It comes on the heels of the waning COVID 19 pandemic whose effect brought new realities to internationalization of higher education especially for Africa. While international partnerships and collaborations have played a key role in the development of higher education and research in Africa, in some ways, they haven’t worked well for African universities thus not leading to the desired mutual outcomes. They in addition present risks and challenges which at times negate some of the gains made. It is time that African universities and their international partners re-frame these collaborations to address the asymmetries and imbalances and go for mutual and real impacts.
This is more timely as we set to face the post COVID 19 world and in view of the opportunities and challenges facing African societies today. Stronger and meaningful partnerships and collaborations are desirable now than ever before to enable African universities and their international counterparts to contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the other crucial developmental needs of their societies.
The 13th ANIE Annual Conference will thus bring together higher education stakeholders, policymakers, practitioners, academics and researchers, development partners and other stakeholders to explore ways in which international partnerships and collaborations can impact more on Africa’s developmental needs. (c) ANIE website