7 steps towards Quality Tertiary Education in Africa

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The Kigali Initiative- A call for accelerating momentum 

The Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A) conference on Mobilizing African Intellectuals Towards Quality Tertiary Education was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre, Kigali from 5th to 6th July 2017. The primary objective of the conference was to create a coalition of African intellectuals who will brainstorm and hold principal discussions on practical actions, explore solutions and build consensual approaches on the major themes relevant to SDG implementation in tertiary education and research throughout Africa. The outcome of the event, dabbed The Kigali Initiative outlines seven steps towards quality tertiary education in Africa. 
  1. Raise Awareness : Mobilize African leaders and African Society to invest strongly and consistently in the upgrading of Africa's tertiary education, with the goal to create a high-level of performance throughout Africa by 2030;
  2. Aim Higher : Aim to achieve at least 25 African Universities within the top 300 universities worldwide by 2030 based on international rankings and evaluations that are relevant for Africa's needs;
  3. Align with SDGs & Agenda 2063 : Foster the leadership of Africa's universities toward the achievement of the SDGs and Agenda 2063, through revised curricula, degree programs, executive training, research, entrepreneurship, and policy advising; 
  4. Join Forces: Create a network of Vice Chancellors of African Universities to promote the Kigali Initiative, with a secretariat at the SDG Center for Africa, that will incubate and promote the Kigali Initiative and seek its adoption by the African leaders and other relevant bodies;
  5. Leverage Partnerships: Seek the support of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and other ongoing networks on behalf of the Kigali Initiative, including the promotion of the Kigali Initiative within the United Nations and its agencies;
  6. Mobilize African Intellectuals: Mobilize African Intellectuals, business leaders, and the diaspora, to support the Kigali initiative and to contribute to its success;
  7. Act Proactively : Prepare a Roadmap for Action with a potential for including a proposal for funding by the end of 2017 to be adopted by the network of Vice Chancellors and to be presented to the leadership at the next meeting of the African Union in January 2018, as well as to other relevant bodies. 


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