The inaugural THE Sub-Saharan Africa Universities Forum, hosted at Ashesi University, will focus on what universities in the region need to do to deliver transformational teaching and research, ensure sustainable opportunities for their current students, as well as graduates, and improve citizenship across the continent.

The forum will feature the official launch of the Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, the methodology of which was developed by THE’s data team in consultation with a consortium of African and international higher education organisations led by Ashesi University. THE independently managed all data collection and calculations, and the ranking was created in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.

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• Improving employability rates across Sub-Saharan Africa
• Access and equity within higher education
• Continental collectivism as a shared higher education objective
• Improving citizenship through the public missions of African universities

• Defining and prioritising the public missions of African universities
• Why access and equity are major challenges across universities in the region
• The importance of inclusion
• How universities can be vehicles for socio-economic progress
• How university strategies have been enhanced by the inclusion of the SDGs
• How greater data presence can amplify the strengths of universities
• Exclusive live reveal of the THE Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings 2023

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