The needed scale and speed for delivering transformation in higher education in Africa is beyond any single institution’s capability. It requires a collective with a shared agenda, mutual accountability, and uncompromising dedication to the vision for transformation.

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.