Higher education and the knowledge based economy in Africa: Selected country views

Language: 
English
Date of publication: 
2015
Region Focus: 
East Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
Author/Editor(s): 
Nakayiwa, Florence
Conference: 
Ministerial Consultative Meeting on Strengthening Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa
Collection: 
RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
RUFORUM Multimedia
Agris Subject Categories: 
Education
Agrovoc terms: 
biological phenomena
productivity
developmental stages
technological changes
economics
biological development
policies
costs
economic systems
land improvement
Additional keywords: 
Higher education; Benin; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Uganda
Africa higher education country studies.pdf
Licence conditions: 
Open Access
Form: 
Slides
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This presentation was made at the Ministerial Consultative Meeting on Strengthening Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa which took place in Lilongwe, Malawi on 20th and 21st October 2015. The two-day  meeting was organised under the auspices of His Excellency, Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, the President of Malawi. It brought together 80 participants from over 15 countries across Africa to deliberate on required actions to improve the higher education sector in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.