Flagship Universities in Africa

Damtew Teferra is Professor of Higher Education, Founding Director of the International Network for Higher Education in Africa, and Leader of Higher Education Training and Development at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

• Chapter One. African Flagship Universities in the Era of “Massification”; Damtew Teferra.- Chapter Two. University of Botswana: A National University in Decline?; Richard Tabulawa & Frank Youngman.- Chapter Three. Cairo University: The Pioneer University at the Pyramids; Mohsen Elmahdy Said.- Chapter Four. Once a Flagship Always a Flagship? Addis Ababa University in Perspective; Elizabeth Ayalew.- Chapter Five. The University of Ghana: Flagship at the Gold Coast; Edward H. K. Acquah & Joseph M. Budu.- Chapter Six. The University of Nairobi: The Flagship in Kenya; Daniel N. Sifuna.- Chapter Seven. The University of Mauritius: A Flagship University in a Small Island State; Henri Li Kam Wah.- Chapter Eight. The University of Ibadan: A Beacon of Higher Education in Africa; Bola Udegbe and G.O.S. Ekhaguere.- Chapter Nine. Cheikh Anta Diop University: Senegal’s Flagship; Abdou Salam Sall.- Chapter Ten. African Flagship Universities in Higher Education and National Development: The Case of the University of Dar es Salaam; Johnson M. Ishengoma.- Chapter Eleven. Makerere University as a Flagship Institution: Sustaining the Quest for Relevance; Ronald Bisaso.- Chapter Twelve. The University of Zambia: Contribution as Zambia’s Flagship; Gift Masaiti and Nelly Mwale.- Chapter Thirteen. African Flagship Universities: Epilogue; Damtew Teferra.