Working paper presenting a survey analysis on educational cooperation between educational institutions and industry in the field of engineering education, covers those areas of English speaking Africa represented by East Africa and West Africa - describes possible mechanisms of cooperation, such as students' industrial training, lectures by industrial staff, and consultancy by members of the academic teaching personnel, considers the research financing by industry of industrial research carried out by universities, examines training courses, particularly post-graduate courses, for industrial staff, provides details on the organization of industrial training and reports on the role of engineers professional associations, recommends compulsory industrial training during vacations to improve the quality of education of engineers, states that the initiative must come from the university