International Network for Higher Education in Africa
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INHEA Editorial Series - May 2012
Diamonds Are Not Forever: Botswana at the Crossroads
By Damtew Teferra
At a higher education conference and fair organized by the Tertiary Education Council in Gaborone, Botswana, from 21 to 25 March 2012, it was declared that the diamond bounty of that country is expected to be depleted in 15 years, by 2026... Read more...
Africa focused blogs from The World View - Inside Higher Ed
The Revolutionary Expansion of Graduate Studies at Addis Ababa University
By Goolam Mohamedbhai
Ethiopia, with a population of 75 million, is one of the poorest countries on earth, having 98% of its population earning less than US$ 2 per day. Since nearly a decade the country has produced several planning documents to guide its development, to alleviate poverty and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Read more...
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IHE articles on Africa
Issue 68, Summer 2012
South Africa: Challenges of Racism and Access by Chika Sehoole
Research, Networking, and Capacity Building by Goolam Mohamedbhai
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Africa Initiatives
African Higher Education Harmonisation and Tuning Project (Tuning Africa)
One transformation initiative which links institutional, national, regional, continental and international endeavours is the African Higher Education Harmonization and Tuning Project (Tuning Africa), which is part of the Africa-EU strategic partnership. This initiative aims to enhance degree comparability, graduate mobility and employability.
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Africa Resources
Association for African Universities (AAU)
The Association of African Universities (AAU) has provided a platform for research, reflection, consultation, debates, co-operation and collaboration on issues pertaining to higher education.
Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA)
SARUA was established to assist in the revitalisation and development of the leadership and institutions of higher education in the southern African region, thus enabling the regional higher education sector to meaningfully respond to the developmental challenges facing the region.
The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
IUCEA Facilitates networking among universities in East Africa, and with universities outside the region; provides a forum for discussion on a wide range of academic and other matters relating to higher education in East Africa; an facilitates maintenance of internationally comparable education standards in East Africa so as to promote the region's competitiveness in higher education.
Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD)
The Southern African-Nordic Center is a partnership of higher education institutions from all the Nordic countries and southern Africa. Its primary aim is to promote multilateral research cooperation on matters of importance to the development of both regions.
University World News (UWN) - Africa Edition
University World News is the first high-quality truly international newspaper and website, dedicated to providing such coverage. It is offering a weekly emailed newspaper plus access to a dedicated news website – free of charge. One of the issues is Africa Edition, which provides news on African higher education.
Center for Higher Education Transformation (CHET)
The Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) is a non-governmental organisation that mobilises transdisciplinary skills for specific research and capacity development projects by tapping available expertise in the national and international higher education sector.
EDU-LINK
EDULINK represents a harmonised approach for the implementation of European Commission funded programmes in the ACP Group of States with a view to improving the effectiveness, management, visibility and hence the impact of ACP-EU co-operation in the field of higher education.
Higher Education for Development (HED)
HED supports the worldwide development goals of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), primarily by coordinating the engagement of the higher education community to address development challenges.
Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
Higher Education South Africa (HESA) is the voice of South Africa’s university leadership. We represent 23 Vice-Chancellors of public universities.
Commission for Higher Education (CHE)
The Commission wishes, through this Website, to present an overview of higher education in Kenya and to inform the public of the quality assurance mechanisms which have been put in place in the sector.