Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17 March 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan joined President Mkapa of Tanzania in laying the foundation stone for the construction of a new Aga Khan Academy in Dar es Salaam. The academic centre of excellence will be the third in a planned network of 19 Academies being established by the Aga Khan Development Network across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. The first Academy was opened in December 2003 in Kenya, while the groundbreaking for a second Academy took place in Mozambique in June 2004.