The African Engineering Education Association (AEEA) holds the Vice Presidency of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES).

The AEEA will be co-hosting the American Society of Engineering Education Global Colloquium in Cape Town, South Africa, on 19-23 October 2008.

In September 2002, the Federal Government of Nigeria lent her support to the commencement of the African Regional Conference on Engineering Education (ARCEE) which took place at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. In the desire to give the conference an identity, a Steering Committee was formed in 2004 during the 2^nd ARCEE at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Among other things, the Committee the Committee was to decide on an appropriate name under which the African stakeholders in engineering education would meet biennially.

At the Opening of the 3^rd ARCEE that was held in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2006, the SA Honourable Minister of Science and Technology called upon the conference delegates to establish an African Voice for engineering education that would, among other tasks, ensure that a single African and International Engineering Education programme is followed. The AEEA was then formed as a conference outcome. The AEEA covers all the five African sub-regions.

The 4^th ARCEE was held in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, in April 2008 with 110 participants from 14 countries within and outside Africa. One of the resolutions of the conference is that the AEEA should develop a database on all engineering and training institutions in Africa; indicating available capacity and areas of strength with a view to identifying areas where capacity building is required.