Hope Africa University is an institution of Higher Education, established by the Free Methodist Church, on February 6th 2000 in Nairobi, Kenya. In December 2003, it relocated to Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi and opened doors on February 2nd 2004. HAU Headquarters are actually located in Ngagara, Quartier 2, and No 173. It opened new branch, Mweya Campus at Gitega, the Center of Burundi, in February 2012.

HAU as an institution of academic training is registered by the Burundian government under the ministry order no 610/1379 of 26th September 2003, with the authorization No 610/1113 of 16th August 2005 setting on the equivalence of the degrees delivered by HAU.