In the plenary session of the ICDE SCOP Meeting in Indonesia, 19-21 December 2014, Professor Tolly Mbwette, Chairman of the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) issued the Outstanding Institutional Supporter Award to President Jiang Hong. This was to put on a record of the appreciation from ACDE of the manner in which SOU hosted during the conference on Ubiquitous Learning and the success in cooperation regarding staff and students exchange programs between SOU and African institutions.