Welcome to the International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA),one of the leading global resource hubs on African higher education. Established in 2003, at the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, before moving to the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa in 2013, the Network is committed to the advancement of higher education in the continent.
The Network has been serving the community of scholars, experts, practitioners, policy makers, funders, development workers, graduate students, and others engaged in research, teaching, learning, and policy advocacy on African higher education. We trust that this resource plays an important role in articulating, organizing and promoting discourses and narratives shaping the sector.
The Network is hosted at The University of Kwazulu-Natal and closely affiliated with the Boston College Center for International Higher Education. The Network is led by its founding director, Professor Damtew Teferra. Numerous initiatives of the Network are supported by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
International Advisory Board Members
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Philip G. Altbach | Founding Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA |  |
Joyce Moock | Associate Vice President (former), Rockefeller Foundation, USA and Secretary to the African Economic Research Consortium Board |
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Roberta M. Bassett | Global Lead for Tertiary Education, Education Global Practice, The World Bank, USA |  |
Is-haq Oloyede | The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation board (JAMB) and Former Executive Secretary, Association of West African Universities, NIGERIA |
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Ahmed Bawa | CEO, University South Africa and Former Vice Chancellor, Durban University of Technology, SOUTH AFRICA |  |
Moses Osiru | Regional Coordination Unit Manager, PASET Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), KENYA |
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Ronald Bisaso | Dean, East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development, Makerere University, UGANDA |  |
Laura Rumbley | Associate Director, European Association for International Education, THE NETHERLANDS |
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David Bloom | Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, USA |  |
Ebrima Sall | Executive Secretary, Trust Africa, Dakar, SENEGAL |
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Codou Diaw | Program Lead, Eastern Africa Partner Network, Mastercard Foundation, KENYA/CANADA |  |
Jeanette da Silva | Senior Adviser, Section for Research, Innovation and Higher Education, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), NORWAY |
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Ahmed El-Gohary | President, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, EGYPT |  |
Damtew Teferra | Founding Director and Board Chair, INHEA (UKZN) |
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Jocelyne Gacel-Avila | Director, Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de Guadalajara, MEXICO |  |
N.V. Varghese | Vice Chancellor of the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, INDIA |
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Belay Kassa | Interim Vice Rector, Pan African University, Africa Union Commission, ETHIOPIA/CAMEROON |  |
Renuka Vithal | Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, University of Fort Hare, SOUTH AFRICA |
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Marcelo Knobel | Rector of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), BRAZIL |  |
Felix Wagenfeld | Head of Section and Coordination of Regional Expertise – Asia-Pacific | Sub-Saharan Africa, DAAD, GERMANY |
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Deirdre Lennan | European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture, BELGIUM |  |
Bahru Zewde | Vice President, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and Professor Emeritus of History, Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA |