From the ACDE website (About Us):
"The African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) is a continental educational organization comprising African universities and other higher education institutions, which are committed to expanding access to quality education and training through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) including e-Learning."
The ACDE was officially established in January 2004. It's mandate is "to promote research, policy and quality in open and distance learning to increase access to education and training in Africa."
To see the vision, mission, goals and objectives of this organization, go to:
http://www.acde-afri.org/about/
The ACDE developed a quality assurance (QA) toolkit in English. This toolkit is also available in French and Portuguese.
The QA Toolkit is avialable at the following link:
http://www.acde-afri.org/qa/