To celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the Netherlands Association for Africa Studies (NVAS), the three partners NVAS, EP-NUFFIC and HHS are organizing a two-day conference on the theme “Education for life in Africa” assuming that quality education will indeed equip students better for life, but wondering about what constitutes good quality education. The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for stakeholders of education in Africa: researchers, practitioners, teachers, policy makers, sponsors and consumers, to exchange ideas about how to attain and sustain quality at all levels of education in Africa, from the basic to the tertiary level, from academic to vocational training.