USIU-Africa has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) since 1978. It received its Charter through the Commission for University Education (CHE) in Kenya in 1999. Thus USIU-Africa has a dual accreditation.

The United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) was established in 1969 to be the premier institution of academic excellence with a global perspective. In furtherance of this vision, the university fosters potential of students, faculty, staff and other stakeholders in an environment to achieve intellectual and scholarly development – a process that is guided by strategic plans. The current strategic plan (2015-2020) comes to an end this academic year. With this in mind, a process of developing a new strategic plan to guide the university operations for the next five years (2020-2025) has been instigated.