THE 14th AFRICAN NETWORK FOR INTERNATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Institutional partnerships can take different forms & may focus on numerous aspects, which include but are not limited to:

i) curricula development
ii) research
iii) staff & student exchanges
iv) offering joint programmes

I liked the fact that we are now having more INTRA-AFRICA PARTNERSHIPS. I was really excited about that. We are hosting 10 South African Universities, Kenya & Ghana, among others which have meaningful INTRA-AFRICA Higher Education partnerships. They share ideas, initiatives, resources including lecturers, pieces of equipment, etc. Some of the institutions which attended the event were Mangosuthu University of Technology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria  University of Limpopo, Durban University of Technology University of KwaZulu-Natal Walter Sisulu University, among others. In Ghana there is Accra Technical University, University of Ghana, University for Professional Studies, Cape Coast Technical University, etc. Rwanda was represented by the University of Kigali while Uganda was represented by Gulu University and Uganda Management Institute. South Sudan was represented by the University of Juba and the Upper Nile University. Some of the universities which came from Kenya were Open University of Kenya, Kenyatta Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), Moi University and a lot of other partner universities from Sweden, Netherlands, United States of America, France and Germany.

We need more intra-Africa engagements in all sectors. That is one of the ways through which we can move forward as a continent. The high dependence syndrome will not help us. If anything, it leads to high magnitudes of exploitation.Thank you Dr James Jowi & team for bringing us together for this rich (African Network for Internationalisation of Education (ANIE) event. Thanks to all delegates who came from different countries & to all of us who are based in Ghana, for the good workmanship. At the GLOBAL QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION we are in full support of the work that ANIE is doing.

In summary, it was a highly interactive, educative, information, knowledge & skills sharing platform with a lot of networking for partnerships. A lot of take homes & feasible action plans were also noted and recorded. Colleagues, we are all back home in one piece and it is time for IMPLEMENTATION!!!! ACTION!!! ACTION!!!! MORE ACTION until we achieve the intended goals and outcomes!!!!

We cannot be moving from one event to another without impact through transformation. Let it not end with the writing and submission of reports to the powers that be. We can do much more, starting individually with mindset & attitudinal changes, moving on with good contagious behaviours in our implementing teams so that we become part and parcel of the transformation that we want to see in our institutions, nations & the continent at large. I wish you well!!!!