From now until April 17, 2023, You can pay as low as $350 $150 for full registration to attend the 2023 June Convening. The Education Collaborative is offering up to $200 per participant in Conference grants. The grant is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, and applicants must be fully registered to be eligible. Learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTXRRySkJo Apply […]
The Education Collaborative's Entrepreneurship Community of practice (EntCOP) presents Entrepreneurship month: a yearly event marked by a 4-week series on entrepreneurship education in Africa. For the year 2023, entrepreneurship month will run four key zoom sessions in March focusing on the following: Highlighting actions for Entrepreneurial mindsets and Entrepreneurship skills development in Higher Education Institutions in […]
The entrepreneurship month kicks off with an interactive online discussion on highlighting actions for entrepreneurial mindsets and entrepreneurship skills development in African Higher-ed Institutions. Join Dr Priya Iyer, Pro Vice-Chancellor Botho University and other stakeholders in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem to share success stories and highlight the goals of the community of practice (EntCoP).
The second session of the Entrepreneurship month series will be marked by conversations on "Embrace Equity: Laying the pathway to female participation in Entrepreneurship". This session will explore a hands-on approach to ensuring equal opportunity and promoting the active participation of young women in the entrepreneurial ecosystem as part of the International Women's day celebration. […]
The third session of the Entrepreneurship Month series will focus on "Mapping out the entrepreneurial activities of Higher-ed Institutions". The session, led by Dr Sena Agbodjah, will feature a workshop to help participants map out entrepreneurial activities within their various institutions and identify critical structures to help improve entrepreneurship education. Facilitators Dr Sena Agbodjah, Senior Lecturer and Head […]
The last session of the Entrepreneurship month series will be marked by a workshop. Participants from higher-ed institutions will work together to find practical solutions to institutional challenges in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem. To foster collaboration among African Higher-ed institutions, participants will be introduced to the Entrepreneurship Community of Practice (EntCoP). Register below to join […]
AI and ChatGPT: Considerations for HEIs in sub-Saharan Africa. Expert panellists from higher-ed institutions in sub-Saharan Africa discussed the origin of AI and the emergence of ChatGPT. Participants engaged in discussions to explore actions, policies and practices that higher-ed institutions in sub-Saharan Africa are implementing within their unique contexts to embrace and manage the use […]
The Education Collaborative, Ashesi University, in collaboration with Pan-Atlantic University, will be hosting the Nigerian Institutions Meeting. Geared towards growing the West African regional footprint, the meeting will bring together anchor higher-ed institutions in Nigeria to network, share key strategic focus areas, strengths, and explore ways of growing cross-institutional collaboration. Participating institutions will also learn […]
Higher education institutions have a vital role to play in readying students for the world of work. There are two potential pathways to employability institutions can explore; self-employment and being employed. These two pathways have unique components that influence student graduates to either seek employment or be entrepreneurs. However, there are also similarities between these […]
We are excited for another year of The Education Collaborative's June Convening. At this year's Convening, we will be consolidating learnings as we mark the climax to a three-year running theme, "Building the capacity of institutions to improve African higher-ed outcomes". We cannot wait for you to join us in Accra from 13 - 16 June 2023 as we learn and […]
The Entrepreneurship Case Development Initiative, spearheaded by the West Africa Hub, will bring together higher-ed institutions within the hub to collectively design entrepreneurial case studies tailored to the West African Context. Case studies developed from this initiative will be published in collaboration with Ivey Business School. Interested in joining the Entrepreneurship Case Study Development Initiative? […]
The Education Collaborative's West Africa (WA) Hub will organise its strategic committee meeting in Ikeja, Nigeria. As the first in-person strategic committee meeting of the WA hub, it will engage institutional heads of some higher education institutions in the West Africa region to define the modus operandi for the region's strategic governance and the focal […]
