HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY - AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT Guests: (1) Tade Aina, Program Director, Partnership for African Social & Governance Research; (2) Fred Awaah, Secretary General, All-Africa Students Union; (3) Liz Grossman, External Relations Manager, Tostan; (4) José Lopes, Coordinator of Business Lab Project, Higher Institute of Business & Economic Sciences; (5) Dr. Dorsamy (Gansen) Pillay, Deputy CEO: RISA, National Research Foundation; (6) Iina Soiri, Director, The Nordic Africa Institute; (7) Dr. Abdulrraouf Abdelaal, Dean, Tripoli University; (8) Samantha Spooner, Research Editor, Mail & Guardian Africa; (9) Aderemi Oluyomi Kuku, President, African Academy of Sciences; (10) Jeilani Abdullah Osman, Rector, University of Hormuud; (11) Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria; (12) Lemma Senbet, Executive Director, African Economic Research Consortium; (13) Lori Mason, Project Director, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX); (14) Goolam Mohamedbhai, Former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities and Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius Host: Steven Roy Goodman Original Air Date: 27 April 2015 On this episode of Higher Education Today, Steven goes to the African Higher Education Summit, in Dakar, Senegal. At the summit, Steven interviews a number of people who are pivotal in the furthering of African education. The African Higher Education Summit is a collaboration of African stakeholders and universities trying to prepare for the knowledge economy that is to come. The All-Africa Students Union secretary general was there to comment on the quality of education that students receive and to see if universities can keep up with the growing number of students with bigger campuses and more lecturers. The summit encouraged people in the rest of the world to join in on studying or possibly teach in Africa. The summit encouraged the teaching of entrepreneurship to graduates and explored how they can start their lives post university. Many of the participants of the summit were wishing for more action in regard to universities and governments working together. Will it happen? It is something that time will reveal.