The Education Collaborative

The Education Collaborative spearheads a model of collective engagement that promises to significantly reshape higher education outcomes for students. This transformative scale initiative adopts a network approach that fosters trust and collective commitments among higher education leaders and stakeholders to drive sustainable results within the systems they govern and influence.

The Education Collaborative spearheads a model of collective engagement that promises to significantly reshape higher education outcomes for students. This transformative scale initiative adopts a network approach that fosters trust and collective commitments among higher education leaders and stakeholders to drive sustainable results within the systems they govern and influence.

At the core of this pioneering movement lies a membership model, which encourages open engagement and sharing, and fosters a sense of community accountability among participating institutions. The Collaborative is establishing sub-regional hubs, led by exemplary public and private institutions within each region, to ensure that this model incorporates a deep level of contextualization within different regulatory environments. By doing so, institutions can deepen their ability to advance quality education outcomes while raising the bar for other regional institutions. 

The success of this endeavour is driven by a robust platform of in-person and virtual convenings and engagements that facilitate deeper mentorship between exemplar public and private institutions – celebrated for their achievements in higher education teaching, learning, operations, and leadership – and peer institutions striving for growth in those areas. Furthermore, this platform facilitates and provides resources for experiments and innovation at a smaller size, generating the critical evidence and data needed to scale such outcomes across the network and the continent. In doing so, the Education Collaborative network sets the stage for truly sustainable impact on African higher education by driving collective focus in key areas that drive student transformation.

By 2030, the Education Collaborative aims to build a 140-member network that serves at least 1 million students, educating ethical, entrepreneurial leaders capable of creating jobs, advancing industries, and driving economic growth across Africa.

What is an Exemplar Institution?

Exemplary institutions have evidence of solid outcomes and leadership in higher education in their country. The EduCollab accepts an exemplar on the following criteria, which have been developed over the five years of our establishment:

1. The institutional leadership’s interest, willingness, and commitment to working to achieve the vision of scaling transformation.
2. Strong teams in university operations, academic, and non-academic units.  
3. Focus on ensuring little to no exposure to reputational risk and a keen sense of and commitment to good governance and financial sustainability.   
4. Demonstrate credibility and influence in the region with peer institutions. 
5. Meet all the accreditation requirements in their country of operation. 
6. Demonstrate, with evidence, a commitment to strong career outcomes for students and alumni.

Our mission is to leverage collaboration and mentorship to build a network of higher education institutions that are uncompromising in achieving excellence in quality student outcomes in Africa.

Our vision is to improve educational systems and outcomes on the African continent through an institutional and collective effort to achieve systemic transformation.