African School of Economics
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 2014 |
| President | Leonard Wantchekon |
Academic staff | 20 |
Administrative staff | 40 |
| Location | , 6°27′1.13″N 2°20′48.42″E / 6.4503139°N 2.3467833°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Degree programmes | Master in Business Administration (MBA), Master in Mathematics Economics and Statistics (MMES), Master in Public Administration (MPA), Master in Development Economics (MDE) and Ph.D. in Economics. |
| Colours | White and blue |
| Website | africanschoolofeconomics |
The African School of Economics (ASE) is a private university headquartered in Abomey-Calavi (near Cotonou), Republic of Benin. In 2024 its West Africa Hub had campuses in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; and Abuja, Nigeria. The East and Southern Africa Hub features campuses in Zambia and Zanzibar, Tanzania. ASE offers several degrees in Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes all across its campuses.
It is the expansion of the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IERPE, IREEP in French), founded in 2004, into a full-fledged pan-African university. Faculty members come from universities in Canada, Europe and the US.