Annual Report 2022
2022 was a year of significant steps for the Education Collaborative and its partners. From holding our first regional hub convening to expanding our overall reach to 149,000 students, we continued to drive our impact across the region. Our annual report highlights key touch points for the year
Annual Convening
16 Institutions
Inaugural francophone convening welcomed 16 institutions from across the Sahel region and francophone Africa
76 Participants attend inaugural Easter Regional Hub Convening
76 higher education executives, administrators, and regulators from across East Africa participated in The Education Collaborative’s inaugural East Africa hub convening, engaging one another on improving educational outcomes and scaling quality within the region.
Regional Impact
168 Graduates
completed their undergraduate programs at African Development University (ADU) in Niger. As one of the first partners to benefit from our mentorship program ADU has worked through several programs at the Education Collaborative geared towards helping them grow the institution’s impact across Eastern Africa.
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Through the contributions and support of the Collaborative’s leadership, consulting committee, network members, and other stakeholders, we are steadily deepening collaborations and scaling our impact across Africa.
– Rose Dodd, Director, Education Collaborative
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Letter from the Director
Three Communities of Practice (CoPs)
created, establishing four CoPs with a total of 52 members to foster multi-institutional and multi-country innovation.
Mentorship and Development
Ashesi President, Patrick Awuah, highlights Education Collaborative’s role in scaling quality education in Africa
At the first public previewing of Ashesi’s strategic plan for its third decade, Ashesi President, Dr. Patrick Awuah underscored The Education Collaborative’s role in strengthening African higher education through collaboration with other institutions across the continent and a range of initiatives over the next ten years.
Ethics and Leadership
- A public college of education receive capacity training for 100+ executives, staff, and student leaders on building an ethical campus culture for a student population of 1200. The capacity development was received during mentorship to develop a student-led honour system. One private higher education institution formally adopted an honour system led by the student government.
- Three beneficiary institutions of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) train-the-trainer program in 2020 trained additional 185+ individuals on building skills for ethical action in 2021.
- 36 employees of a corporate organization received training on building skills for ethical action.
Focal Initiatives
Giving Voice to Values Africa Project
The GVV Africa Project is a two-year program under the Education Collaborative’s ethics and leadership focus area. Led by a team of leaders and professionals within the higher educational space, the program explores the dynamics of values conflicts and how industry professionals can navigate those dynamics.
Focal Initiatives
The Systems Change Program- Employability
The Systems Change Program is an 18-month systems transformation process designed to fundamentally develop the components and structures of key systems that drive outcomes in higher education institutions (HEI).
2021 Stories
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2022 in Review
In many ways 2022 was an eventful year for us, our partners and our stakeholders. In addition to our key outcomes, here’s a look at some of the stories that helped shape the year.