Although the project has made due progress since its inception in 2021, there are certain challenges that have been faced, which have been mitigated through creative means or where possible resolved. These are:

1. Slow pace of budget transfer to collaborating universities due to financial processes and international bank transactions involving multiple banks.
2. The use of different academic calendars across collaborating universities has proven to be a challenge in some case where activities need to be synchronized.
3. The unexpected breakout of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in the launching of the project to be postponed to January 2021, which eventually slowed down the implementation of certain activities, especially when it comes to travel.
4. The reality of project stakeholders residing at distant locations and the situation with COVID-19 has necessitated the use of virtual platforms for convening.
5. The eight months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), which resulted in the closing down of public Universities in Nigeria in 2022 also slowed down the implementation of activities in accordance to the work-plan and approved budget of the project. Currently, the Obafemi Awolowo University is striving to meet up the pace of other collaborating institutions in the implementation of activities. However, with timely release of funds, there has been an acceleration of activities recently to make up for the lost time during the strike.