr. Daabar Abdi, Chairman of IOU Trustee Board Kenya and Shaikh Abdullatif, IOU Trustee Board Member.

The Commission for University Education (CUE), based in Nairobi, Kenya, has formally granted recognition status to the International Open University (IOU) following an application made by the IOU Kenya Board of Trustees.

The recognition validates degrees obtained from IOU, facilitates the ease of transfer of credits obtained from IOU programs to other universities, and improves career, academic and international research opportunities for IOU graduates.