[1] The Muslim Open College was founded while studying postgraduate degrees in Damascus early 1990s by founder of Awqaf Africa Sheikh Abu-Abdullah Adelabu (PhD Damas), a West African Muslim scholar and cleric of Nigerian origin who is the international organization's first al Amir (president).
[2] He also lectures and supervises on dissertations and publications of his students and followers, including the African Muslim Portals such as EsinIslam.Com, Muxlima.com, and IslamAfrica.Com.
Relief, human dignity, and spiritual uplift remain main goals of the international body.
[4] Through education, Awqaf Africa's Open College seeks the causes of suffering, poverty, and Islamophobia and tries to eliminate them under the banner of Islamic teachings.
[5] Studies at Awqaf Africa Muslim Open College are free, especially for the Africans (including the North Africans) and for people of African Origins (e.g. the Caribbeans) in an effort to help people develop their spiritual uplifts, to become a teacher, to foster their career development for the Muslims, or to serve as a Da^'i, offering them a true learning experience, supporting them as they study their first course with Awqaf Africa and appealing they intend to serve the Muslims and their interests - appreciating that a prospect of studying with Awqaf Africa could be so exciting that students overlook the sacred needs to be devoted to the amiable values of Islam.