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Employability Track: Discussion session: Sustainable Funding Opportunities of Career development Activities

Speaker: Abigail Welbeck The establishment and sustenance of successful and effective career activities continue to be major challenges for many institutions of higher learning. Sustainable funding is at the core of these challenges, thereby affecting the capability of institutions to maximize the opportunities for optimal empowerment of their graduates for employability before they leave campus. […]

Executives Special Session – Case Presentation: Sub Saharan African Universities Ranking

Speaker: Duncan Ross, Binta Hussaini The Inaugural sub-Saharan Africa ranking aims to explore the impact of universities in addressing some of the toughest challenges faced in the region by looking at themes including university capacity, teaching quality, employability, research impact, leadership, financial strength, and reducing inequality. As well as assessing current performance, the ranking aims […]

Ethics and Leadership Track: Workshop: Ethics and Leadership Through Africanfuturism: Pumzi, Viewing and Discussion

Speaker: Dr. Kwasu D. Tembo There is a fruitful and oftentimes contentious debate concerning the status of ethics and leadership in relation to ecological realities of many regions on the African continent. Challenged by resource scarcity, sociopolitical malfeasances, and industrial impediments to meet growing demand, while also remaining extremely rich in terms of mineral and […]

Entrepreneurship Track: Presentations: My Entrepreneurial Journey: Impact of HEI and other Ecosystem Actors

Speakers: Alfred Kitawi, Emmanuel Asaam, Sarah Karingi The session aims to engage in what contributes to the successes of small, medium, and large-scale entrepreneurs, including the challenges and lessons that can be shared from the interactions with actors along their journey in a bid to inform entrepreneurship education. View the recap of the 2022 Annual […]

Employability Track: Panel: Training Students for the Knowledge Economy in Africa

Speakers: Prof. Robert Gateru, John Matogo, Constance Swaniker, Rosemary Gatahi With rapid changes in the skills needed by industry, the emergence of the Knowledge Economy and 4th Industrial Revolution technologies, the declining skills within the knowledge economy, and the alternative avenues of accessing training (such as industry-led courses, boot camps, MOOCs, among other emerging ones), […]

Case Presentations: Character Development through Community Engagement Initiatives

Synopsis: Character education, ethical formation, and leadership development are critical for the well-being of society. To advance skills and capacities in these areas, institutions engage in varied initiatives to provide real-life experiences for students to develop and practice these skills. This session shares cases of how institutions build the character of their students through community […]

Panel: The Future of Ethical Leadership in Africa

Moderator: Patrick Awuah, President & Founder, Ashesi University, Ghana  Africa is poised for explosive growth in its population over the next three decades, with researchers projecting a doubling of the total population to 2 billion+ by 2050 and a tripling of persons living in urban settings. This will require significant development of highly skilled workers, […]

Panel: The Future of Ethical Leadership in Africa

Speakers: Adiki Ofeibea Ayitevie, Abdul Mahdi Africa is poised for explosive growth in its population over the next three decades, with researchers projecting a doubling of the total population to 2 billion+ by 2050 and a tripling of persons living in urban settings. This will require significant development of highly skilled workers and leaders who […]